2007-10-10 12:33:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
Okay let me clarify: according to my professor, I have to explain to him why the reception areas of Japanese hotels are on the top floor (yes, the floor most above the ground).
2007-10-10 17:21:47 · update #1
I only recall one hotel here where the reception is located on the top floor (I think it was Park Hyatt in Shinjuku). I know a few more where the reception is on one of the higher floors, but that's because the lower floors house shops, restaurants, etc. rather than guest rooms. Usually the reception is on the ground floor even in Japan.
2007-10-10 20:07:59 · answer #1 · answered by flemmingbee2 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Well your professor probably thinking of the lounge area, which probably looks more like a lobby than the actual lobby. Unless maybe he uses different terminology? You should get a clarification as to what he/she means. Lobbies are usually where you check in, get your key, roomkeep escorts to the hotel room, etc. And that would never be on the top floor, that just allows people that may not have reservations or wanderers, to wander about the hotel.
2007-10-10 18:36:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Uh..any Japanese hotel I have been in had the lobby on the ground floor.
2007-10-10 13:04:58 · answer #3 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋
In English, we call that the "main" floor. The "top" floor actually refers to the floor which is the highest from the ground!
Woops. A bit of a misunderstanding on your part.
2007-10-10 15:07:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
As michinoku said, lobbies are usually on the ground/1st floor. However lounges are tend to be on the top floor.
2007-10-10 13:12:04 · answer #5 · answered by AuntieZoey 4 · 5⤊ 4⤋
BSE211 at UW? I gotta answer the same thing lol
2015-10-11 10:00:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