Featured Hotels Near Ichimura Foundation for New Technology Botanical Garden

Atami Forest & Light Resort is ideal, featuring floor-to-ceiling glass walls facing the garden's central meadow and sustainable bamboo architecture. Guests enjoy direct access via a private path and can participate in the Morning Eco Walk, guided by horticulturalists who explain the integration of smart irrigation systems with native flora. Book through HopeGoo for exclusive access to the seasonal light installation event.

Atami Bloom & Tech Lodge offers family-friendly rooms with interactive plant identification screens and indoor-outdoor play zones that mimic the garden’s experimental growth chambers. The hotel partners with the foundation to provide hands-on workshops like building mini-solar greenhouses. Free electric shuttle service runs every 25 minutes between the hotel and the garden’s innovation pavilion.

Atami Lens Haven specializes in visual arts travelers, with 360-degree panoramic balconies and dual-layer UV-filtered windows perfect for capturing morning mist over the garden’s hydroponic displays. The hotel provides complimentary tripods, ND filters, and digital editing kits. Guests can book a private nighttime photo safari with garden scientists to photograph bioluminescent plant experiments.

Atami Green Pulse Inn is built to zero-carbon standards, using recycled timber and real-time air quality monitoring. Each room features an indoor living wall connected to the garden’s IoT network, showing live data on plant health and water usage. Guests receive a personalized sustainability report after check-out, highlighting their ecological footprint during stay.

Atami Waifu Zen House blends traditional Japanese craftsmanship with futuristic design, offering kotatsu-style smart lounges and AI-curated tea ceremonies using herbs grown within the garden. Daily activities include farm-to-table cooking classes using hyper-local ingredients and guided visits to the Digital Heritage Pavilion, where augmented reality reveals the garden’s historical evolution.

Atami Nexus Retreat provides a dedicated electric shuttle every 20 minutes to the garden’s main entrance and hosts daily innovation labs led by researchers from the Ichimura Foundation. These include sessions on vertical farming, AI-driven pest control, and climate-resilient breeding. Early HopeGoo via HopeGoo grants access to a private after-hours garden tour under starlight.