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Park Hotel Tokyo Proudly Presents the Completion of “Artist Floor” consisting 31 Artist Rooms

Would you like to stay in the rooms created by the known artists of Japan?

The art gallery hotel, Park Hotel Tokyo announced last August 1 that its "Artist Floor" is now complete, having 31 Artist Rooms. The Artist Rooms are standard rooms decorated by selected Japanese artists who painted on walls and ceilings while staying at the hotel, based on the concept "Beauty of Japan."

Park Hotel Tokyo started a project in December 2012 in which an artist decorates an entire room. With 31 different artists decorating as many rooms with themes such as "sumo" and "zen," turning the floor into the full-fledged "Artist Floor."

General Manager Yoshiaki Hayashi said: "We have completed the 'Artist Floor' where each Artist Room expresses different 'Beauty of Japan' through the eyes of each artist. We hope that guests will enjoy discovering different beauty of Japan expressed by different artists."

Hotel Manager Atsushi Ono said: "We are proud to announce that all 31 Artist Rooms are finally complete, each encapsulating Japanese beauty. We guarantee that guests will experience an exciting stay surrounded by powerful art in the Artist Rooms."

Park Hotel Tokyo hopes that guests will enjoy "Beauty of Japan" created by these artists.

Scroll down and see the 31 Artist Rooms – Part 01

No. 31 – Artist Room En designed by Mariko Kobayashi

No. 31 – Park Hotel Tokyo Artist Room En designed by Mariko Kobayashi

In the days before the 'materialistic and information-oriented society', the Japanese had a receptive sense that "everything in nature has something to do with us".

It is said there are hundreds of thousands of Shinto shrines in Japan, celebrating all the gods and goddesses. Japanese people find it aesthetically pleasing to be in awe of nature, trying to be together with nature rather than confront it, and their prayers and wishes to get an "en (connection)" may have arisen from this way of life.

For every turn of Fortune's wheel, there's a time when you feel you have a secret bond with the "supernatural" beyond your own intentions and choices, which might give you or deny you these "en", and guide you somewhere else.

I think that in today's changing times, we've forgotten that such inter-relationships do exist. We are connected with everything we encountered so far, and our world will continue to expand as it connects with everything we meet.

I hope that your "en" with Japan, this room, and everything that happens to you in future, will be good.

Mariko Kobayashi

No. 30 – Artist Room Artist Room “Mount Fuji” designed by Shiki Taira

No. 30 – Park Hotel Tokyo Artist Room Artist Room “Mount Fuji” designed by Shiki Taira

The 30th Artist Room “Mount Fuji” was started by artist Shiki Taira on May 19, 2017 and completed on July 31, 2017.

#31 is one of the rooms on the Tokyo Tower side, which has a larger window. On a clear day, you can see Mount Fuji in the distance.

“I wanted to create a room where guests will be surrounded by auspicious Japanese motifs”, says Taira. When you open the door and walk through the bright red gate entrance fashioned like a torii gate, you’ll see a variety of gods flying around in the sky above Mount Fuji. On the opposite wall is the Seven Lucky Gods on a treasure ship.

Please enjoy a happy stay, viewing 2 Mount Fujis and being surrounded by various Japanese gods.

From this room, Mt. Fuji looks very beautiful, so I made Mt. Fuji the central theme, and I surrounded it with auspicious Japanese motifs.

When you open the door, and go through the bright red entrance fashioned like a torii gate, you see a variety of gods flying around in the sky. In the evening, the gods reflected in the windows really seem to be flying in the sky.

They are lucky Japanese motifs such as the Fujin (Wind God), Raijin (Thunder God), Shichifukujin (Seven Lucky Gods) and Ichimoku-sama (One-Eyed God), and although you can feel their strength, I decorated the room so that you can spend a quiet time here.

I hope that lots of wonderful happiness comes to all who stay in this room.

Shiki Taira

No. 29 – Artist Room Japanese Angel designed by Yuki Ninagawa

No. 29 – Park Hotel Tokyo Artist Room Japanese Angel designed by Yuki Ninagawa

In Artist Room Japanese Angel, artist Yuki Ninagawa completed it on December 21, 2016, as the 29th in the series; it is based on the image of a Japanese angel descending among roses.

This artist room is more serene and feminine, just as the artists herself.

No. 28 – Artist Room Jomon designed by Daisuke Kagawa

No. 28 – Park Hotel Tokyo Artist Room Jomon designed by Daisuke Kagawa

As the 28th Artist Room in a series, the subject of artist Daisuke Kagawa's work is the spirit of the Japanese people, which had been cultivated since the prehistoric Jomon period, designed to enjoy the beauty of the seasons and nature; the work was completed on December 23, 2016.

