The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka

What the classifiers highlight

In Osaka's Nishi-Umeda district, 291 rooms and 50 suites keep Georgian-style decor and Italian marble bathrooms with separate tubs and showers. Forbes rates it Five Stars. It was the first hotel in the city to build a vintage antique and art collection, and runs six restaurants and bars alongside a gym with sauna, steam rooms and a large indoor pool.