At some point in their history, the Japanese thought that traveling in pajamas made no sense.
The first time I set foot in that country I arrived at my hotel asleep and fast, like all Westerners. I yelled twice: when I saw the Toto toilet and when I found, folded as only they know there, as if they were origami paper, a man's and a woman's pajamas. I, who don't wear pajamas, yelled. and i put it on . There was no social media then, but I would have shared the image of that sleepy Caucasian woman in white pajamas.
It was at the Granvia Hotel in Kyoto, a fabulous behemoth where you don't know where the hotel begins and where the train station and the JR Kyoto Isetan Store begin. Everything mixed. Wildly . In this hotel, as in all, pajamas are not a gift. I repeat: it is not a gift. For Sale : in the case of the Granvia for 3150 yen (33 euros approx.).
Today, all hotels of a certain level (love hotels, no, those promote other clothing), offer pajamas to their guests. The idea is to make them as comfortable as possible. If instead of a hotel it is a ryokan, then you will find yukatas, much more exotic. Of course, pajamas are as austere and elegant as we imagine them to be. In the Conrad Hotel Tokyo , in addition to pajamas, they give away (this they do give away) a little teddy bear . I, who didn't even sleep with dolls as a child, still have it.
The Mandarin Oriental, also in the capital, also offers two options: pajamas and kimono: one white and one printed . One perhaps to sleep and another to have the first tea of the day, looking at the city from the thirtieth floor, always with a little sleep.