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See a Japanese Fireworks Festival From Your Hotel Room — in Atami, Year-Round

Most fireworks festivals in Japan happen once a year, in summer, and mean standing in an enormous crowd. Atami holds them across all four seasons, an hour from Tokyo, and you can watch from your room. Here is how the hotels sit relative to the launch site.

6 picks · Updated 2026-08-27

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Hotels Near Tokyo With Indoor Pools You Can Actually Use in Winter

Almost every hotel pool in Japan closes by mid-September. If you are travelling with kids outside summer — or want a rainy-day backup — these are the hotels near Tokyo with heated indoor pools open all year, and what to check before you book.

6 picks · Updated 2026-08-27