Hotels we recommend
The best hotels in Tokyo
Six hotels in Tokyo we would book for a client, in Ginza, Takanawa, Yurakucho, Toranomon and Roppongi. Four hold MICHELIN Keys. Five of them book through a partner programme, which adds an upgrade where one is free, daily breakfast for two, a hotel credit and late checkout, at the hotel's own rate.
Which area? Where to stay in Tokyo, area by area- Hotels
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- With MICHELIN Keys
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- With partner perks
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- Newest
- 2025
The hotels
Ginza
The Tokyo EDITION, Ginza
2024 · 86 rooms
An 86-room hotel in a 14-storey tower at 2-8-13 Ginza, just off Chuo-dori in Ginza 2-chome, EDITION's second in Tokyo after Toranomon. Kengo Kuma wrapped the building in a latticed metal facade and vertical gardens; inside are walnut-panelled rooms on floors 3 to 13, a lobby bar, a Punch Room on the lobby mezzanine, an Italian restaurant on the 14th floor and a rooftop bar above it.
Marriott STARS
Takanawa
JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo
2025 · 200 rooms
A hotel of 200 rooms and suites on floors 23 to 30 of The Linkpillar 1 South, a 30-storey tower at Takanawa Gateway City directly connected to Takanawa Gateway station, between Shinagawa and Tamachi. Low-lit, wood-panelled interiors by Yabu Pushelberg draw on Zen gardens and the Edo-period views of Goten-yama, with Tokyo Bay on one side and Tokyo Tower on the other.
1 MICHELIN Key · Marriott Luminous
Yurakucho
The Peninsula Tokyo
2007 · 314 rooms
A freestanding 24-storey tower at 1-8-1 Yurakucho, on the edge of Marunouchi facing Hibiya Park and the Imperial Palace gardens, three minutes' walk from Ginza. Kazukiyo Sato designed it as a Japanese lantern, and the rooms, from 51 sq m, are among the largest in the city.
1 MICHELIN Key · The Peninsula PenClub
Toranomon
The Tokyo EDITION, Toranomon
2020 · 206 rooms
A 206-key EDITION, 22 of them suites, in a skyscraper at 4-1-1 Toranomon, Minato, with its sky lobby on level 31 facing Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Bay. Designed by Kengo Kuma with Ian Schrager in light wood, with terrace rooms from level 31 up, rare in a Tokyo tower hotel.
Marriott STARS
Toranomon
The Okura Tokyo
1962 · 508 rooms · Renovated 2019
The Okura, opened as Hotel Okura in 1962 on the Okura family estate in Toranomon, Minato, among the embassies and ministries, and rebuilt in 2019 as two buildings: the 41-storey Prestige Tower and the lower Heritage Wing. The 1962 Main Lobby by Yoshiro Taniguchi was reproduced in the tower by his son Yoshio Taniguchi, down to the plum-blossom lacquer tables and the stones from the original.
1 MICHELIN Key
Roppongi
The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
2007 · 248 rooms · Renovated 2024
A hotel on the top nine floors of the 53-storey Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi, with the lobby on the 45th floor. The floor-to-ceiling windows face the Imperial Palace gardens, Tokyo Bay, Shinjuku or, on clear days, Mount Fuji.
1 MICHELIN Key · Marriott STARS
On our list
Hotels in Tokyo we rate but have not yet stayed in, drawn hollow on the map. The hotels above are first-hand; these are where we are going next. We book them as we book the rest.
Yaesu
Three MICHELIN Keys and Forbes Five-Star; on our list for the top seven floors of Tokyo Midtown Yaesu.
The top seven floors of Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, and one of only three Three-Key hotels in the city.
Marunouchi
Three MICHELIN Keys and Forbes Five-Star; on our list for a Japanese-owned hotel facing the Imperial Palace moat.
Japanese-owned, facing the Imperial Palace moat. The quiet answer to every international flag in Tokyo.
Otemachi
Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi
Three MICHELIN Keys and Forbes Four-Star; on our list for bath views of Fuji above the thirty-ninth floor.
Thirty-ninth floor upward, with the best bath view in Tokyo on a clear Fuji morning.
