[Kanto] Refresh with a Workation! Recommended Hotels & Facilities

What is a workation full of charm?

"Workation" is a coined term combining "work" and "vacation," referring to working while enjoying a break in resort or tourist destinations. The spread of remote work has made it possible to work from places other than home or the office. Unlike remote work, which focuses solely on work outside the office, workation allows you to enjoy both work and personal time. This makes it the perfect work style for people who struggle to use up their paid leave or for those who love to travel.

With workations, you can work while sightseeing and refreshing in resort areas or tourist destinations surrounded by nature, which reduces stress and allows for efficient work.

If you'd like to learn more about workations, please check out this article as well.

Your Own Way to Workation! How to Choose a Hotel

To achieve a fulfilling workcation, choosing a hotel that suits you is key.

Confirm location conditions

Location is a crucial factor that can make or break a workation. First, check if the environment is conducive to focusing on work. For example, hotels with good access to major transportation hubs are convenient for smooth travel to business meetings or sightseeing. Additionally, if the surroundings are quiet and rich in natural beauty, you can work efficiently while relaxing. Furthermore, having convenience stores, cafes, and restaurants nearby is another point that enhances convenience for extended stays.

Check hotel amenities

The comfort during a workation is greatly influenced by the hotel's amenities.

First, let's check the status of your Wi-Fi environment. A fast and stable internet connection is essential.

Next, check for the presence and comfort of the workspace. The presence of a desk chair and the availability of business meeting rooms are also important.

Additionally, hotels with extensive fitness gyms, hot springs, and relaxation spaces are ideal for refreshing yourself during breaks from work.

〇 Nearby tourist attractions are also important!

With workations, you'll want to enjoy not only work but also relaxation and sightseeing, won't you? Be sure to check if there are interesting tourist spots and activities around your hotel.

For example, if there's a park where you can enjoy nature, historical sites, or museums nearby, you can easily visit them during breaks or after work.

Additionally, gourmet spots and shopping areas where you can enjoy local specialties will broaden the enjoyment of your workation. Let's balance work and private life with a workation.

Here are recommended spots and hotels for working vacations in the Kanto region!

This time, for those of you who are curious about working holidays in Kanto, we present 15 carefully selected spots from the TRAPOL editorial department.

Furthermore, the Kanto region boasts excellent transportation access, abundant tourist resources, and comfortable accommodation facilities, making it a highly popular and ideal destination for workations. In this article, we hope you'll find the perfect spot for yourself!

Workation spots accessible as a day trip from Tokyo

First, we'll introduce convenient workation spots in Tokyo that you can easily visit.

Palace Hotel Tokyo

Quoted:Official website

For those who want to work while relaxing in an environment harmonized with nature, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, the Palace Hotel Tokyo is recommended.

Despite its downtown location, you can enjoy the scenery of greenery and water that spreads out before your eyes. The environment, where you can simultaneously experience urban convenience and the richness of nature, is ideal for refreshing your mind and body. You can savor Japanese nature and culture by incorporating the beauty of the four seasons into the hotel's design and cuisine.

All guest rooms are fully equipped with a minibar, mineral water, Nespresso machine, LCD TV, Blu-ray/DVD/CD player, and free internet access. You can work efficiently in a comfortable environment.

We offer a quality you can experience with all five senses, not just visual beauty, but also sound, taste, scent, and touch. The space, meticulously crafted down to the finest details, from the luxurious feel of linen to the tranquil aroma permeating the building, will help you forget your daily stress.

Address: 1-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Official HP: https://www.palacehoteltokyo.com/

② First Cabin

Quoted:Official homepage

Even though you're caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, you can't take time off work... First Cabin Akasaka is perfect for those who have such worries.

This compact hotel, inspired by the first-class cabins of airplanes, offers an environment where you can relax and work.

The guest rooms are divided into male and female floors, so female guests can stay with peace of mind. With spacious powder rooms and plentiful amenities, you can easily stay without bringing anything.

The free lounge, equipped with Wi-Fi throughout the building, also allows for desk work. Additionally, with a public bath and private shower rooms available, you're sure to be able to refresh yourself between work sessions.

Address: 3-13-7 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Phone number: 03-3583-1143

Official Website: https://first-cabin.jp/hotels/akasaka/

③ Toggle hotel

Quoted:Official website

As its name suggests, togglehotel is a hotel characterized by its vibrant and playful design. Each floor is unified by two colors, for example, the second floor is pink and the third floor is dark blue, creating a colorful and enjoyable space.

Each guest room is equipped with Wi-Fi and features a desk large enough to accommodate a laptop and a mobile monitor. The 9th-floor cafe offers a dedicated workspace, allowing guests to work before check-in or after check-out. For stable connectivity, separate Wi-Fi IDs and passwords are provided for each guest room and communal areas.

On the top floor, the 9th floor, there is a cafe and lounge. Here, you can enjoy drinks and light meals from morning to night. The cafe is also open to non-guests, so you can stop by anytime. It's perfect for refreshing yourself with a coffee while gazing at the Tokyo cityscape during a break from work.

Address: 3-11-4 Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Access: 3-minute walk from JR Suidobashi Station, West Exit.

Official Website: https://www.togglehotel.com/suidobashi/

A workation spot for relaxing at a hot spring

Next, we'll introduce spots where you can enjoy both relaxing hot springs and a comfortable workation environment.

This seems like an ideal place for a workcation for hot spring lovers, as it allows you to enjoy both work and relaxation at the same time!

