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Places to Stay
PRICE CATEGORIES Imperial Hotel
For a standard, double room per night (with breakfast MAP M4 • 1-1-1
if included), taxes and extra charges. Uchisawaicho, Chiyoda-
ku • 3504-1111
¥ under ¥15,000 ¥¥¥15,000–35,000 ¥¥¥ over ¥35,000 • www.imperialhotel.
co.jp • ¥¥¥
Luxury Hotels Grand Hyatt Tokyo With a history dating from
MAP C6 • 6-10-3 the 1890s, the Imperial
Aman Tokyo Roppongi, Minato-ku • Hotel boasts excellent
MAP M2 • 1-5-6 4333-1234 • www.tokyo. credentials. Rooms on the
Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku grand.hyatt.com • ¥¥¥ Imperial Floor are slightly
• 5224-3333 • www. Luxurious rooms come with larger and have the most
aman.com • ¥¥¥ topgrade facilities. All the uptodate decor. The
At the top of the Otemachi rooms are taste fully decked Imperial’s location is also
Tower, this luxury chain out with a com bination of very good: it is set just
hotel brings its sophisti natural elements and across from Hibiya Park
cated calm and style to sleek, contemporary (see p81) and a short stroll
Tokyo with a serene spa, a furnish ings. Also onsite away from Ginza.
swimming pool with great is an excellent selection
city views, and traditional of restaurants, a fantastic Mandarin Oriental
Japanese touches to the patisserie, and a spa. Tokyo
room decor. MAP N2 • 2-1-1
Hotel Chinzan-so Nihonbashi-Muromachi,
Andaz Hotel MAP D1 • 2-10-8 Sekiguchi, Chuo-ku • 3270-8800
MAP L5 • 1-23-4, Bunkyo-ku • 3943-1111 • www.mandarinoriental.
Toranomon, Minato-ku • www.hotel-chinzanso- com/tokyo • ¥¥¥
• 6830-1234 • www. tokyo.com • ¥¥¥ The Mandarin Oriental
tokyo.andaz.hyatt.com The lobby and corridors oozes luxury. Japanese
• ¥¥¥ of this opulent hotel are artisan materials, such
Part of the Toranomon decorated with original as paper lanterns,
Hills complex, the Andaz artwork. Its magnificent hanging textiles, and
offers real glamour and Japanese garden has some traditional furnish ings.
a great location midway original features, including Panoramic views of
between Roppongi and a wooden pagoda and Mount Fuji and the
Ginza. The rooms are Buddhist stone statuary. famous business district
extremely spacious by Rooms are immaculate. add to the charm.
Tokyo standards and offer There are also several
panoramic city views. Hotel New Otani exceptional bars and
Tokyo restaurants onsite.
Cerulean Tower MAP D4 • 4-1 Kioi-cho,
Tokyu Hotel Chiyoda-ku • 3265-1111 Palace Hotel
MAP R6 • 26-1 • www.newotani.co.jp MAP M2 • 1-1-1
Sakuragaoka-cho, • ¥¥¥ Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku
Shibuya-ku • 3476-3000 Business tycoons, rock • 3211-5211 • en.palace
• www.ceruleantower- stars, and diplomats have hoteltokyo.com • ¥¥¥
hotel.com/en • ¥¥¥ stayed in this colossal Given a makeover in 2012,
Shibuya’s premier luxury hotel, which resembles a this is a serenely quiet,
hotel boasts huge rooms, minicity within the mega classic establishment
stylish interiors, kaiseki lopolis. Lavishly furnished with spacious rooms.
restaurants, bars, a jazz rooms and beautifully land Counting the Japanese
club, and a traditional scaped Japanese gardens emperor as a neighbor,
Noh theater. The best add to the elegance. The the Palace Hotel also
rooms for breathtaking rotating restaurant on offers views of the
views are those between the 17th floor offers Imperial Palace
the 13th and 37th floors. phenomenal views. (see pp12–13).
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