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Inspired by the vibrant, manga/anime-style artistic energy that fuels Japan’s youth culture, Hotel Tomo has been designed to blend the attributes of a premier Japanese-style boutique hotel with a unique and whimsical creative sensibility. The 125-room hotel, formerly home to the Best Western Miyako Inn, was brought under the management of Joie de Vivre in May 2006, setting the stage for its reinvention.
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Designed by Charles De Lisle of San Francisco-based Your Space, Inc. in collaboration with Joie de Vivre Creative Director Matt Harvey, Hotel Tomo fuses modern design with Japanese pop culture to create an environment that is at once practical, comfortable, and fun. Using Japan’s contemporary culture as a creative springboard, the hotel features bright colors, modern embellishments and art derived from Japan’s famed explosion of anime, manga and street fashion.
In addition to its 125 guest rooms, the hotel features two gaming suites, two outdoor “Geo-domes” that serve as unique event spaces, and two high-tech vending machines in the hotel lobby. Each guest room features an anime-inspired mural by Tokyo-based pop artist Heisuke Kitazawa, a 26-inch LCD flat screen television, iPod docking station, lemon-colored linens, blond pinewood furniture, and a Fatboy brand bean bag.
Formal name of project: Hotel Tomo
Location: 1800 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA.
Total construction cost: $3 million
Completion date: July 2007
Owner:
3D Investments
Designer:
De Lisle, Philpotts & Staub
Address: 643 Seventh Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-565-6767
Fax: 415-565-6701
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