A butler bringing tea to the bedside late at night

The Salon — Experience IX

The Overnight Stay

From dusk until the door opens in the morning, your butler is at your side.

Queen's Butler — Definition

About The Overnight Stay

The Overnight Stay is a Salon experience in which one guest spends a night at the Manor, thirteen hours from 8 pm to 9 am. From the silver-laid table, a film before the fire and reading in the study to the 19th-century French bed and morning tea, a butler remains in the Manor and at your side throughout. For women only.

From dusk to morning

Even on your first night, the butler guides you from one scene to the next

The Overnight Stay at Queen's Butler is a night and morning at the Manor for one guest, from the butler's welcome at 8 pm as dusk falls until your departure at 9 am. Even once the double doors have closed, you are never left alone: the butler remains in the Manor's anteroom throughout.

From the silver-laid table to the fireplace room, and once the 120-inch screen has played, to the study or the bedroom. There is no need to decide every detail before you arrive. The butler adjusts the lights, asks your wishes and attends you in turn through the quiet before sleep and the morning's dressing.

The Overnight Stay is for one guest only. If you wish to enjoy the Manor with two or more, please see the two- to six-hour daytime and evening sessions. The thirteen hours from 8 pm to 9 am cannot be divided, and the visitor fee is ¥102,000 (tax inc.).

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Candlelight and a butler's hands in the Manor at night

One night

Five scenes follow one another, from the 8 pm welcome to the 9 am farewell

00 pm — As dusk falls

The butler bows at the entrance and takes your luggage and coat.

The silver-laid table

You are welcome to bring your own food and drink. The Manor does not serve meals.

Before the fire

In the fireplace room, the 120-inch motorised screen, usually hidden, rises as the butler dims the chandelier.

At the bedside

The butler shows you to the 19th-century French corbeille bed and brings tea.

Morning tea

In the morning, a cup of tea arrives with the sound of the curtains opening. Please discuss your wishes for morning tea and dressing the night before.

Three rooms at night

The fireplace room, the study and the bedroom each deepen the night differently

The wine-red sofa and roses in the fireplace room at night

Lounge

A film in the fireplace room

Sink into the wine-red velvet sofa of the Queen's Butler fireplace room, watch the electric flames and wait for the 120-inch screen to rise.

Study

Open a book in the study

A 1980s English mahogany twin-pedestal desk, a black leather captain's chair of 19th-century English origin and a 1920s French three-arm chandelier.

The 19th-century French corbeille bed and burgundy linen

Bedroom

Upon the 19th-century French bed

Corbeille means a basket of flowers: a frame that curves high at head and foot to enfold the body.

A butler carrying a silver tea set in the fireplace room

Essential facts

Please confirm the hours, numbers, fee and the Manor's promises before booking

Hours	A fixed thirteen hours, from 8:00 pm to 9:00 am. The stay cannot be divided.
Guests	One guest only. This differs from the maximum of six for regular Salon sessions.
Visitor fee	¥102,000 (tax inc.).
Members	Sixteen hours are deducted. Bronze members may book once a month, Silver twice, Gold three times and Platinum four times.
Butlers	Male and female butlers are in residence, and a butler remains in the Manor throughout the Overnight Stay.
Key	No key is handed to the lady of the house. The butler manages entry, departure and the door, and the Manor is never hired out unattended.

What a night includes

A butler in attendance in the Manor from 8 pm to 9 am
The silver-laid table, the theatre in the fireplace room, the study and the bed
Tea, a light drink in the evening and morning tea, brought by the butler
You are welcome to bring your own food and drink.
Please discuss laundering of your clothes at the time of booking.

