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Tokyo · Japan · Updated 5 October 2026
The eight best hotels in New York under US$350 a night, ranked. Smaller hotels.
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Twenty rooms and four bars in a 1923 bank annex
Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune renovated the former Daiichi Bank annex in Kabutocho, the old financial district. Its independent food and drink includes a coffee roaster and a beer hall.
On the recordDesign press (Wallpaper*, Dezeen) · MICHELIN Guide listed
A rooftop pool at the edge of Yoyogi Park
Norm Architects worked with Keiji Ashizawa Design on the 25 rooms. The hotel is Japanese-operated and independent of the chains.
On the recordMICHELIN 1 Key (2025) · Awwwards Site of the Day (website)
The first TRUNK, fifteen rooms with a lobby the neighbourhood uses
Opened in 2017, it started Tokyo's 'socialising' boutique wave. A lobby bar and a wedding chapel share the building with the rooms off Cat Street.
On the recordMICHELIN Guide listed
An onsen ryokan with a garden, ten minutes from Shimokitazawa
Hot-spring water comes by truck from Hakone. UDS runs the 35 rooms and a tea salon in a residential corner of Setagaya.
On the recordDesign press (Monocle, Time Out)
Eight suites, one per floor, in a former Shintomicho hostel
Keiji Ashizawa Design converted the narrow building, and each suite is self-contained.
On the recordDesign press (Dezeen)
Thirty-four rooms in Ginza 1-chome, each with its own hot-spring bath
KPG opened this ryokan-style hotel in November 2025, a few streets from the Ginza flagships.
On the recordNew opening 2025
Forty-two rooms on the old Bell Commons site, with a rooftop bar
Plan·Do·See, the company behind many Tokyo restaurants and venues, runs it. The interiors are mid-century.
On the recordDesign press (Time Out, Wallpaper*)
Sixty suites beside the 1935 Hyakudan Kaidan, the 'hundred-step staircase'
The site dates to 1928, and the Showa-era decorative interiors of the Hyakudan Kaidan are next door. It was rebranded under LXR in 2026.
On the recordHeritage: Hyakudan Kaidan is a Tokyo tangible cultural property
Chosen from awards, guides, press and the hotels' own information. Prices are typical nightly rates and change with the season. Book with the hotel directly.
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