The Windsor Hotel Toya Resort & Spa

A luxury resort perched two thousand feet above Lake Toya, a nearly circular volcanic lake with a peaked island sitting at its center like a prop from a dream. The Windsor hosted the 2008 G8 summit, which tells you something about the scale of comfort on offer. Western rooms run from serviceable to genuinely sharp minimalist; tatami suites are available for the traditionalists. The view is the thing, though.