Where to stay in Tokyo: New hotels in 2024, each with a unique history

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🤗 Janu Tokyo

Aman's Sister Brand, The Pagoda at Your Eyesight

On March 13th, 2024, JANU Tokyo, the sister brand of Aman, opened its doors. Located in Azabudai no Hills, the center of last year's conversation, and because it's JANU's first hotel in the world, the buffs add up to JANU Tokyo earning a lot of eyeballs right off the bat~.

Unlike previous Aman properties, JANU is a Sanskrit word meaning "soul", which coincides with the concept of the Mabutai no Hills "city within a city" community, both of which advocate the creation of more human connections through human interaction. The hotel remains in the hands of legendary Denniston hotel designer Jean-Michel Gathy, who is an Aman royal.

The classic Asian style interior and modern European style design is elegant and restrained with modern aesthetic details, and the space is skillfully utilized with translucent glass materials to bring natural light into the interior and give the space a rich sense of hierarchy. The intricate latticework on the ceiling of the lobby incorporates the element of braided rope arches (a modern interpretation of the traditional Japanese rope injection technique), allowing guests to feel the charm of traditional Japanese culture.

The 122 rooms are located on the 6th to 13th floors and vary in size, but with a suite size starting at 96 square meters, it's definitely a top-notch presence in the inch-perfect Mabutai.

And the luxury doesn't stop there, as most of the hotel's rooms have private balconies, where no buildings block the view and you can fully immerse yourself in the majesty of the Tokyo Tower and the city skyline.

In the dining section, the newly opened Janu Tokyo features six restaurants, as well as a bar, lounge and garden terrace. What's it like to eat all the world's specialties in one place? You can get it here!

The restaurant serves both traditional cuisine and creative dishes from culinary experts, ranging from a lively Italian restaurant to a sophisticated Cantonese restaurant as well as sushi and contemporary style charcoal grilled meats, perfectly echoing the echoing the brand's philosophy of "Connect, Balance and Explore".

In addition to the food and beverage section, JANU Toky's wellness center is also a major attraction. It covers an area of 4,000 square meters. From the spa, hot springs, Japanese baths, Russian sauna and hammam, to indoor cycling, boxing, golf, aerial yoga, Pilates space, to 9 treatment rooms and a rehab studio equipped with hyperbaric oxygen therapy chambers ......

Known as the most complete and largest health care facility among Tokyo's luxury hotels, even if you stay in luxury hotels all over the world, you will still be amazed here.

Basic Information:

Opening date: March 13, 2024

Address: 1-2-2 Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Price: From 148,010 yen per night/2 people (tax included)

Number of rooms: 122 rooms

Access: Directly connected from Exit 5 of Kamiyacho Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, 4-minute walk from Exit 2 of Roppongi Itchome Station on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line

🤗 Tondi Ocean Dream Spa Hotel

Dongdi's new park, a castle in a fairy tale by mistake

The biggest surprise in Tokyo in June was the opening of Tohti's new Fantasy Springs theme park. In addition to the three theme parks "Frozen," "Rapunzel," and "Peter Pan," the "Fantasy Springs Hotel," which was unveiled along with the new park, has raised the level of anticipation. The "Fantasy Springs Hotel," which was unveiled along with the new park, is a great way to build up anticipation.

Surrounded by a fountain of dreams, the hotel consists of two main buildings, the "Dream Pavilion" and the "Deluxe Pavilion". From the moment you enter the "castle" from the park, you will be surrounded by a strong sense of fantasy, and you can't help but be immersed in the atmosphere created by the hotel.

There are a total of 419 rooms here, which are divided into four types according to their location: Bay Side, Hotel Entrance Side, Rose Garden Side and Izumi Side. Entering a room is like mistakenly entering a fairy tale world.

Rooms retain the elegant retro style of decoration, silk curtains, red velvet fabric decorations and colorful floral carpets ...... can really meet the girl's "princess dream".

Rapunzel, Bambi and other ip elements can be found everywhere, including beautifully painted wallpaper and lighting decorations;

The hotel's biggest attraction is that each room has a balcony or terrace with the Enchanted Fountain and beautiful gardens below, as well as views of North Mountain and Ellendale Castle, both of which debuted in Frozen, making it the best VIEW overlooking the park.

