Palace Hotel Tokyo

Palace Hotel Tokyo

Palace Hotel Tokyo sits moat-side in Marunouchi, directly opposite the Imperial Palace gardens, with Ōtemachi and Yasukuni Shrine both a short walk away. Check-in runs from 3pm, check-out at noon, and the front desk switches between English and Japanese without missing a beat. Its 284 rooms and suites rise through 23 floors, from a straightforward Deluxe King to two-bedroom Executive Suites formed by combining adjoining rooms, each with marble-and-glass bathrooms, a stocked minibar and a bathrobe waiting on the bed. Ten separate restaurants and bars mean a guest can order teppanyaki at GO one night, French cooking at ESTERRE the next, and finish with cigars and martinis at Royal Bar without repeating a room. evian SPA Tokyo, with its heated baths, marble sauna and cold plunge pool, is the only spa of its kind in Japan, more distinctive than the indoor pool and gym the hotel also runs. Suite guests get the 19th-floor Club Lounge for breakfast, afternoon tea and evening cocktails, a way to skip the ground-floor crowds entirely. None of it is cheap: an extra bed costs 40,000 yen a night, parking is 3,300 yen a day, and breakfast is billed separately unless the rate says otherwise. That pricing, plus an on-site chapel for weddings, points this hotel toward business travelers, couples and small families who want everything under one roof and don't mind paying for it, rather than anyone hunting a bargain or a street full of izakayas. Palace Hotel Tokyo sits moat-side in Marunouchi, opposite the Imperial Palace gardens, with 284 rooms, ten restaurants and evian SPA Tokyo, the only spa of its kind in the country. It suits business travelers, couples and small families who want everything on site, not bargain hunters.