City Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
9.3
The Peninsula Tokyo
A purpose-built Marunouchi tower facing the Imperial Palace gardens, where Peninsula polish meets Japanese craft in one of Tokyo's most privileged positions.
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Tokyo
Tokyo is the world's most courteous megacity, a place where twenty-first-century spectacle is underwritten by centuries of craft. Neon canyons give way within a block to silent shrine gardens; a convenience-store snack can be a small masterpiece; and hospitality — omotenashi — is practised with a sincerity that recalibrates every traveller's expectations.
The luxury visitor is spoilt at altitude and at street level alike. Sky-high hotels frame Mount Fuji from marble bathtubs, while intimate ryokan-inspired properties offer tatami calm in the city's heart. Between sushi counters of pilgrimage status and boutiques of impossible refinement, Tokyo rewards curiosity more richly than almost anywhere on earth.
The best hotels in Tokyo
City Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
9.3
The Okura Tokyo
Tokyo's modernist grande dame, rebuilt in 2019 with its celebrated 1962 lobby faithfully recreated lantern by lantern.
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City Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
9.0
Imperial Hotel Tokyo
Japan's original grand hotel, welcoming guests beside Hibiya Park since 1890 and forever linked to Frank Lloyd Wright's legendary earlier building.
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Best areas to stay
Ginza & Marunouchi
Tokyo's most polished quarter, where flagship boutiques, kaiseki institutions and top-tier hotels sit within walking distance of the Imperial Palace gardens.
Shinjuku
The city's electric heart, pairing skyscraper hotels with panoramic views, the calm of Shinjuku Gyoen and the lantern-lit alleys of Golden Gai.
Aoyama & Roppongi
A leafy, design-minded district of galleries, contemporary architecture and fashionable dining, home to several of Tokyo's most stylish addresses.
Dining & nightlife
Tokyo holds more acclaimed restaurants than any city on the planet, from hushed sushi counters to exuberant yakitori lanes. Cocktail bars in Ginza practise a level of precision that borders on ceremony. Book coveted counters well in advance, often through your hotel concierge.
Travelling as a family
Children adore Tokyo's playfulness, from teamLab's digital art to the Ghibli Museum and the parks of Odaiba. The city is immaculate, safe and effortlessly navigable, and department-store food halls solve every fussy-eater dilemma.
Travelling as a couple
Couples can pair dawn at a shrine with a twilight cocktail overlooking the skyline, or slip away to an onsen town within easy reach by bullet train. Private kaiseki dinners and quiet garden strolls in Nezu or Hamarikyu lend the city an unexpectedly romantic register.
Cultural highlights
- Senso-ji temple and the Nakamise shopping street in Asakusa
- Meiji Jingu shrine and its forested approach
- The Tsukiji outer market's food stalls
- Sumo, kabuki and teamLab's immersive art museums
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