Especially when the nightfall lights are lit up one after another, the whole park seems to put on a magical veil, as in a dreamy wonderland.

In the "Fantasy Fountain Restaurant", you can taste authentic cuisine from Italy, France, Spain, Scandinavia and other countries, and the elegant and luxurious dining environment reflects the tranquility and romance of the French style to the extreme.

"The Grand Paradis Lounge features large, bright windows facing Fantasy Springs, offering a beautiful view of the outside, making dining here an absolute pleasure for both the eyes and the palate.

Don't miss the Fantasy Shop on the first floor of the hotel, where you'll find a wide selection of limited period items, as well as popular year-round merchandise that's a real bargain~! Disney fans are looking forward to staying!

Basic Information:

Opening date: June 6, 2024

Address: 1-2 Maihama, Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture

Price: Not available

Number of rooms: 475 rooms

Transportation: Take the JR Keiyo Line or Musashino Line to Maihama Station, and then walk for about 2 minutes to "Seaside Station" on the Disney Resort Line.

🤗 Ryoten no Yu Misukuno Asakusa Residence

A vintage onsen hotel with a relaxing atmosphere even in the city.

This is a new Japanese-style onsen hotel that opened this year. Although it is located in the downtown area of Asakusa, it is independent of the hustle and bustle, and tucked away discreetly behind a forest of high-rise buildings.

"The Ojuku-Nono is the second hotel in Tokyo's Asakusa area to be opened by the Tami Resort Group, which operates business hotels. It is the second hotel opened by the group in the Asakusa area of Tokyo, following the

Stepping into the Edo-inspired alleyway and entering the museum, you will be greeted by the elegant aroma of wood, which will instantly take your mind back to the past and fill you with nostalgia.

The steps of the corridor connecting the north and south of the building are decorated with mascots such as fortune cats, feather boards, gyros and snappers, which are very pleasing to the eye.

The hotel has a total of 117 rooms of 8 types, all of which are covered with tatami mats, giving a homey feel with the soft touch of your bare feet.

The rooms are equipped with Serta mattresses to ensure a good night's sleep, and the simple and cozy design of the décor is unobtrusive, yet meticulous and considerate.

In particular, the Deluxe Triple Room is a rare space in Tokyo that can accommodate four people, and it has a rare view of both the TOKYO SKYTREE and Senso-ji Temple from the window~.

Another great attraction of the hotel is its large natural hot spring baths and high-temperature dry sauna.

The spring water is drawn from the Asakusa Kannon Hot Spring, which is the same as the main building, and is characterized by its mineral-rich, dark, black broth.

Although it may look a bit intimidating, it has the perfect effect of beautifying and soothing the skin~. It is also worth mentioning that there is a large-scale Asakusa drawing by Asakusa craftsmen in front of the bath, so you can simply take a bath and feel like you've traveled back in time to the Edo period.

From 9:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., be sure to stop by the restaurant on the first basement floor, "Hagoromo Chalet," for a bowl of the hotel's signature soy sauce ramen served free of charge, especially after a hot spring bath, when a mouthful of hot broth is enough for the body and mind to be refreshed.

A peaceful place in the middle of the city, don't miss this onsen hotel on your next visit to Asakusa.

Basic Information:

Opening date: January 16, 2024

Address: 2-7-26 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo

Price: From 19,894 yen per night / 2 persons (tax included)

Number of rooms: 117 rooms

Access：4 minutes walk from Exit A1 of Asakusa Station.

🤗 Hoshino Group OMO5 Tokyo Gotanda

Enjoy the splendid night view and explore the food court area

OMO5 Tokyo Gotanda is located in the Gotanda JP Building in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward, just a six-minute walk from Gotanda Station. This is the fourth Hoshino Group "OMO" series hotel to be launched in Tokyo.

As the first city hotel brand under the Hoshino Group, OMO is designed as a "city hotel that raises the temperature of travel".

The location of Gotanda is not only convenient for transportation, but also attracts a wide variety of people. There are about 1,300 restaurants within 2 kilometers of the station, which conveys the concept of "Gourmet's Paradise". The hotel has a total of 188 rooms, offering a choice of 8 special room types.

