EDO KAGURA launches an exclusive, dialogue-based experience in Kagurazaka—a sustainable tourism model designed to balance economic viability with cultural preservation. As demand for experiential travel continues to rise, luxury travelers are no longer satisfied with passive sightseeing or surface-level cultural encounters. What they increasingly seek is access, exclusivity, and understanding —experiences that offer genuine insight rather than spectacle. One of the most frequ

I. At the Forefront of a Movement: Seeing Japan Through a Wabi-Sabi Lens For more than a quarter century, Design Hotels™ has been shaping a global movement in travel—curating independent, design-driven properties that function as social hubs and spaces for purposeful, culturally rooted experiences. As travelers increasingly question how  and why  they explore the world, authenticity has become the new luxury. Design Hotels™ turned to Japan through the aesthetic lens of wabi-