Six best hotels in Tokyo

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Park Hyatt Tokyo/Shinjuku
Let’s get the obvious out of the way, shall we? This is the hotel where Bill Murray got Lost in Translation. But even if you enjoyed the movie, you have to wonder how anyone could ever be lonely at the Park Hyatt Tokyo. For one, there’s the smiling staff – affable and outgoing – and for two, the people-watching opportunities are endless. The New York bar rocks (Tokyo glam-central and MANIC); for early-risers, the Club on the Park, the Park Hyatt’s 47th-floor state-of-the-art pool, spa and fitness centre, opens at 6am. And the rooms are brilliantly designed. Six kinds of whisky in the minibar, a safe the size of a bank vault (do the guests just have bigger laptops – or jewels?), and there’s an eclectic selection of books for bedtime reading, although frankly there are more exciting things to do in Shinjuku than read…

Mandarin Oriental/Nihonbashi
Occupying the top nine floors of the Mitsui Tower, the Mandarin Oriental has guest rooms that are among the most well thought-out in Tokyo. We love the Lorenzo Villoresi bathroom products and the beautiful yukata (kimono-style robes) provided in two pastel colours. A great touch are the binoculars, through which you can watch the Shinkansen (bullet trains) pulling out of Tokyo station 30-odd floors below. The Mandarin Oriental has one of the best spas in a city not short on great spas and also serves some of the most dazzling hotel food in Tokyo. Try the 15-course tasting menu in the Michelin-starred Tapas Molecular bar, or go for classic edomae sushi at Sushi SORA, the 38th-floor, eight-seat sushi restaurant. Even the breakfast buffet is sublime: sweet peach pineapples from Okinawa, Caspian Sea yogurt with mango and orange eggs from Yamanashi chickens fed on rice husks and hibiscus.

Aman Tokyo/Chiyoda-ku

Occupying the 33rd to 38th floor of the Otemachi Tower in downtown Tokyo, the 87-room Aman Tokyo is prodigal with its use of space. Take the lobby, which rises through the height of five floors to around 100 feet. Just think of all the additional guest rooms they could have built! But no, that’s not Aman’s style. Rooms – all vast – mirror traditional Japanese homes, with shojo sliding doors maximising light and space. The Aman Spa, meanwhile, at over 27,000 square feet, is the biggest in Tokyo. Size matters, yes, but so do amenities – and this spa has them all, from a vast array of treatments based on nature and balance to steam rooms and onsen (hot baths), a drop-dead sexy swimming pool, and a fitness centre featuring the very latest weight-training machinery and cardiovascular equipment. Of course, you’d expect nothing less from Aman

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