The hotel
in the clouds
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo,nestled in a garden
where you can see a fantastic sea of clouds
Located in the heart of Tokyo,
but one of the largest fog gardens
in all of Japan.
＜Official Website Exclusive | Free Amenity＞
Activity Offer: Heritage Hideaway
Guests making reservations on the official hotel website to stay within the following dates can view the exhibit of the Eisei Bunko Museum, go for a walk in the Higo-Hosokawa Garden, and enjoy the traditional Japanese garden.
Special ticket and English pamphlets are available to experience Japanese culture.
・Eisei Bunko Museum admission ticket
・Eisei Bunko Museum pamphlet
・Leaflet explaining the exhibition
・Pamphlet of Higo Hosokawa Garden
◆Eisei Bunko Museum◆
– Summer Exhibition 2025 –
Elegant Utensils from the Scholar’s Study:
Beauty of the Four Stationery Treasures
Period：Saturday, July 5 – Sunday, August 31, 2025
Closed：Mondays except July 21 and August 11, 2025
Closed on July 22 and August 12, 2025
Opening hours：10:00am to 4:30pm (last entry 4:00pm)
In China, the brush, inkstick, inkstone, and paper essential for writing and painting evolved over a long period and were valued by scholars as “Bunboshiho”. The term “bunbo” originally referred to a study for writing poetry and reading, where these essential items were particularly cherished as “shiho (four treasures)”. They were treasured not only for their practical use but also for their cultural value, and their materials and decorations became objects of appreciation. Hosokawa Moritatsu (1883-1970), the founder of Eisei Bunko, was one of the connoisseurs fascinated by Bunboshiho. He became familiar with Chinese classical literature since childhood, developed an interest in Chinese ceramics and Buddhist statues, and collected stationery. In his later years, Moritatsu is said to have had an inkstone and brush ready after dinner every day so that he could enjoy calligraphy. This exhibition presents a selection of stationery from his collection in the Eisei Bunko used in the process of "rubbing inkstick on an inkstone and writing on paper with a brush."
The exhibition also features smoking utensils such as tobacco pouches used to contain shredded tobacco. Their portable style was established as smoking became common in the Edo period. Please enjoy the exquisite decoration using various techniques and unique materials.
Qianlong-period Imperial Ink Cakes
Eisei Bunko Museum
Song-dynasty Tao River Inkstone
Eisei Bunko Museum
Brushes with Auspicious Characters
Eisei Bunko Museum
Select from step 2 of the reservation page,
“add-on”
The appeal of
the Tokyo Sea of Clouds
Access
Address
10-8, Sekiguchi 2-chome,Bunkyo-ku, 112-8680
Tokyo, Japan
Phone: +81 3 3943 1111
From Haneda Airport
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo is located about 30 km from Haneda Airport, a 45 minute drive by car. Please find the different options for transportation below.
By Train & Bus
From Edogawabashi bus stop Take Toei bus 61 (bound for Nerima Shako) for about 3 minutes to the Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo stop. Fee: Adults 210 yen (prepaid card: 210 yen) Children 110 yen (prepaid card: 105 yen)
From Edogawa Park bus stop Take Bunkyo Community Bus BGURU for about 4 minutes to the Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo stop. Fee: 100 yen (adults and children)
From Narita Airport
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo is located about 60 km from Narita Airport, a 90 minute drive by car. Please find the different options for transportation below.