Benesse House

A Tadao Ando-designed resort on a tiny Inland Sea island where the hotel and the museum are the same building, and Monet, Pollock, and James Turrell are essentially your neighbors. Four architecturally distinct buildings hold the rooms, each offering a slightly different relationship to the art and the landscape. It holds a Michelin 2 Keys. Rates start high and the island is remote, but no budget-conscious operation hangs five Monet water lilies in a Giverny-inspired garden.