No. 01: Aman Tokyo アマン東京
Kerry Hill's atrium, a washi lantern the full height of the hotel
Stone and camphor wood run across the top six floors of Otemachi Tower.
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Kerry Hill's atrium, a washi lantern the full height of the hotel
Stone and camphor wood run across the top six floors of Otemachi Tower.
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An independent Japanese grand hotel on the Imperial Palace moat
Rebuilt in 2012, with rooms over the Wadakura moat and the palace gardens.
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A full ryokan, seventeen storeys high, among Otemachi's office blocks
Rie Azuma designed the tower, and Hoshino Resorts runs it. Shoes come off at the door, and there is a hot-spring bath on the roof.
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Kenzo Tange's tower, reopened after its first closure in thirty years
Floors 39 to 52 of Shinjuku Park Tower reopened in December 2025 after a 19-month renovation, the most extensive in the hotel's history.
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Ninety-eight rooms above the Shinkansen platforms at Tokyo Station
Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel designed the interiors, on the upper floors of Tokyo Midtown Yaesu.
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Aman's first Janu hotel, opened in 2024 inside Azabudai Hills
Denniston did the interiors. The 4,000 m² wellness floor is among the largest hotel wellness centres in the city.
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A rebuilt Toranomon hotel with its 1962 lobby recreated
In the Heritage Wing, Yoshio Taniguchi recreated the 1962 lobby designed under his father, Yoshiro Taniguchi. The hotel was rebuilt in 2019 and is Japanese-operated.
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Jean-Michel Gathy's 190 rooms above the Imperial Palace gardens
Otemachi One's upper floors hold the hotel, with interiors by Denniston. Its pool and bar face the palace grounds.
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