“Kagawa's ‘Jomon’ is an elaborate piece of work taking ancient earthenware as a motif.

No. 27 – Artist Room ‘The Tale of Genji’ designed by Takushi Mizuno

No. 27 – Park Hotel Tokyo Artist Room ‘The Tale of Genji’ designed by Takushi Mizuno

Completed back in December 01, 2016 Takushi Mizuno said:

“The Tale of Genji is a literary work and cultural heritage. I expressed the mythical atmosphere which I felt through the story in this Artist Room.”

Takushi Mizuno is an illustrator and as well as an art director, together with Park Hotel Tokyo hopes that through the stay in Artist Room The Tale of Genji, guests will enjoy the glamorous lifestyle and atmosphere of the Heian Period over 1000 years ago.

No. 26 – Artist Room ‘Japanese People” designed by Osamu Nakajima

No. 26 – Park Hotel Tokyo Artist Room ‘Japanese People” designed by Osamu Nakajima

The in-house team with collaborating galleries conducts the selection of artists and designation of themes of the “Artist in Hotel” project. At the stage of selecting the artist, the team came together on the opinion that "Couldn't real people, and the everyday life of the Japanese be thought of as beautiful as well - not just what the general public terms as art?" And so it was that the artist Osamu Nakajima - who sketches scenes of everyday life - emerged as a candidate.

After deliberation throughout the selection process, he was formally named as the selected artist, and began creation on the theme of "The Daily Life of the Japanese People" on August 8, 2016, continued the work while staying at the hotel and commuting to and from it, and completed it on August 24, 2016.

No. 25 – Artist Room ‘Samurai’ designed by Kenyu Mitsuhashi

No. 25 – Park Hotel Tokyo Artist Room ‘Samurai’ designed by Kenyu Mitsuhashi

At the Park Hotel Tokyo, in efforts to enhance the satisfaction of our overseas guests whose numbers are increasing, they created a space on the theme of Japanese beauty. As part of this effort, the 25th room Artist Room on the theme of "Samurai", which was started by artist Kenyu Mitsuhashi on July 1, 2016, continued the work for about a month while staying at the hotel and commuting to and from it, and completed it on August 1, 2016.

“By using Kamakura-bori (Kamakura carving), which the technique had been passed down from the age of the samurai, my aim was for the guests to think about the samurai, as well as Japanese aesthetics”, says artist Kenyu Mitsuhashi.

The Artist Room Samurai was created with the desire to communicate this traditional skill to the world in a form that lives in the present. The Kamakura-bori, which has a history of 800 years, originated in Kamakura, a city deeply connected with the samurai. The entire room is decorated with Kamakura-bori, which utilizes uniquely Japanese traditional techniques for carving wood and applying layers of lacquer. This is the first of the artist rooms to be decorated using one of Japan's beautiful traditional crafts.

No. 24 Artist Room ‘Wabi-Sabi’ designed by Conami Hara

No. 24 Park Hotel Tokyo Artist Room ‘Wabi-Sabi’ designed by Conami Hara

This 24nd room Artist Room on the theme of "Wabi-Sabi", which was started by artist Conami Hara on April 5, 2016, continued the work for about 4 months while staying at the hotel and commuting to and from it, and completed it on July 29, 2016.

"Through the repeated discussions with the hotel team, I came up with the match of images of karesansui (arid landscape) and the sulfurized silver foils, which reminded me of the theme Wabi-Sabi", says Hara. Hara painted the walls with her recently-favored driftwood motif to resemble the garden stones at Ryoanji, one of the popular rock garden in Kyoto. Using silver foils, one of Japanese traditional art techniques as well as painting materials, Hara had turned each wall into a rainbow of reds, browns and blues.

There are total of 15 driftwoods painted on the wall in this room. The ripple marks on the sand of the rock garden was expressed by slathered paint on the walls. In addition, just as one of the 15 stones in Ryoanji's rock garden is always hidden no matter what position you view it from, one piece of driftwood is hidden in this room. A special atmosphere in the room is created by the unique appearance and texture of the silver foils, which are produced by the chemical reaction. The beautiful atmosphere felt here is not what can be manually manipulated. The changes with time that occur in silver foil left all over the space, and the passage of time, are also part of the work.

No. 23 – Artist Room ‘Haiku’ designed by Reiko Fujinami

No. 23 – Park Hotel Tokyo Artist Room ‘Haiku’ designed by Reiko Fujinami

This 23rd Artist Room on the theme of "Haiku" was started on May 14, 2016 by Rieko Fujinami, an artist who lives in the United States, continued the work for about 2 month while staying at the hotel, and completed it on July 11, 2016.

