June 8, 2020
Tachihi Hospitality Management Co., Ltd.

The concept is Well-being – a wholesome experience to invigorate the mind and body.
Heal under the expansive sky and rich greenery just 30 minutes away from Shinjuku

SORANO HOTEL

Grand Opening on June 8 (Monday) in Tachikawa, Tokyo
60 m Infinity Pool and spacious guest rooms 52 sqm and over offering a release from everyday life

Tachihi Hospitality Management Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tachikawa City, Tokyo; President and Representative
Director: Masamichi Murayama) opened the SORANO HOTEL on Monday, June 8, 2020 in Tachikawa, Tokyo.
All 81 guest rooms are at least 52 square meters, furnished with a private balcony, and boast a park view
overlooking the Showa Kinen Park located next to the hotel. Though small in scale, the SORANO HOTEL
features an iconic 60-meter infinity pool on the top 11th floor that gives guests a tremendous sense of
freedom as the horizon seems to blend with the sky.
The concept is Well-being – a wholesome experience to invigorate the mind and body. The hotel offers a
new style of travel called the “Well-being Short Trip” that allows guests to leave their busy lives behind in just30 minutes from Shinjuku and casually experience comfortable relaxation for the mind and body as well as
dining and activities including the spa, hot springs, and exercise.
The restaurant offers Crossover Food, a new genre of dishes that is gentle on your mind and body andcreated with free-flowing ideas. Crossover Food offers refined, delicious dishes based on Japanese cuisinecrossed with the essences of foods from various countries.
With resort-like facilities, a new dining style, and rich green environment, the hotel is one that has yet to be
seen in Tokyo as it aims to promote demand for lodging in Tachikawa, Tokyo as a new travel destination.

Infinity Pool

Lobby

■Concept
The concept is Well-being – a wholesome experience to invigorate the mind and body. The hotel proposesa new style of travel called the Well-being Short Trip in which guests can leave their busy lives behind andenjoy comfort and relaxation for their minds and bodies, dining, spa, hot springs, exercise, and other activities.
■SORANO HOTEL’s Commitment
With free thinking and innovativeness not bound by traditional hotel conventions, the SORANO HOTEL iscommitted to introducing guests to a newfound allure of hotels. The SORANO HOTEL thinks outside the box
to achieve a new standard for hotels, such as not charging for extra beds and not imposing a service charge
as we believe that hospitality, which is fundamental to hotels, should not be subject to a fee.
The underlying basis of the SORANO HOTEL is our consistent commitment to Well-being. We assess what a
Well-being stay is for our guests, what earth-friendly and sustainable choices are, and how staff can workwith a sense of Well-being, and we select SORANO HOTEL services, facilities, and furnishings based on thesequalities.
In this way, the SORANO HOTEL is committed to achieving high grade and high quality that cannot be
defined in terms of conventional hotel standards.
■Hotel Design
The hotel’s interior design is by French-born and globally successful Gwenael Nicolas, who has also headed
the designs of international prestige brands. The interior is unified with a refined, comfortable, natural design.
The functionality and refinement provide the appropriate atmosphere for a charming new lifestyle hotel.
■Location
Located approximately 30 minutes away from Shinjuku, Tachikawa, Tokyo offers an escape from central Tokyo
while serving as a convenient gateway to Mount Takao, the Okutama area, and Yamanashi prefecture. The
hotel is next to the national government-managed Showa Kinen Park and is where guests can enjoy naturein all seasons and various events throughout the year.
■Our Facilities< Lobby > The lobby with beautiful, impressive louvers with a tent motif expresses freedom for the mind
and body by suggesting camping and nature even while being indoors. Hotel users can enjoy themselves
and each other’s company at the IMA LOUNGE (IMA means ‘living room’ and ‘now’), which serves as thehotel’s community area.