Forest Resort Hotel Shiroyama

Quotation:Official website

At Forest Resort Hotel Shiroyama, you can enjoy natural hot springs and a rare radon hot spring. Plus, with a kids' room for children to enjoy, it's perfect for families.

Additionally, from the hotel's rooftop garden, you can enjoy panoramic views of Yugawara town and the sea. On fireworks festival days, it's said you can also see beautiful fireworks.

Address: 207 Jori, Yugawara-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture

Access: 2-minute walk from Yugawara Station

Phone number: 0465-63-0151

② Newwell City Yugawara

Quoted:Official homepage

Newell City Yugawara is a historic hot spring inn located in the beautiful town of Yugawara, surrounded by the sea and mountains of Sagami. It has long been cherished as the "Yakushi no Yu" (Medicine Buddha's Hot Spring), which is even mentioned in the Manyoshu, and guests can fully enjoy its abundant, continuously flowing renowned hot springs in atmospheric outdoor baths.

Newell City Yugawara offers Wi-Fi throughout, and some rooms are equipped with desks and chairs, allowing you to work in a relaxed setting within your room. We also provide excellent facilities such as meeting rooms, whiteboards, extension cords, and projectors, enabling smooth online meetings and presentations. Furthermore, there are workspaces available outside of guest rooms, so you can change your scenery to work and refresh your mind.

Refresh your mind and body in our natural hot spring, perfect for a break during work or at the end of the day. Our open-air baths offer different atmospheres for daytime and nighttime, providing a special time of healing combined with the ever-changing seasonal scenery. We also have a sauna, ideal for those who wish to relax even further.

Address: 107 Izumi, Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture

Official Website: https://www.welcity-yugawara.co.jp/

Source Spring Single Bath

Quoted:Official homepage

Gensen Ichinoyu is a hot spring inn with the concept of "staying as if you live there." Each room is equipped with a mini-kitchen, making it suitable for long-term stays.

The hot springs utilize the "Yubatake hot spring source" that wells up from within the premises, characterized by its rich mineral content and thick, nourishing waters due to an abundance of yuno-hana (hot spring flowers). Private baths are also available, allowing guests to enjoy their own personal hot spring experience.

Address: 135 Kusatsu, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture

Cloud gazing

Quotation:Official website

Bouun is a ryokan proud of its flowing hot spring water, embodying the "Kusatsu Onsen" mineral quality, and its beautiful rhododendron gardens. They also offer a full range of plans for workations.

Address: 433 Kusatsu-machi, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma Prefecture

⑤ Hakone Kowakien Ten-yu

Quotation:Official homepage

At Hakone Kowakien Ten-yu, with its concept of "Nature and Japanese Hospitality," every single guest room is equipped with a private open-air hot spring bath. How about working while fully enjoying Hakone's magnificent nature?

Address: 1297 Ninotaira, Hakone Town, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture

Spots recommended for those who want to enjoy workations, including sightseeing and activities!

Next, we will introduce attractive workation spots where you can balance work and play.

Marine Box 100

Quotation:Official website

Marine Box 100 is the only workspace in Zushi where you can work while looking out at the sea. You can also reset your mind on the rooftop while listening to the sound of the waves.

2-14-4 Shinjuku, Zushi City, Kanagawa Prefecture

② AMIGO HOUSE

Quoted:Official homepage

AMIGO HOUSE offers a wealth of shared spaces, including co-working spaces that are more comfortable than your office or home, with Wi-Fi, power outlets, private rooms for web conferences, and ergonomic work chairs. It also features a "free space" with bright natural light, a "wood deck" where you can enjoy yoga and sunbathing, and an "open kitchen" supervised by a culinary expert. Beyond stays for "workation," it can be used in various ways, such as trial stays for those considering moving to Zushi.

Address: 3-2-40 Shinjuku, Zushi City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Kisarazu CAMP ORGANIC FIELD in Mitate

Quotation:Official Website

At the trailer houses opened at Kaneta Mitate Beach, you can easily experience glamping. Of course, with internet access readily available, it's also perfect for working and vacationing. You can leisurely and luxuriously enjoy Banzu Tidal Flat, the only natural tidal flat in Tokyo Bay.

Address: 4416 Nakajima, Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture

④ OUTWORK Kisarazu

Quoted:Official Website

Opened in the spring of 2023, OUTWORK Kisarazu is a workation facility located at a glamping site, renovated from a former school building. It's perfect for those who want to enjoy a unique and slightly unconventional workation experience!

Address: 1886 Shimokori, Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture, Etowa Kisarazu

Recommended workation spots for those who want a stylish workation

If you want to do a lot of sightseeing, a workation in Hakone is recommended! Hakone, a famous hot spring resort in the Kanto region, is the perfect place for hot spring lovers.

Hakone also offers many tourist attractions besides hot springs, such as art museums and leisure facilities.

Therefore, it's the perfect place for those who want to make the most of both their work and their sightseeing.

Hakone Retreat före & Villa 1/F

Quote:Official website

Hakone Retreat, nestled in the Hakone mountain range, offers two accommodations, with före providing an ideal environment for workations. You are sure to regain peace of mind and body with the magnificent scenery and Hakone's unique hot springs reflecting on the water's surface.

Address: 1286-116 Sengokuhara, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture

To conclude

This time, we introduced recommended spots and hotels for working remotely while on vacation in Kanto. Depending on the location, you can enjoy various activities such as relaxing in hot springs, visiting tourist attractions, or refreshing yourself in nature. Be sure to read this article and find the perfect workation life for you.

*Please note that the information published here is from the [Month] 2024 distribution. It may differ from current content, so please be aware of this in advance.