Hotel Ryumeikan Tokyo, hotel in Tokyo, Japan
Hotel Ryumeikan Tokyo is a hotel in the Yaesu district of Tokyo, directly across from the east exit of Tokyo Station. It offers rooms in several sizes, a restaurant serving Japanese cuisine, and a front desk staffed around the clock.
The Ryumeikan was originally founded as a traditional inn to welcome travelers arriving in Tokyo by rail, at a time when the area around the station was rapidly developing into a commercial hub. The building has been rebuilt and modernized over the decades while the hotel has kept its focus on personal service.
The name Ryumeikan comes from a classical Japanese phrase meaning roughly "the place where the dragon calls". Small wind chimes hang in the corridors, giving the common areas a quiet nod to traditional Japanese aesthetics that guests notice as they pass through.
The hotel sits right by the east exit of Tokyo Station, which gives direct access to most of the city's main rail lines. Guests arriving early or leaving late can leave luggage at the front desk and use the time to explore the surrounding area on foot.
The hotel restaurant serves a duck and watercress hot pot that follows a recipe passed down within the kitchen for several generations. This dish is not found on menus elsewhere in the neighborhood and remains one of the few things that has stayed unchanged through the hotel's various renovations.
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