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\n\tYongjoon Choi <\/p>\n
\tPublished on August 6, 2026\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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\n\tYongjoon Choi <\/p>\n
\n\tA record 42.7 million international arrivals descended on Japan in 2025, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization\u2014and the bulk of them spend at least part of their time in Tokyo, choosing from the roughly 100,000 hotel rooms available across the city. As you could imagine, based on those numbers alone, the Tokyo hotel landscape is deep and competitive, including at the very top, where elevated hospitality is taken to new (literal) heights in Tokyo\u2019s soaring high-rise towers.<\/p>\n
\n\tAlmost every major luxury hotel brand has an outpost in the city, and several have more than one\u2014hello, Four Seasons and Edition. Those that aren\u2019t yet in Tokyo have immediate plans to be, with Waldorf Astoria and Dorchester Collection properties planned for the coming years, joining 2025 debutantes JW Marriott Tokyo<\/a> and Fairmont Tokyo<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tFor those who prefer staying at a hotel that isn\u2019t also found in every other major city, enticing options abound like the Hoshinoya Tokyo<\/a>, a ryokan retreat right within Tokyo\u2019s beating heart, orJanu Tokyo<\/a>, the first property from Aman\u2019s new sister brand. For something truly offbeat, check into theK5<\/a>, a funky boutique housed within an old bank building from the 1920s featuring 20 one-of-one studios and suites.<\/p>\n \n\tThe choices seem boundless, but when push comes to the shove, these are the 10 best luxury hotels in Tokyo in 2026 (in alphabetical order).<\/p>\n \tAman Tokyo<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAward: The Stunner<\/p>\n \n\tGuests are immediately awed when they enter Aman Tokyo<\/a>\u2019s 33rd-floor lobby, thanks to its enormous 86-foot chamber that feels like a magnificent museum corridor. The 84-room hotel is located in Otemachi Tower and connects straight into the station below, where it also runs its own patisserie and cafe. Pick your jaw up off the floor in the lobby, and perhaps head straight to the two-story spa with a 98-foot infinity pool flanked by day beds. Or retreat to your ryokan-inspired room to collect your thoughts, fitting enough for a meditative and minimalist space filled with natural wood.<\/p>\n \n\tBest amenity: Your very own matching pajama set and slippers, not that you\u2019ll need them on the heated floors of your bathroom as you walk up to your stone, onsen-style soaking tub.<\/p>\n \n\tCan\u2019t\u2013miss experience: At Chef Hiroyuki Musashi\u2019s namesake restaurant, he doesn\u2019t merely prepare an extravagant omakase. He exerts exacting control on the entire restaurant experience by growing his own rice\u2014making not only his sushi, but also the accompanying sake with it\u2014and even crafting his own ceramic plates and cups.<\/p>\n From $1,300 a night.<\/p>\n \tAndaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAward: Best Rooftop<\/p>\n \n\tLocated within the Mori Tower of Toranomon Hills, the Andaz Tokyo<\/a> is one of the finest global offerings from the brand. Its 164 rooms are a cross between traditional\u2014walls evocative of Shoji screens and sturdy, natural wood furniture\u2014and contemporary, with green carpeting, red leather chairs, and large circular soaking tubs. Altogether, the rooms are mostly minimalist and unadorned, with floor-to-ceiling windows providing the pizzazz thanks to views of Tokyo Tower. At the hotel\u2019s AO Spa and Club, you can take advantage of a large indoor pool and spa, traditional baths, and fitness center.<\/p>\n \n\tBest amenity: Tokyo has to be seen from above to truly appreciate its sprawl, and the hotel\u2019s 52nd-story Rooftop Bar offers an incredible perch to do just that. Hotel guests also get to bypass the line and seating charge.<\/p>\n \n\tCan\u2019t\u2013miss experience: Towering above the city from the same 52nd-story rooftop, The Sushi has remained under the radar amid Tokyo\u2019s omakase scene. Don\u2019t pass it by: pair your Edomae sushi feast with the house label Andaz 52 sake.<\/p>\n \n\tFrom $669 a night.