Hotel Tomo

A new hotel is set to open in the Japantown neighborhood of San Francisco on June 1. Hotel Tomo, formerly known as the Best Western Miyako Inn, is said to derive its architecture and environment from anime, manga, and Japanese street fashion. Some of the features within the guest rooms will include 26-inch LCD flat panel TVs and iPod docking stations, as well as "gaming suites" equipped with beanbag chairs, 6-foot TV screens, and Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii consoles.

The hotel opening is part of a larger neighborhood revival that also includes Shogakukan's J-Pop Center which will house an art-house theatre, a "J-Pop bookstore," a cafe, and girls' fashion stores a block away from the hotel.

For more information, check out their official site at: www.Bestwestern.com/miyakoinn.