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The Imperial Hotel is switching guest room key cards at Imperial Hotel Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, to a plant-based material.
Starting today, November 3, as the hotel celebrates the 135th anniversary of its opening, the conventional plastic cards will be replaced with a plant-based, leather-like material. As part of efforts to reduce plastic use, the new cards will be introduced first in suites and in guest rooms on the Main Building’s Imperial Floor, a special floor, and then gradually expanded to guest rooms on the regular floors.
Additionally, for guests using suites to celebrate anniversaries, the hotel will introduce a service to engrave the key card with the stay date and other details, allowing them to take it home as a keepsake.