amyeats

I want to stay in the most Japanese Hotel in Waikiki where I can get Japanese food three meals a day and for room service and where most of the guests and the staff are Japanese. It would be great if this were also on a good snorkel beach.

Please advise!!

suze

I'll be interested to read the replies for this question.

I have never heard of a "Japanese Hotel" in Waikiki. The staff anyplace I have stayed has always appeared Hawaiian.

Lookin_Glass

Wow, suze, that is amazing considering the demographics of the island have about %45 of the population defined as asian and only about %8 being native hawaiian/pacific island. Not saying I don't believe you, but I think you don't have a clear vision of the staff where you stay.

I don't know of a hotel that primarily caters to a Japanese clientele.

Lookin_Glass

I know that Morimoto and Nobu and Kaiawa, Chibaken, have outposts on Oahu so checking out those restaurants might give you an idea of more Japanese geared lodging. But I honestly don't think you will find a mostly Japanese staff anywhere in Hawaii. It is a melting pot of cultures and although the 90's had a rush of Japanese owned properties, but then their economy tanked. Most high end resorts have at least a few members of Japanese or Japanese speaking staff in the management to cater to tourists.

Now I'm hungry for Japanese breakfast!

suze

<about %45 of the population defined as asian>

Fine I don't disagree. I shouldn't have used the word "Hawaiian" because I certainly did not mean pure blooded 100% Hawaiian royalty, rather the ethnic mixes that appear most common in the locals there.

While Japanese falls under the "asian" category, all "Asians" are certainly not Japanese.

So let me rephrase my observation for you Lookin_Glass...

I have never stayed at a hotel where the staff or guests were primarily Japanese. I have never once had a Japanese maid cleaning my hotel room. Better?

I live in Seattle. Believe me I can usually correctly identify ethnic origins of people. I can visually tell the various pacific islander and asian countries one from the next.

suze

That said, there are always about a zillion Japanese tourists in Waikiki so they must stay somewhere.

aloha

Sansei at the Marriott might fill part of your wish list http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel...esort-and-spa/

I think the Oceanarium at the Pacific Beach is popular with Japanese visitors http://www.pacificbeachhotel.com/dining/oceanarium

chepar

The OP's question is a little weird, but I will answer it on the assumption it is a serious inquiry.

Many of the larger hotels (Hilton Hawaiian Village, Pacific Beach, Marriott, Hyatt Regency, Sheraton) will have sizable numbers of Japanese tourists, but there is no one hotel whose guests and staff are primarily Japanese. BTW, I am assuming you are talking about Japanese guests and staff from Japan, and not local Japanese residents, correct?

The Hawaii Prince always has a number of Japanese tourists, I think partially because they have their own golf course out on the ewa side of the island and they run a shuttle out there for their guests.

There are no good beaches to snorkel at in Waikiki IMO.

If you want to eat Japanese food 3 times a day, you don't need to limit yourself to the restaurants/room service that your hotel provides. Waikiki is chock full of Japanese restaurants.

suze

I thought of another way you could research this. I've noticed certain hotel websites had options other than English for their websites. Look for ones in Japanese might be your first clue.

Shar

interesting By Line "Waikiki around Christmas" when really it is about Japanese hotels.

lcuy

Many Japanese tourists prefer western or Hawaiian style hotels. Several of the hotels have Japanese restaurants have good Japanese restaurants and/or Japanese food on the room service menu. But Japanese themed rooms or service? Never heard of one.

tifa2276

The ones that come to my mind right away are the New Otani Kapiolani, the Waikiki Parc (I think this is the one with Morimoto) and the Waikiki Prince, with the Japanese buffet. I used to live in Japan and they seem to indicate the style of Japanese hotels to me (may even be Japanese owned/managed), but if all you want is Japanese food, there are plenty of places to get that all around Honolulu so I don't think you'd need to seek out a place where there is only Japanese dining in the place you stay.

amyeats

I went to Waikiki and this is what I found out for anyone else going to eat Japanese breakfast or stay in a Japanese hotel. The Parc hotel is the most Japanese hotel. Nobu is in there and it's delicious but the Parc is a little expensive. The Embassy Suites has Japanese breakfast. The very best place for Japanese breakfast is Yoshitsune in the Park Shore Hotel -which is at the very opposite end from Parc hotel. Also, there are two really delicious Japanese places that I highly recommend and both happen to be really cheap: Marukame - little bit of a wait but worth it. It's "fast food" but authentic and healthy fresh made udon. The other is Gyoza no Osho. Amazingly good. The Sansei restaurant in the Marriott was also good but more fusion. Yoshitsune and Nobu are where to go for the best sushi possible.