The room is decorated with a variety of Showa-inspired light boards based on the idea of the red lights and signs of various eateries in the Gotanda neighborhood, and the bold clashing of colors gives the whole space a strong vintage atmosphere without losing its modern charm.

OMO5's most ingenious design is a 6-meter-high, 1,200-square-meter-wide semi-open space on the 14th floor, which is like a sky garden suspended 60 meters above the ground.

In the garden, there are "OMO Café", "Shops", "Dog Garden", "Water View Sky Garden" and other areas where you can "waste" an afternoon in an open and cozy café, and then enjoy a close-up view of the stunning urban nightscape until nightfall.

Grab a latte at OMO Cafe & Bar, where the large floor-to-ceiling windows look out onto the swaying foliage, and sip your coffee while enjoying a cozy afternoon.

It is worth mentioning that the hotel will also provide every traveler with a guided tour of the OMO Ranger, where parents and children will take you around the 40 unique restaurants in the surrounding area, experiencing the local culture while savoring the delicacies, which will surely leave you with unforgettable memories and a wonderful experience.

Basic Information:

Opening date: April 11, 2024

Address: 4-13, Nishi Gotanda 8-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

Price: From 28,000 yen per night (single room rate, tax included, breakfast not included)

Number of rooms: 188

Access: Approx. 6-minute walk from Gotanda Station (JR Yamanote Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Tokyu Ikegami Line); 1-minute walk from Osaki Hirokoji Station

🤗 THE Royal Garden Hotel Ginza 6-chome

Live in the modern world of Ginza in a fabulous location!

Located in Ginza 6-chome, a Shinzen lot, the recently opened Royal Garden Hotel is a hot spot with unstoppable momentum!

THE Royal Park Hotel Ginza 6-chome is one of the hotels under the Japanese hotel chain "Royal Park Hotels", which currently has 23 branches throughout Japan; The exterior and interior of Royal Park Hotels are specially designed to suit the local characteristics of each location, and the hotels have made a splash in all parts of Japan.

This time the site was chosen in Ginza, Tokyo, and the brand has put a lot of thought into it, starting with the décor, which has attracted a lot of travelers and lodging enthusiasts.

The hotel has a total of 273 rooms, including a variety of types such as Standard Double Room and Superior Twin Room, and the rooms as a whole are conceived in GINZA POP, a fusion of nostalgia and modernity, to create a lively and comfortable space.

The standard double room has a fresh light green background with European floral floor tiles and some bright colored furniture accents to brighten up one's eyes when entering this room~.

The Deluxe Twin Room, on the other hand, has a persimmon color palette with a relaxed and playful onion green, revealing a strong sense of modernity in its vintage vibe;

Artistic paintings are everywhere, and you can feel the artistic flavor that pervades all parts of the hotel.

The restaurant on the first floor serves one of Japan's most iconic dishes, "Japanese Western Cuisine," and the large floor-to-ceiling windows and rows of greenery separate the quiet of the interior from the hustle and bustle of the city.

On a sunny weekend afternoon, it's nice to go downstairs and have a cup of coffee. On the 2nd floor, there is a unique Japanese-style bar, with a circular bar that wraps around the production table, bringing people closer to each other, and "souls" find a place to stay in the glass of slightly intoxicated wine.

There aren't many hotels in Ginza that have a large bath, but at THE Royal Garden Hotel Ginza 6-chome, B1 floor, you can stretch out and enjoy yourself!

The large bath is divided into two rooms for men and two rooms for women, and the color scheme is the golden yellow of the ginkgo and the green of the Ginza willows, where you can experience the Japanese bathing culture and soothe the tiredness of the day~.

Basic Information:

Opening date: May 30, 2024

Address: 16-14 Ginza 6-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Price: From 22,440 yen per night/2 persons (tax included)

Number of rooms: 273

Transportation: Take the Toei Subway Asakusa Line or Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line to Higashi-Ginza Station, then walk for about 3 minutes.

🤗 Janu Tokyo

🤗 Tondi Ocean Dream Spa Hotel

🤗 Ryoten no Yu Misukuno Asakusa Residence

🤗 Hoshino Group OMO5 Tokyo Gotanda

🤗 THE Royal Garden Hotel Ginza 6-chome

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