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Yokohama Confidential: Our wellness adventure in Japan
Saturday, 26 April, 2025
Hello from Yokohama, Japan!We’re in Japan’s second-largest city today at the Westin Yokohama. I’m researching a series of stories on wellness (I’ll have more on that soon). In the meantime, we’re just checking out the place.Our question of the week: Since it’s Golden Week here in Japan, we thought we’d ask — what’s the one holiday you’d never travel on? (Golden Week is four national holidays rolled into one, so it’s got our vote.)Yokohama is more spread out than Tokyo. There’s space to walk around. We’ll tell you more in the podcast.Here’s our room at the Westin Yokohama. Maybe you’ve heard of the Heavenly Bed 2.0. This is the first property in Japan to have all-new Heavenly Beds. I wrote about the Bed Wars many years ago, which were actually started by Westin. We had a chance to try the 2.0 bed, and it was very comfortable.Ginza is nothing like Yokohama. It’s a frenetic shopping district in Tokyo with crowds of tourists. We stayed at the Yotel Ginza, a hotel for a younger crowd that emphasized efficiency (much like Japan).Here’s Iden checking into the Yotel. It’s all automated, so you don’t have to talk to anyone if you’d rather not. Iden is a people person, so he also struck up a conversation with the hotel employees. Such a friendly guy!Don’t forget our question of the week: What’s the one holiday you’d never travel on? We’ll read your comments in the next podcast. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.elliottconfidential.com/subscribe