Haiku, a short poetry form using words that whisper, capturing the moment and crystallize eternity within a short passage, have traveled far beyond its origins in Japan. “I hope that in this space the haikus that guests have in their hearts will spring to mind as naturally as breathing, regardless of language or cultural differences”, says Fujinami. She created a world of haiku where, rather than thoughts or emotions, expressing an instantaneous observation of the subtleties of nature, using seventeen syllables in Japanese, divided into three lines of five, seven, and five.

As the first for an Artist Room, it is decorated with moving images and sound effects. Projected on the wall are carps swimming in a pond, and against a beautiful, magical and ambient sound, the colors of the image change, creating a flowing effect. The bed is surrounded by drawings of lotus, and when you lie on your back and look up, you will see a jet-black Milky Way on the ceiling. Beside the window is the silver moon and a line from Basho's haiku, “tsuki zo shirube / konata e irase / tabi no yado”. Explore a poet's feeling and delight creating a line or two of haikus, in the middle of nature at the Artist Room Haiku, located on the 31st floor of a high-rise building.

No. 22 – Artist Room ‘Kabuki’ designed by OZ – Yamaguchi Keisuke

No. 22 – Park Hotel Tokyo Artist Room ‘Kabuki’ designed by OZ – Yamaguchi Keisuke

This 22nd Artist Room on the theme of "Kabuki", which was started by artist OZ – Yamaguchi Keisuke on June 20, 2016, continued the work for 16 days while staying at the hotel, and completed it on July 5, 2016.

“I feel the "beauty of Japan" has, since ancient times, continued to live on in the essence of everything Japanese, such as thought, faith, culture and art”, says OZ - Yamaguchi Keisuke. The art on the wall is created based on “Yanone”, an auspicious program usually performed in Kabuki shows during the New Year and captures the beauty of Japanese culture which encompasses ambiguity and reality.

Created using graceful, flowing circles and curves, the drawing of the horse on the wall gives a vibrant and dynamic feel to the room. The artist has used a bold composition consisting of only arms and legs to express the movement of Kabuki. Its sense of presence is effectively conveyed through the circles drawn to conceal reality. The bright red color stands out from the soft-colored wall. In contrast, drawn lightly on the opposite side of the bed are plums used as Kabuki props. When you open the closet, you will be greeted by sullen-faced Joruri whose singing voices seem almost audible even today. In addition, another highlight of this room is its bathroom. Soaking in the bath while enjoying the impressive painting is definitely a first-class experience.

No. 21 Artist Room ‘Castle’ designed by Kazuki Mizuguchi

No. 21 Park Hotel Tokyo Artist Room ‘Castle’ designed by Kazuki Mizuguchi

This 21st room Artist Room on the theme of "Castle", which was started by artist Kazuki Mizuguchi on March 4, 2015, and after he stayed at the hotel and commuted to and from it for 454 days (**), was finally completed on May 31, 2016.

Mizuguchi says: "I wanted to paint a different world that transcends time in a special space". Before starting the work, he visited castles all over Japan. Initially, he planned to represent roof tiles shining in a blue sky with verdigris, but while he was working during his stay at the hotel, his vision began to change, and he wanted to re-do it differently. Discussions between the hotel team and the artist ensued. He painted over what had been the walls up to July, and then painted Edo Castle, which had been lost in the fire, in white lines on a black background.

When you pass through the entrance to the room, which mimics a stone wall, you see a towering castle with a golden killer whale painted on the wall above the headboard. The castle walls and moat surround the bed, and on the opposite wall, a large room that would have welcomed various clan lords is expressed in gold leaf. Another highlight is night in this room. When the curtains are opened at night, the room interior is reflected in the glass, so that when you gaze in the direction of the Imperial Palace, the castle appears.

Artist Rooms No. 11 to 20 here.

Artist Rooms No. 01 to 10 here.

About Park Hotel Tokyo

Park Hotel Tokyo, opened in 2003, is located on the 25th floor and above in the Shiodome Media Tower. The 25th floor has the lobby and reception desk besides restaurants and the bar. The city's view can be enjoyed through the windows behind the reception desk. There are 270 guest rooms, located from the 26th to 34th floors. In 2013, Park Hotel Tokyo put forth a new concept, "Infinite time and space amid cognizant Japanese beauty." In line with the concept, every room on the 31st floor is decorated and turned into Artist Rooms, based on the theme "Beauty of Japan." To offer a memorable experience in various parts of your stay, Park Hotel Tokyo will continue to maximize the role of Japanese aesthetics and hospitality.