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ORIX HOTELS & RESORTS will open “CROSS Suites Tokyo Asakusa” on July 3.
The property will offer a total of 78 guest rooms in 11 types, ranging from standard rooms that can accommodate up to 6 people to premium suite rooms. All rooms are equipped with a mini-kitchen and microwave, and some rooms also feature laundry facilities. The Japanese-style “Asakusa Tatami Room,” which has a balcony with a view of Senso-ji Temple and a tatami space, incorporates lighting inspired by traditional Japanese umbrellas and lanterns, sliding doors (fusuma) featuring ukiyo-e motifs of Mount Fuji and Senso-ji Temple by Katsushika Hokusai, and wall colors designed to evoke the famous Kaminarimon Thunder Gate; futons are provided as bedding. The “Tokyo Goldfish Suite Room,” created in collaboration with Sumida Aquarium and themed around Tokyo’s goldfish culture, has bedroom walls and ceiling decorated with goldfish associated with Tokyo, while the living room features ukiyo-e artworks depicting Edo townspeople admiring goldfish.
The property will also feature the lounge “Hang Out @CROSS Suites.”
This is a lifestyle apartment hotel and the first property under the “CROSS Suites” brand.