<\/p>\n \tBulgari Hotel Tokyo<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAward: Swankiest<\/p>\n \n\tItalian style and Japanese sensibility harmonize to perfection from within the 98-room Bulgari Hotel Tokyo<\/a>. The property opened in 2023 and is located within the Tokyo Midtown Yaesu skyscraper, adjacent to Tokyo Station, which you can connect straight into from underground passageways. The Bulgari Tokyo is chic, it\u2019s sexy, and you\u2019ll relish its warm embrace. No detail is overlooked, and some of those finer points\u2014the delicate soap dishes and trays arranged around the bathroom sink and soaking tub, for instance\u2014leave the strongest impression. Grab a cocktail at the whimsical 45th-floor Bulgari Bar, modeled as an Italian garden with two rooftop terraces, and snag a counter seat at Sushi H\u014dseki, where chef Takuro Shimizu is sure to dazzle. The hotel also has an almost 20,000-square-foot spa, including an 82-foot indoor pool lined with day beds for relaxing, along with a well-equipped, modern fitness center.<\/p>\n \n\tBest amenity: The Bulgari Dolci Boutique, because every hotel should have its own gourmet, in-house chocolate and pastry shop.<\/p>\n \n\tCan\u2019t\u2013miss experience: An indulgent afternoon at the spa, splurging on a hyperbaric oxygen chamber session, or opting for a treatment with Augustinus Bader or Mauli products.<\/p>\n \n\tFrom $1,300 a night.<\/p>\n \tFairmont Tokyo<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAward: Best Debut<\/p>\n \n\tThe 217-room Fairmont Tokyo<\/a> opened its doors in summer 2025, in the waterfront Shibaura neighborhood on the eastern edge of Minato. Oversized art pieces and vibrant greenery fill a towering 30-foot lobby connected to an outdoor terrace. The indoor-outdoor spaces continue at the Fairmont Spa, which has a 65-foot infinity pool, as well as an outdoor deck with a hot tub. Treatments use Mikimoto Cosmetics, with options such as customizing a foot scrub with fresh botanicals. Rooms come stocked with cocktail tools and tea sets, pro-grade clothing steamers and multiple bath salts to choose from. The slippers are real, and they are spectacular.<\/p>\n \n\tBest amenity: Off Record, a speakeasy-style listening bar powered by a McIntosh 275 vacuum tube amplifier, with a curated lineup of vinyl and a strong spirits list, ideal for a night cap or two. But tied with that is Serene, the hotel\u2019s black Lab playing the role of welcoming committee and Chief Happiness Officer.<\/p>\n \n\tCan\u2019t\u2013miss experience: Choose between two six-seat counter options: Totsuji, for teppanyaki, or Migiwa, for sushi omakase. After a memorable meal at either, guests are ushered out into a shared lounge for desert, drinks, and live music.<\/p>\n \n\tFrom $925 a night.<\/p>\n \tFour Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAward: Best Bar<\/p>\n \n\tThe 190-room Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi<\/a> is positioned amid its namesake central business district, close to both the Imperial Palace as well as Tokyo Station. (Otemachi debuted in 2020 as the newer of two FS locations in the city, whereas the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi<\/a> reopened in April after a renovation.) Rooms are understated, done in a palette of taupe and grays with thoughtful touches throughout: complimentary signature snack mixes, yuzu bath salt. The 39th-floor lobby is a launchpad to its many dining venues, including the semi-hidden Virt\u00fa cocktail bar and lounge, chef Guillaume Bracaval\u2019s Michelin-starred French restaurant est, and Italian joint Pigneto.<\/p>\n \n\tBest amenity: The bright, well-equipped fitness center is worthy of a sweat session, and even offers stunning views. The adjacent spa is a lavish standout, along with the indoor pool enclosed in a solarium and accompanying onsen baths and sauna, all making for a ready-made wellness day.<\/p>\n \n\tCan\u2019t\u2013miss experience: Virt\u00fa is considered one of the best cocktail bars in the world, with an impeccable setting, deep Japanese whisky lineup, and standout signature drinks. Its strongest suit is its hospitality, spearheaded by head bartender Keith Motsi and the rest of his team, who ensure you won\u2019t want to surrender your seat once you have it.<\/p>\n \n\tFrom $700 a night.