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Which to choose · Tokyo

The Peninsula or the Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo?

Both opened in 2007 with some of the largest rooms in the city, 51 and 52 sq m to start. The Peninsula is a freestanding 24-storey tower across from Hibiya Park and the Imperial Palace gardens, three minutes' walk from Ginza; the Ritz-Carlton fills the top nine floors of Midtown Tower in Roppongi, with its lobby on the 45th. The Peninsula is at street level beside the palace; the Ritz-Carlton is high above the city, with Mount Fuji on clear days.

The Peninsula Tokyo

Yurakucho, Tokyo

The Peninsula Tokyo

Opened 2007 · 267 rooms

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Roppongi, Tokyo

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Opened 2007 · 212 rooms

In short

Choose the Peninsula to be at street level by the Imperial Palace gardens and three minutes from Ginza, with a direct entrance to Hibiya station; choose the Ritz-Carlton to sleep above the city, on floors 45 to 53, with Fuji in the window on clear days. Both opened in 2007 with rooms of more than 50 sq m.

  • A first visit to Tokyo

    The Peninsula Tokyo

    Ginza on foot, Hibiya station beneath, and the palace gardens across the road.

  • The view

    The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

    A Tokyo Deluxe Room takes in the palace garden, Skytree, Rainbow Bridge and, on clear days, Mount Fuji.

  • Japanese dining in the hotel

    The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

    Hinokizaka has separate kaiseki, sushi, tempura and teppanyaki rooms.

The Peninsula Tokyo

Choose The Peninsula Tokyo for

  • Ginza three minutes on foot, and a direct entrance to Hibiya subway station
  • Grand Premier rooms look over the Imperial Palace gardens or Hibiya Park
  • A 20-metre heated indoor pool, and more than 1,000 works by 60 mostly Japanese artists

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Choose The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo for

  • The hotel fills floors 45 to 53, its windows facing the palace gardens, Tokyo Bay, Shinjuku or, on clear days, Mount Fuji
  • Hinokizaka, with separate kaiseki, sushi, tempura and teppanyaki rooms, and Héritage by Kei Kobayashi
  • Tokyo Midtown and Roppongi on the doorstep, beside Hinokicho Park

Side by side

Where
Yurakucho
Roppongi
Opened
2007
2007
Last renovated
–
2024
Rooms
267, 47 of them suites
212, 36 of them suites
Room sizes
51–69 sq m
52 sq m
Restaurants and bars
9
7
Pool
Yes
Yes
Hot spring
–
–
Awards
1 MICHELIN Key, Forbes 5 stars
1 MICHELIN Key, Forbes 5 stars
Design
Kazukiyo Sato
Design Studio Spin (2015 renovation)
Airport
Haneda (HND) is 20 km away and Narita (NRT) 68 km
Haneda Airport is 13 km away and Narita International Airport 46 km
Brand
The Peninsula
The Ritz-Carlton
Booked through us
The Peninsula PenClub
Marriott STARS

The rooms

The Peninsula Tokyo

Which to book. The view is what changes between categories of the same size: the Deluxe Room faces the city, while the Grand Premier Garden Rooms on the top floors look over the Imperial Palace gardens and the Grand Premier Park Rooms (63 sq m) over Hibiya Park; for night views, the 69 sq m Premier Corner Rooms face Marunouchi and Tokyo Skytree.

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Which to book. For a view, book a Tokyo Deluxe Room, whose windows take in the Imperial Palace garden, Skytree, Rainbow Bridge and Mount Fuji; for Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in a suite, the Club Executive Suites on the 51st and 52nd floors; and for the Imperial Palace garden and the bay, the Club Premier Executive Suites on floors 51 to 53.

