A hotel brand in Japan
Imperial Hotel
The Imperial Hotel opened in Tokyo in 1890 to receive the country's foreign guests, and its Frank Lloyd Wright building opened in 1923.
Imperial Hotel, Ltd. now has four hotels in Japan, in Tokyo, Osaka, Kamikochi and, since March 2026, Kyoto; the Osaka hotel is not on our list.
- Places to stay
- 3
What they share
- Each has a French dining room: the Dining Room at Kamikochi, REN in Kyoto and Les Saisons in Tokyo
- Dinner is not part of the room rate as a rule
- No hot-spring water in the rooms
- Children are welcome
How to choose
For the mountains
Imperial Hotel, Kamikochi: a red-roofed 1933 hotel below the Hotaka range, open late April to early November
For Gion
Imperial Hotel, Kyoto: inside the walls of the 1936 Yasaka Kaikan theatre, with a pool and thermal baths
For a grand city hotel
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo: facing Hibiya Park, between Ginza and the Imperial Palace
3 hotels
Gion, Kyoto
HotelImperial Hotel, Kyoto
帝国ホテル 京都
Inside the walls of Gion's 1936 Yasaka Kaikan theatre
Uchisaiwaicho, Tokyo
HotelImperial Hotel, Tokyo
帝国ホテル 東京
Japan's state guest house of 1890, facing Hibiya Park
Kamikochi
HotelImperial Hotel, Kamikochi
上高地帝国ホテル
A red-roofed 1933 mountain hotel below the Hotaka range
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Q&A
Four: Tokyo, Osaka, Kamikochi and Kyoto, which opened in March 2026 as the first new one in 30 years. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Imperial Hotel, Kyoto and Imperial Hotel, Kamikochi are on our list.
No; it opens only from late April to early November, when the road into Kamikochi is open. Private cars are not allowed in, so guests park at Sawando or Hirayu and take a bus or taxi.
No; Wright's Imperial Hotel, which opened in 1923, was taken down in 1968, and its entrance hall was rebuilt at the Meiji Mura museum near Nagoya. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo stands on the same site facing Hibiya Park.