Hotel Kabuki - a Joie de Vivre Boutique Hotel

Location. Hotel Kabuki is positioned in the Japantown district of San Francisco, Calif. This property stands two blocks from the historic Fillmore district.

Hotel Features. The pagoda-style Hotel Kabuki is infused with Japanese culture, including a parking lot that doubles as a bonsai-trimmed rock garden. A Japanese courtyard contains a central koi pond. The lobby is decorated with Japanese artifacts and showcases a platter depicting illustrations of Japanese landscapes based on Ando Hiroshige prints.

Kabuki Springs and Spa offers traditional Japanese bath and spa services. Communal bathing includes a hot pool, cold plunge pool, sauna and steam room. The Spa offers massages, including Swedish and Amma Shiatsu massages, and various body treatments.

A lower-level self-service business center houses three computers equipped with complimentary Internet access, a printer and a fax machine. This property provides 13,000 square feet of function space. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available throughout the property. The fitness room includes cardiovascular and strength-training equipment, and free weights. The hotel also offers discounted passes to a nearby health club with an indoor pool.

Guestrooms. The Hotel Kabuki offers 218 guestrooms decorated with Japanese furnishings and artwork. Select rooms extend onto narrow balconies that overlook the courtyard or streets below. Window treatments display traditional hand-painted fusuma screens and rice-paper shoji panels. Beds feature pillow-top mattresses and 400-thread count linens. Many accommodations include Japanese deep soaking tubs. Japanese Suites feature redwood saunas and furos, which are traditional Japanese bathrooms with deep tubs and separate toilet areas. Bathrooms include silk kimono-style bathrobes, Aveda toiletries and marble vanities. Amenities include complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access, iPod docking stations and 26-inch flat-screen LCD televisions.