Lobby

IMA LOUNGE< Guest Rooms > The hotel has a total of 81 guest rooms. Each room is at least 52 square meters andboasts a park view overlooking the Showa Kinen Park next to the hotel and a private balcony for taking in
the rich greenery of the park and feeling the expansive sky. There are 10 types of rooms to fit a variety ofneeds, including rooms that sleep up to four guests without additional fees.
Our approximately 86-square-meter Spa Suite includes an in-room spa treatment in which an experienced
therapist brings a spa bed and performs the treatment in the room. Also, our Dog-friendly Room offers
guests and their pets a place to unwind after spending time in the vast Showa Kinen Park in front of thehotel.

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Our amenities are bottled hair and body shampoo and conditioner provided for the first time in Japan by
Lederhaas, an Austrian brand certified by NATRUE*, EU’s highest organic standards.
Guests are requested to bring their own toothbrushes, but toothbrushes of non-disposable quality are also
sold at the hotel. These bamboo toothbrushes are by Just Smile, an organization that promotes activities toreduce educational disparities in South America. A pencil is donated to children in South America for every
toothbrush sold. In addition, fair-trade cotton towels are furnished in all guest rooms for the first time in a
hotel in Japan.
*NATRUE Certification: Over 95% of the natural ingredients used are from organic certified producers. We
use products of the highest rank in the three-level certification.

Guest Room (Dog-friendly Wa Modern)

Guest Room (Sky King Park View)

Lederhaas amenities

Room Type

Just Smile toothbrushes
Room
Size

Bed Configuration

Sky King Park View

52 ㎡

1 king bed

Premier Park View

52 ㎡

Hollywood twin* + 1 original sofa bed

Wa Modern Park View

52 ㎡

2 futon-style mattresses + 1 or 2 mattresses of the same typeWa Modern Garden Terrace

52 ㎡

2 futon-style mattresses + 1 or 2 mattresses of the same typeStudio Park View

63 ㎡

Hollywood twin* + 1 original sofa bed

Studio Comfort Park View

63 ㎡

Hollywood twin*

Spa Suite

86 ㎡

Hollywood twin**

Dog-friendly Wa Modern

52 ㎡

2 futon-style mattresses

Dog-friendly Spa Suite

86 ㎡

2 futon-style mattresses

Sorano Suite

93 ㎡

1 king bed【Check-in】

From 3:00 p.m.

【Check-out】

By 12:00 p.m.

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< Spa >●SORANO SPAThe SORANO SPA covers floors 10 and 11 (top floor). Each facility that constitutes the SORANO SPA – theInfinity Pool and Infinity Lounge on the 11th floor and the Indoor Spa, Nano-mist Sauna, and Gym Studio on
the 10th floor – offers a comfortable Well-being experience.
Infinity Pool & Infinity Lounge (11th floor)
The 60-meter Infinity Pool on the top floor is where guests can enjoy the sky of Tachikawa, the lush greeneryof the vast Showa Kinen Park, and Mount Fuji in the distance on a clear day. The Infinity Lounge, which
extends from the Infinity Pool serves healthy drinks that are gentle on your body, such as non- and lowalcohol beverages. Swimwear is required at these facilities.

Indoor Spa & Nano-mist Sauna (10th floor)
The Indoor Spa (as well as the Infinity Pool) uses hot spring water privately drilled at the site. The spacious
20-meter-long spa and jacuzzi add to a relaxing experience. The Nano-mist Sauna, which features ultrafine
particles of steam promotes perspiration, moisturization, and heat retention, and improves metabolism.
Swimwear is also required at these facilities.
Gym Studio (10th floor)
The Gym Studio offers facilities and programs for resetting your mind and body through personalized
conditioning. Conditioning is training that focuses on all the movements and processes for leading yourbody from the current condition to the ideal condition and sustaining your body at a healthy, better condition.

