The Tokyo Station Hotel

A historic hotel of 150 rooms and suites in Tokyo Station’s red-brick building, opened in 1915 and reopened in 2012 after restoration; the history page runs through the dates, from 1933, when it became the Tokyo Railway Hotel, to its listing as an Important Cultural Property in 2003. It is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World and a partner hotel of Takumians, Traveller Made’s network of travel designers.

Google Hotels and Tripadvisor class it as 4-star, the Michelin Guide gives it one Key, and the awards page lists the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards of Condé Nast Traveller’s UK edition. Booking.com places it in the JR-East Hotels chain. One 2026 reviewer writes of 120 rooms; the hotel, Michelin and Tripadvisor count 150.

12 categories on the rooms page, read on 8 October 2026: 7 of rooms, from the 23 m² Classic with no view to the 55 m² Palace View over the avenue to the Imperial Palace, with Palace Side, Dome Side, South Wing, City View and the 2 Liberty rooms; 2 on 2 levels, the 65 m² Maisonette and the 72 or 120 m² Maisonette Suite; and 3 suites, the 58 m² Junior, the 95 m² Ambassador on the top floor and the 173 or 228 m² Imperial.

Ceilings run from 2.5 to 3.9 m and every room has a rain shower separate from the bath. For toiletries the English room pages still list Bvlgari, while a notice on the Japanese site announces Lalique bottles in every room except the suites, from 31 August to 15 September 2026. The 2 Liberty rooms opened in April 2025, according to the Japanese page that presents them. Maisonette Suites, Ambassador Suites and the Imperial Suite booked at the best available rate include the breakfast buffet and the minibar. Floors are numbered the Japanese way, with the first at street level.

At 1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda, inside Tokyo Station’s building and joined to the Marunouchi South Exit, the access page says. In front is the station square, to the west Gyoko-dori leads to the Imperial Palace, and around it are the offices of Marunouchi.

Inside it is quiet: several guests in 2024 and 2025 say they heard neither trains nor city, and the Classic rooms are double-glazed. Google Hotels puts the Imperial Palace 2 km away; on foot the Ōte-mon gate of the gardens is 1.1 km away and Nijūbashi bridge 1.3 km.

Measured on 8 October 2026 on OpenStreetMap’s streets, from the Marunouchi South Exit: the Imperial Palace East Gardens at Ōte-mon gate, 14 minutes; Nijūbashi bridge 17; Nihonbashi bridge 16; the Wako corner in Ginza 17; the Kabuki-za 23; Tsukiji Outer Market 30; and Hama-rikyu Gardens, on the bay, 34.

For runners, the official page suggests the loop round the Imperial Palace, 5 km without traffic lights, 6.5 km from the hotel and back, with a map at reception.

From Haneda in about 30 minutes by train, the monorail to Hamamatsucho and the JR line on to Tokyo, or 40 to 60 minutes by car; from Narita in about 60 minutes on the Narita Express, which runs into the station itself, or about 90 minutes by car, the access page says. The concierge arranges private transfers.

Guests arriving by Shinkansen or Narita Express can ask for the platform welcome: someone holding the hotel’s placard waits at the carriage, if booked at least 48 hours ahead with the train name, arrival time, car and seat. The same service sees guests onto their train when they leave.

Yes, in the station building: for hotel guests 2,100 yen a night including tax, from 2pm on the day of arrival to 2pm on departure; for others 1,300 yen an hour, the official page says. The car park entrance takes vehicles up to 2.3 m high. Google Hotels lists it as paid, as does Michelin.

No: this is a city hotel, inside the station building as the access page describes, with no beach and no access to the sea. The nearest point on Tokyo Bay we measured is the Ōte-mon entrance of Hama-rikyu Gardens, 2.5 km away, 34 minutes on foot; the water you see near the hotel is the moats of the Imperial Palace.

No. The official FAQ says so twice, once in its wellness section. On B1 instead are the baths of Bath & Relaxing: a carbonated bath, an artificial hot-spring bath and a cold plunge, with a dry sauna and a steam sauna.

The carbonated and artificial hot-spring baths are hot baths, beside a cold plunge; no temperature is published. They open from 7am to 11pm on weekdays, 10am to 9pm on Saturdays and 10am to 7pm on Sundays and holidays, and close on the third Sunday of each month, the wellness page says.