Nagatacho
Two MICHELIN Keys and Forbes Five-Star; on our list for the trees of Hie Shrine in Nagatacho.
Beside the trees of Hie Shrine in Nagatacho, with its own entrance from Tameike-Sanno station.
Otemachi
Two MICHELIN Keys and Forbes Four-Star; on our list for Kerry Hill's thirty-metre atrium above Otemachi.
Kerry Hill's thirty-metre atrium above Otemachi — the one that proved a city Aman could work.
Azabudai Hills
Two MICHELIN Keys; on our list for Aman's second brand, in Azabudai Hills.
Aman's second brand, opened 2024 in Azabudai Hills — louder than an Aman, and deliberately so.
Kioicho
Executive House Zen, Hotel New Otani Tokyo
Forbes Five-Star; on our list for a 400-year-old garden from Kato Kiyomasa's estate.
A hotel within a hotel on two floors of The Main, above a 400-year-old garden that was once the samurai lord Kato Kiyomasa's estate.
Nihonbashi
Forbes Five-Star; on our list for views from Tokyo Bay to the Imperial Palace gardens.
The top floors of César Pelli's Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, looking out over Tokyo Bay one way and the Imperial Palace gardens the other.
Kioicho
The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho, a Luxury Collection Hotel
Forbes Five-Star; on our list for the double-height sky lobby on the 36th floor.
The top seven floors of the tower that replaced Kenzo Tange's saw-toothed Akasaka Prince, with a double-height sky lobby on the 36th.
Takanawa
Forbes Five-Star; on our list for 16 rooms named for Teiji Kusuoka's garden flowers.
A 16-room ryokan in the grounds of the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, its rooms named for the flowers of a garden laid out by Teiji Kusuoka.
From our Japan Desk
The ryokans and hotels in Tokyo that our team in Japan books, Japanese houses and international names alike. Each has its own page: the baths, the rooms, dinner, and what to know before you book.
Hotel · Marunouchi, Tokyo
On the Wadakura moat, opposite the Imperial Palace gardens
Hotel · Marunouchi, Tokyo
Kingo Tatsuno's 1914 station, rooms looking into its domes
Hotel · Sekiguchi, Tokyo
Yamagata Aritomo's 1878 garden, pagoda and sea of clouds
Hotel · Uchisaiwaicho, Tokyo
Japan's state guest house of 1890, facing Hibiya Park
Hotel · Kioicho, Tokyo
Executive House Zen, Hotel New Otani Tokyo
Bamboo, charcoal and washi above a 400-year-old garden
What to know
The Tokyo EDITION, Ginza; JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo; The Peninsula Tokyo; The Tokyo EDITION, Toranomon; The Okura Tokyo and The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo. Each has its own page with the rooms, the restaurants and what booking through us adds.
JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo (one MICHELIN Key); The Peninsula Tokyo (one MICHELIN Key); The Okura Tokyo (one MICHELIN Key) and The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo (one MICHELIN Key).
Of the hotels we recommend, JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo, which opened in 2025. The Tokyo EDITION, Ginza followed in 2024.
The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo: its rooms start at 52 square metres. The Peninsula Tokyo from 51, The Okura Tokyo from 48 and JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo from 43.
The Tokyo EDITION, Ginza (Marriott STARS); JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo (Marriott Luminous); The Peninsula Tokyo (The Peninsula PenClub); The Tokyo EDITION, Toranomon (Marriott STARS) and The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo (Marriott STARS). Booked through us, each adds a room upgrade where one is free, breakfast for two each day, a hotel credit and early check-in or late checkout when the hotel can give it, at no extra cost to you.
The Tokyo EDITION, Ginza: Haneda is about 17 km away and Narita about 72 km; the hotel arranges a private car from JPY 23,000 each way from Haneda and from JPY 40,000 from Narita. JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo: Haneda Airport is about 20 minutes by car. The Peninsula Tokyo: Haneda (HND) is 20 km away and Narita (NRT) 68 km. The Okura Tokyo: Haneda is about 40 minutes by taxi or 50 minutes by the Tokyo Monorail or Keikyu line; Narita about 70 minutes by taxi or two hours by Airport Limousine Bus. The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo: Haneda Airport is 13 km away and Narita International Airport 46 km.
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