Hakone Honbako
Gora, Japan
Books fill the shelves and shared spaces at Honbako, a small hotel whose name means bookcase. The collection ranges from new titles to older volumes, and books can be bought to take home. Individually designed rooms each have a private outdoor hot-spring bath. Local ingredients shape the Italian cooking, with a kitchen tour adding interest to dinner. It is a particularly good choice for readers who want to spend an afternoon indoors without feeling they have missed anything.