In 10 outlets, the restaurants page says: Blanc Rouge, French, for dinner from 5:30pm to 9pm; Sushi Asanogawa, Edo-style sushi in the tradition of Kaga, until 10pm; Shichi Jyu Ni Kou, kaiseki and teppanyaki; Cantonese En; Yakitori Seo, evenings only and closed on Sundays; and Enoteca Norio, Italian. Then Camellia, a café by day and a bar until 11pm, Bar Oak, the Lobby Lounge from 8am to 8pm and the café of Toraya, the Japanese confectioner with 5 centuries behind it.

Many restaurants take last orders between 8pm and 9pm. Several outlets admit children only from primary-school age or in private rooms.

It depends on the rate. The Atrium buffet costs 6,400 yen an adult, tax and service included, the breakfast page says; Google Hotels lists it as extra. It is included with suites booked at the best available rate and with breakfast rates: the rates on the Japanese site offer many, including one with dinner at your choice of the teppanyaki, kaiseki, Italian or Cantonese restaurant and the next morning’s breakfast.

In-room breakfast runs from 6:15 to 11am, ordered by 10pm the night before, from a continental at 4,400 yen to the Power Breakfast at 9,700, with the Japanese Shokado bento at 6,000; at the Lobby Lounge the sets cost 4,800 to 5,200 yen.

On B1, the wellness page describes 3 parts: The Jexer Tokyo gym, with cardio machines, weights and an oxygen capsule; Bath & Relaxing, with carbonated, artificial hot-spring and cold baths, a dry sauna and a steam sauna, lockers and a relaxation lounge; and AN Spa, with face and body treatments using Japanese products and a room for couples.

The hotel publishes no floor area. Guests say little about it; the gym is free for hotel guests.

The gym is free for hotel guests; Bath & Relaxing costs 2,000 yen a person, and Google Hotels is wrong to list the gym as paid. The Japanese site adds that non-residents may use the gym for 3,300 yen, towels and kit included, while the baths are open only to hotel guests and gym or spa users: there is no bath-only ticket.

Treatment guests may use the baths free of charge for an hour before or after their treatment, according to the hotel’s Japanese site and the AN Spa menu, read on 15 October 2026. Hotel guests get 10% off treatments.

You bathe without a swimsuit, from age 16, and should not come down from your room in a bathrobe or slippers. As a general rule guests with tattoos cannot use the baths or the gym, and can have spa treatments, according to the FAQ, edited by the hotel on 6 October 2026 and read on 15 October 2026. Booking.com likewise warns that visible tattoos may keep you out of shared bathing areas.

The gym requires sportswear and indoor shoes; a kit with shoes can be hired for 500 yen. Throughout the hotel guests are asked not to wear very revealing clothes, pyjamas or slippers in public areas.

The gym opens from 7am to 11pm on weekdays, with the machines until 10:30pm, from 10am to 9pm on Saturdays and from 10am to 7pm on Sundays and holidays; it closes on the third Sunday of the month and, the Japanese site says, over the New Year holidays. AN Spa, from age 18, takes its last guests at 8pm from Monday to Saturday and 6pm on Sundays by the English page; the Japanese page gives opening hours of 10am to 9pm, and 10am to 7pm on Sundays.

From the AN Spa menu: the Zen Signature, face and body, with Japanese rose, yuzu, tea, rice ceramide, gold and platinum, at 37,350 yen for 60 minutes, 46,650 for 90 and 57,900 for 120; the house aromatherapy massage, with cypress and sandalwood, yuzu and mandarin, or cherry blossom and yuzu oils, from 33,600 yen for 60 minutes to 52,350 for 120; and acupressure from 28,050 yen for 60 minutes.

The menu does not say whether tax is included, and warns that treatments and prices may change. The couples’ room costs 2,000 yen more per room.

Yes. Children of 12 and under stay free in an adult’s bed, one child per bed; a child who needs an extra bed is booked as an adult, the families page says. At the Atrium breakfast children up to 6 eat free and those aged 7 to 12 pay 3,200 yen; the FAQ says 3,100. Pyjamas, slippers, a bed guard, a baby bath and a pushchair can be requested.

A cot for babies under 12 months can be set up in rooms of 34 m² or more, except the Maisonettes, according to the hotel’s Japanese FAQ and families page, read on 15 October 2026. There is no childcare, but the concierge will find a babysitter.

