Tokyo: What to See & Do: Spas

Bathhouses, the traditional Tokyo way to clean up and have a soak, remain popular, but contemporary spas in five-star hotels are a far more indulgent means of pampering the body. The trend du jour is to locate spas on the upper levels of high-rise hotel buildings, thereby allowing exercisers and swimmers a breathtaking view of the city below. Seeing the tiny people scurrying about for work-related activities adds to the mood of blissful relaxation.