Hotel The Manhattan
This luxury, four-star hotel in the city center, is an elegant downtown Chiba hotel. Located about four minutes from Kaihin Makuhari train station, the hotel is also nearby Maihama, home to the Tokyo Disney Resort. The hotel lobby is decorated with antiques and accented with art deco furnishings, Rooms are lavishly decorated, with white marble bathrooms, eloquent sculptures and spruced with fresh young palm trees. Many rooms show off the view of the Makuhari Bay and include a hot tub. The hotel also features an indoor swimming pool, spa and massage parlor. Hot tubs and concierge services help plan your outdoor trips. Winter guests can enjoy more than 600 Japanese mountains ski and snowboarding slopes in the area. Summer guests enjoy hot springs, boating on Inba Lake, and mountain hiking. Biking trails, and trips, like the Cherry Blossoms Viewing bike ride, tour along the Hanamigawa River in Chiba City. Double room rates at the Manhattan Hotel, as of January 2010, go for $158 (19,950 yen).
Hotel The Manhattan
2-10-1 Hibino, Mihama-Ku
Chiba-Shi, 12 261-0021 Japan
001 (81) 43 275-1111
the-manhattan.co.jp/english
The New Otani Hotel
The New Otani Hotel is a colossal 418 room urban-chic hotel with a sporty, outdoorsy appeal. The hotel manages its own sports and relaxation facilities. The New Otani also has an indoor and outdoor pool, an indoor and outdoor tennis court, hot tubs, and bicycling facilities. The New Otani also operates its own art museum New Otani Art Musuem. While there are so many things to enjoy within (or just outside the hotel) the rest of Chiba City offers other incredible nature activities. Guests can enjoy hiking and touring the Yoro-keikoku Valley, including Chiba Prefecture's biggest waterfall. Another option is horseback riding: Sunshine Stables (k4.dion.ne.jp/~johba) offers both Western and English riding right on the beach at Chiba. After the ride, guests can enjoy the club's own picnic facilities.
The New Otani Hotel
2-2 Hibino,Mihama-Ku
Chiba-Shi, 12 261-0021 Japan
011 (81) 43 297-7777
newotani.co.jp/en/makuhari/index.html
Okkura Chiba Hotel, Chiba
The Okura Chiba Hotel is a bit of a quieter, less high-profile hotel in the Chiba city center. With 84 rooms on 10 floors, guests at the Okkura Chiba Hotel can enjoy the postcard perfection of the Japanese landscape and Makuhari Bay in a high class luxury hotel. Hotel guests can choose singles, twin, double or deluxe double rooms and enjoy impressive skylines views and access to the spa, a heated pool, a sauna, and a private aromatherapy tub for women. For full workouts, the Okura's Relaxation Salon offers massage, facial treatments, and more. Rooms at the hotel offer air conditioning, international calling, and a minibar. The hotel also has an in-hotel restaurant and a traditional saki bar named Shochu. A 15-minute drive From Wangan Narashino Interchange and 40 minutes by express train from Tokyo Station. Standard double from $118 per (11,000 yen). In the Chiba area, guests can explore Mount Nokogiri-yama, the Nihon-ji Temple, and the Port of Hamakanaya. On the shores of Tokyo Bay, ferries travel between Hamakaynaya and Kurihama . The new service contributed greatly to the development of the area. In 1978, Chiba Prefecture became the port authority for the Port of Hamakanaya.
Okkura Chiba Hotel, Chiba
1-13-3 Chuo-Ko, Chuo-Ku
Chiba-Shi, 12 260-0024 Japan
okura.com/hotels/chiba/index.html