Infinity Pool

Indoor Spa

Infinity Pool

Gym Studio●Spa Treatmen
We offer a wide range of treatments and therapy customized for our guests’ needs, such as alleviating fatigue
from daily living, relaxation, skincare, recovery from fatigue, and cellulite care for specific areas. As treatments

4are generally done in guest rooms, visitors to the hotel are offered use our rooms at five-hour intervals. Ourfine quality treatments for one or two guests offer a healing experience in the luxury and comfort of guest
rooms.
< Restaurant >●DAICHINO RESTAURANT
Our hotel offers a Well-being dining experience in the form of Crossover Food, which is a new genre ofgentle food for the mind and body made with free-flowing ideas. Japanese cuisine forms the base of
Crossover Food, which is crossed with the essence of various foods from around the world to offer delicious,
refined dishes. Our commitment to quality starts with the soil, and the producers who share these thoughts
with us grow the right crops for the right land in Tachikawa and the vicinity. Furthermore, we display the highquality of this special selection of products in our cellars.
The restaurant can be used for various purposes as it offers a private room, chef’s table where dishes areexpertly prepared in a stage-like kitchen, and terrace seats with a comfortable natural light and breeze.
●SORANO ROOFTOP BAR
The SORANO ROOFTOP BAR next to the Infinity Pool serves a selection of alcoholic drinks as well as cocktails
made with fruits, herbs, and fresh vegetables, and an assortment of beverages to help you achieve Wellbeing.

DAICHINO RESTAURANT

DAICHINO RESTAURANT Terrace Seats

Breakfast (‘Hare’ Special Breakfast)

SORANO ROOFTOP BARDAICHINO RESTAURANT Sample Menu
Approx. 50 types of vegetables and herbs featured DAICHINO SALADDAICHINO SALAD expresses our thorough commitment to our ingredients,
especially to vegetables. Over 30 varieties of seasonal vegetables and almost 50
varieties – if herbs and edible flowers are counted – make up DAICHINO SALAD. The
salad is characterized by the use of many root vegetables that strongly reflect thepower of the earth. Warm ingredients cooked with stock and butter sauce are plated
in the middle with chilled ingredients surrounding them. Furthermore, uncooked,
boiled, and fried ingredients (chips) provide a variety of textures and inherent flavorsof the products. *Ingredients and preparation methods vary depending on theseason.

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■Property Overview
Opening Date

June 8, 2020 (Monday)

Location

W1, 3-1 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo
8 minutes on from the JR Tachikawa Station North Exit

Access5 minutes on foot from the Tama Monorail Tachikawa-Kita Station

Guest Rooms

81 rooms

Other Facilities

Restaurant, bar, spa, gym studio, parking (32 vehicles)

Official Website

https://soranohotel.com■SORANO HOTEL’s Measures Against COVID-19 Infection
Please see details about the hotel’s measures for avoiding closed spaces, crowded spaces, and closeinteractions as well as measures for hotel staff.
https://soranohotel.com/en/news/47/
Please see information about partial self-restraint of business activities for avoiding closed spaces, crowded
spaces, and close interactions.
https://soranohotel.com/en/news/52/*The information above may change depending on the state of COVID-19 prevention measures by theJapanese government.

【ご参考】< Contact Regarding this Release >SORANO HOTEL Kanako Murayama, Mai Iwamoto
TEL: 042-540-7757
E-MAIL: communications@soranohotel.com■About GREEN SPRINGSGREEN SPRINGS is a Well-being town opened in April 2020 with a theme of a healthy lifestyle for the mind
and body. Aside from the SORANO HOTEL, the town includes the TACHIKAWA STAGE GARDEN, a nextgeneration hall with a unique design connecting the indoor and outdoor areas of the building and thelargest capacity in the Tama area with 2,500 seats; commercial facilities; and offices. On top of superb
accessibility to central Tokyo, Tachikawa has a rich natural environment and foundations for art andacademia. These resources are used to create a town that integrates nature and culture and offers living
comfort. To the rest of Japan and the world, Tachikawa imparts a rich, new lifestyle sought in the upcoming
generation.

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