The first room

The Peninsula Tokyo

Superior Room

51 sq m · city view · king or twin; marble bathroom and workspace

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Deluxe Room

Deluxe Room

52 sq m · city view · rooms face every direction of the city

The room to ask for

The Peninsula Tokyo

Deluxe Room

54 sq m · city view · seating area with dining table

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Tokyo Deluxe Room

Tokyo Deluxe Room

52 sq m · Imperial Palace garden, Tokyo Skytree, Rainbow Bridge or Mount Fuji view

The largest suite

The Peninsula Tokyo

The Peninsula Suite

347 sq m · skyline view · private balcony, grand piano and study; dining for 12

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

The Ritz-Carlton Suite

The Ritz-Carlton Suite

307 sq m · panoramic view · the largest suite, 53rd floor, two bathrooms, with a personal attendant and chauffeured transport

Dining

The Peninsula Tokyo

  • Peter · modern French restaurant · 24th floor

  • Peter: The Bar · cocktail bar

  • Hei Fung Terrace · Cantonese restaurant

  • The Lobby · all-day restaurant · lobby · afternoon tea

  • Zuicho · Japanese multi-course restaurant

  • Ten-ichi · tempura restaurant

  • mon cher ton ton HIBIYA · teppanyaki restaurant

  • Naka Dori Café - The Terrace · café

  • The Peninsula Boutique & Café · pastry shop and café

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

  • Héritage by Kei Kobayashi · modern French restaurant

  • Hinokizaka · Japanese restaurant

  • Towers · French restaurant

  • The Lobby Lounge · lobby lounge · afternoon tea

  • The Bar · cocktail bar · 45th floor

  • Nina at The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo · pâtisserie

  • La Boutique · pastry shop and café

The spa and the pool

The Peninsula Tokyo

The Peninsula Spa, a 20-metre (65-foot) heated indoor pool and a vitality pool with a balcony over the Imperial Palace gardens, and a fitness centre with Technogym equipment and personal trainers.

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

The Ritz-Carlton Spa, an indoor pool and a fitness centre.

Where they are

The two stand 2.8 km apart, as the crow flies.

The Peninsula Tokyo

Opposite the Imperial Palace and Hibiya Park, on the edge of Marunouchi

  • Hibiya station

    1 min on foot, Direct entrance from the station

  • Ginza

    3 min on foot

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

In Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi, beside Hinokicho Park

  • Roppongi station

    1 min on foot, Direct link from exit 8 (Oedo line); underground passage from the Hibiya line

  • Nogizaka station

    3 min on foot, Exit 3, Chiyoda line

  • Haneda Airport

    60 min by train, With changes

  • Narita Airport

    110 min by train, With changes

The building

The Peninsula Tokyo

Architect Kazukiyo Sato conceived the freestanding 24-storey tower as a traditional Japanese lantern, lit at night by lighting designer Tino Kwan; inside hang more than 1,000 works by 60 mostly Japanese artists. Rooms use cherry-wood headboards, horse-chestnut sliding doors and ajiro cedar ceilings.

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

The hotel fills floors 45 to 53 of Midtown Tower, in 2015 Tokyo's tallest building. Design Studio Spin led a multi-phase renovation, completed in September 2015, that began with Hinokizaka and the lobby lounge and bar in December 2014 and ended with the rooms, suites and Club Lounge in greys, purples and reds; AB Concept remodelled the Lobby Lounge as a Japanese manor house in 2024.

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The Peninsula Tokyo

The Peninsula Tokyo

The Peninsula PenClub

  • A room upgrade confirmed when you book, some suites excepted

  • Daily breakfast for two

  • A US$100 food, drink or spa credit each stay

  • Check-in from 6am and checkout as late as 10pm

  • An upgraded welcome amenity

The early and late hours have a few blackout dates.

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Marriott STARS

  • A room upgrade on arrival when one is available

  • Daily breakfast for two

  • A US$100 hotel credit each stay

  • Early check-in and late checkout when available

On the hotel's flexible public rate.

Become a client

Still deciding? Tell us your dates and what matters most, and we will say which we would choose, and book it at the hotel’s own rate with the perks above.

Questions

The Ritz-Carlton is far higher: its Tokyo Deluxe rooms take in the Imperial Palace garden, Skytree, Rainbow Bridge and Mount Fuji. At the Peninsula the view depends on the category, from the city in the Deluxe rooms to the palace gardens from the top-floor Grand Premier Garden rooms.

The Ritz-Carlton gives Haneda as 13 km away and the Peninsula 20 km. Narita is 46 km from the Ritz-Carlton and 68 km from the Peninsula.

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