The boundaries the Manor keeps

The Manor does not serve meals
No key is handed over; exclusive occupation of the Manor is not possible
Overnight Stays for two or more guests are not accepted
The hours from 8 pm to 9 am cannot be divided

How the night changes

Comparing the scenes makes it easier to tell us how you wish to spend the night

The dining room: yew table and chairs beneath the chandelier

Scene	How it unfolds	What to tell us before or on the day
The 8 pm welcome and the table	Your luggage is taken, and with the food and drink you have brought, you watch the butler handle silver and porcelain	What you will bring, any laundry wishes, and what you most want from the night
The theatre in the fireplace room	The butler sets the lights before the 120-inch motorised screen and the electric flames	The title if you have chosen one, and when you would like to move to the study or bedroom
Reading in the study	Open a book in the black leather captain's chair, or, if you wish, listen to the butler read aloud	The book you will bring, the pages you wish to read, and when you would like to be left in quiet
Resting upon the bed	You retire to the 19th-century French corbeille bed while the butler waits in the anteroom	Your wishes for morning tea and your clothes
Morning dressing	The day begins with tea, then the shower room, dressing and a check of your luggage before the 9 am farewell	Morning tea, collection of laundry where accepted, and anything to confirm before you leave

The Overnight Stay is a fixed thirteen hours from 8:00 pm to 9:00 am, for one guest only, at a visitor fee of ¥102,000 (tax inc.).

The key remains with the butler

No key is handed over; the butler guards the door through the night

No key is handed over. In this Manor, guarding the door is also the butler's work. Keeping the key is our promise that the butler holds the comings and goings and the safety of the house through the night. We never close the door on the lady of the house alone, and we never hire out the Manor unattended.

Guarding the door means the butler opens it for your arrival at 8 pm and sees you out at 9 am, holding the hours between. Within the Manor you may spend your time in the fireplace room, the study and the bedroom. Queen's Butler is operated by the Japan Butler Association, a general incorporated association.

The bed, too, is a training fixture in the education of butlers. It serves the butler's practice of making up linen, arranging the surroundings of the bed and leading into the morning's dressing, and it may also be used for your rest during the stay. Once you have seen the black silk damask and the burgundy linen, please tell your butler your wishes for morning tea and your clothes.

A butler with key and watch, guarding the Manor at night

Six streaming services

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, U-NEXT, YouTube, ABEMA and Disney+ are available.

The theatre begins when the 120-inch motorised screen hidden in the fireplace room rises and the butler dims the 1920s French six-arm chandelier. Before the wine-red velvet sofa and the electric flames, choose the night's film.

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, U-NEXT, YouTube, ABEMA and Disney+ are supported. The butler sets the screen and the lights, and brings your drinks.

Whether you watch to the end or move to the study partway through is for the night's mood to decide. If you wish to open a book after the film, or take tea before retiring, tell your butler the next scene. The lights are restored, and you are shown from the fireplace room to the next room.

The theatre at night, lit only by the glow of the fireplace

Before nightfall

Please prepare your belongings and wishes under three headings

A butler's hands adjusting the lights before the evening's screening

Theater

If you have a film in mind

If you know which title you wish to watch in the fireplace room, please tell your butler. The butler will prepare the 120-inch motorised screen and the lights.

A butler arranging tomorrow's clothes in the wardrobe

Belongings

For a night's dressing

Please bring your clothes for the morning, any personal necessities, and the food and drink you wish to enjoy.

Morning

Your wishes for the morning

Please discuss your wishes for morning tea and dressing the night before. The butler arranges the order of the morning and helps you prepare for the 9 am farewell.

QMay two of us stay?

The Overnight Stay is for one guest only. For two or more, please consider the two- to six-hour daytime or evening sessions.

QIs the butler in the Manor through the night?

Yes, a butler remains in the Manor throughout the Overnight Stay. The Manor is never hired out unattended and no key is handed over. When you need us, please ring the silver bell or call.

QWhat is the bed's role?

The bed is a training fixture in the education of butlers, and may also be used for your rest during the stay. It is a nineteenth-century French corbeille bed.

QAre meals provided?

The Manor does not serve meals. You are welcome to bring your own food and drink. The silver and porcelain are presented as furnishings, so that you may watch the butler's handling of them.

QHow do I watch a film?

On the 120-inch motorised screen in the fireplace room, with the six supported streaming services. The butler sets the screen and lights and brings your drinks. If you have a title in mind, please tell your butler.