<\/p>\n \tHoshinoya Tokyo<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAward: Best Take on Tradition<\/p>\n \n\tHoshinoya Tokyo<\/a> may be in the middle of the Otemachi business district, but it feels a world, and perhaps a century or two, away. Guests take off their shoes on the ground floor to enter this wondrous ryokan, symbolically leaving the frenetic world behind, and in their rooms will find a kimono they\u2019re encouraged to wear around the 84-room property. Guest rooms have traditional tatami mat flooring, and low-slung mattresses on wooden platforms. Their combination of sliding screen shades, and the building\u2019s Edo Komon latticework facade shuts out the modern world even further, while a soak in your black stone tub will cure whatever ails you. Sensational Japanese breakfasts and omakase dinners will keep you well fed, and guests are encouraged to stay within the hotel\u2019s comfortable confines and take advantage of its many daily inclusive activities, such as sake or soba tastings, and live music performances.<\/p>\n \n\tBest amenity: Each guest floor has only six rooms, and features its own Ochanoma Lounge, a dedicated tea room and communal space stocked with complimentary snacks and refreshments.<\/p>\n \n\tCan\u2019t\u2013miss experience: A soak in the top-floor, hot spring onsen, the water drawn from almost 5,000 feet underground, fueling your serenity from amid a deep well with an open-air roof.<\/p>\n \n\tFrom $730 a night.<\/p>\n \tJanu Tokyo<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAward: Fittest<\/p>\n \n\tJanu Tokyo opened in spring 2024 in the Azabudai Hills neighborhood, and while it may not be as supremely swanky as auntie Aman Tokyo\u2014a near impossible task, mind you\u2014it\u2019s geared toward a more social crowd with eight dining venues. Rooms have gray stone slab flooring, Shoji screen dividers, and textured stone walls that create a mural-like effect. Its wellness facility is best in class, a four-story compound with more than 40,000 square feet of space. There\u2019s a fitness center that puts many commercial health clubs to shame, an 82-foot pool, onsen baths, golf simulator, boxing ring, private movement and training studios, immersive spa houses, and salon. There is a startling lack of excuses to embrace wellness during a stay, in other words.<\/p>\n \n\tBest amenity: The overwhelming majority (90 percent) of guestrooms at Janu have balconies, practically unheard of amid the city\u2019s high-end hotels. Step out for the standout feature.<\/p>\n \n\tCan\u2019t\u2013miss experience: A sumibiyaki, or charcoal-fired cooking, meal at Sumi. Technically in the adjacent mall\u2014a staffer will help you find it, fear not\u2014the restaurant has a 13-seat counter positioned around the grill\u2019s hub of activity, serving an omakase menu with about a dozen dishes.<\/p>\n \n\tFrom $870 a night.<\/p>\n \tMandarin Oriental, Tokyo<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAward: A Culinary Tour de Force<\/p>\n \n\tWhen the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo<\/a> opened in Nihonbashi in 2005, it was designed to be in tune with nature: the tower is meant to evoke a large, all-encompassing tree, and the corridors its branches. There are 179 rooms with features such as marble bathtubs, chaise loungers, and hanging Oriental-style lamps, along with a full fleet of a dozen food and beverage outlets. The Pizza Bar on 38th from Chef Daniele Cason makes routine appearances on global best pizza lists, Sushi Shin by Miyakawa is an outpost of a three-Michelin-star establishment in Hokkaido, and Sense offers classic Cantonese fare with a number of multi-course set menus to choose from.<\/p>\n \n\tBest amenity: You\u2019ll want to find a fitting occasion to host a private lunch or dinner in The Cellar, a hidden dining room accessed by a secret spiral staircase, with a table for 10 set amid a collection of prestige wines.<\/p>\n \n\tCan\u2019t\u2013miss experience: Sidle up to the Mandarin Bar where you can sample exclusive house pours of whisky, seasonal cocktails, and drinks made from Japanese ingredients, ranging from dashi to sansho pepper, wagashi sweets to gyukoro tea.<\/p>\n \n\tFrom $640 a night.<\/p>\n \tPark Hyatt Tokyo<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAward: Best Comeback<\/p>\n![\"Spa](\"https:\/\/robbreport.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\")
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