Mikasa Shoji held the grand opening of Juni Hotel on August 1.
Located near Fukuoka Airport in Fukuoka, Japan, the former hotel in the Hakata no Mori area was renovated and downsized from 16 to 12 rooms. Each guestroom features a different design inspired by the 12 months. The hotel is supervised by critic Nobuaki Takizawa.
While facilities differ by room, what they have in common is either a private sauna or a ganbanyoku (heated stone bed). The most compact room, 01, is 30 square meters and comes with a double bed and a mist sauna. The chic rooms 02 and 06 are 50 square meters and feature ganbanyoku. The top-floor room, 12, has a terrace and a barrel sauna. Some rooms also have Finnish saunas. Sauna goods such as hats, ponchos, and three kinds of sauna aromas are provided to delight sauna enthusiasts.
The showerheads are ReFa and Mirable, and the hair dryers can be chosen from Panasonic and Repronizer.
A kitchenette is included, with a toaster oven, microwave, and Nespresso machine provided.
Open the unusually large Nespresso capsule holder and you’ll find 32 colorful capsules. It’s essentially all-you-can-drink coffee, though there are practical limits.
Open the refrigerator to find water, sparkling water, green tea, sports drinks, and sodas.
In the freezer, there are two Häagen-Dazs ice creams. Some rooms are also equipped with a commercial ice maker that can be used for a sauna cold plunge, as well as a wine cellar stocked with two bottles—one red and one white.
On the first floor, a self check-in kiosk allows for contactless check-in. In the lounge lined with bookshelves, guests can relax while reading favorite books.
Tap your key to enter the adjacent guest-only space and you’ll find rows of commercial refrigerators inside.
Inside are beer, shochu, highballs, and various kinds of sake. The soft drink selection is extensive too, including vegetable juice and even protein drinks. Next to it are various frozen foods such as pizza, Korean-style chijimi (savory pancakes), and frozen bread, along with a wide variety of ice creams.
Further inside is a wine cellar available only to premium-room guests. The lineup is so extensive you might mistake it for a liquor store—it feels like a waste not to indulge. Everything is all-inclusive and included in the room rate, to be enjoyed freely in your room. The lineup has expanded in response to requests, but it varies by day.
Room rates start from 9,900 yen as an opening price. Many guests are from within Fukuoka Prefecture, and usage by international visitors to Japan is also increasing thanks to the airport shuttle.
Access: 10 minutes by car from Fukuoka Airport. Free shuttle available with advance reservation. (With cooperation from: Juni Hotel)