10 restaurants and bars, the gym, baths and spa on B1, 3 event rooms, the Archive Balcony and a gallery of 107 works in the corridors, 40 of them with audio guides by QR code, the gallery page says. Free Wi-Fi throughout, paid laundry, luggage storage before and after your stay and, on the Japanese site, a rate that includes a private tour of the hotel led by a member of staff, from Monday to Wednesday and on Saturdays.

Pets are not allowed, say Booking.com and Google; the hotel welcomes assistance dogs and has accessible rooms, wheelchairs on loan and an accessible toilet on B2. Google calls it smoke-free: smoking is allowed in the South Wing.

On the offers page, read on 7 October 2026: 10% off the best available rate when booking at least 90 days ahead, in 8 of the 12 categories; 10% for JR Hotel Members, which is free to join, in every room except the Imperial Suite, from 45,902 yen a room without breakfast; and a honeymoon package with breakfast, a welcome gift and 100 dollars to spend in the hotel, in the Maisonette King or the Junior Suite King.

The third-night-free offer ran until 17 September 2026 and had expired when we read it. The Japanese site’s rates add packages for anniversaries, proposals and arrivals after 8pm.

Yes: the weddings site, in Japanese, offers ceremonies in a semicircular hall full of daylight, Christian, civil or Shinto, for up to 90 seated guests, the ceremony page says. Receptions are held in the Houo room, for 40 to 130, or in the Imperial Suite, for 6 to 16, by the reception page.

Prices are not published; the weddings office answers on 03-5220-0545 from 10am to 6pm, except on Wednesdays. For corporate events Houo covers 288 m² and seats 324 theatre-style.

The official pages read on 7 and 8 October 2026 do not yet publish a dinner or party for the night of 31 December: the Christmas page of the Japanese site so far shows only the cakes, already on order, and promises decorations in November and festive menus still being planned. The fitness and spa page warns that the gym closes over the New Year holidays.

There was one at the end of 2025: a Google review dated 2 January 2026 describes a New Year’s Eve countdown party the guest loved, and a wish to have the same room again the following year. No menu, timetable or price for that evening is published; 31 December 2026 was on sale on Google Hotels.

No, no official page mentions golf. For exercise the hotel suggests the run round the Imperial Palace, with a map at reception, and the gym on B1, the experiences page says.

Yes; no official page announces a closure, and on Google Hotels, read on 7 October 2026, all 116 nights from 8 October 2026 to 31 January 2027 had a price. The gym, baths and spa close on the third Sunday of each month. Early in 2026, according to the notices on the Japanese site, the Lobby Lounge shut from 15 January to 18 February, and guest-room interiors were being renewed from 19 January to 4 March.

The hotel names no best season. On Google’s calendar January was the cheapest month and October the dearest, with many autumn nights above 100,000 yen.

Google Hotels, read on 7 October 2026, for 2 adults and one night: 54,648 yen on 11 October 2026, 173,119 yen on 15 October, 169,416 yen on 31 October, 120,409 yen on 14 November, 61,226 yen on 30 November, 115,100 yen on 24 December, 119,317 yen on 31 December and 53,267 yen on 27 January 2027. Google does not say whether these figures include tax and service.

All 116 nights read, from 8 October 2026 to 31 January 2027, had a price; the calendar names neither the room nor the rate. The highest figure, 249,504 yen, was for 8 October, the very night of the reading, when Google listed only 3 resellers and not the hotel’s own site, the cheapest at 154,825 yen. January is the cheapest month and October the dearest. The rates the hotel publishes on its Japanese site include consumption tax and service, with Tokyo’s accommodation tax on top.

On 7 October 2026 Google showed 4.5/5 from 3,828 ratings, Tripadvisor 4.7/5 from 2,072, first of 7 hotels in Marunouchi, with a Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best 2026, and Booking.com 9.5/10 from 1,229, with cleanliness and comfort at 9.8 and value at 8.6. The hotel’s awards page lists second place among Japan’s hotels in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards of Condé Nast Traveller’s UK edition.

Of the 500 most recent Google reviews with text, 93% of those discussing location, 88% of those discussing staff, 82% of those discussing rooms and 56% of those discussing value are positive. Stepping in from the platform, the porters who walk guests to their room, breakfast at the Atrium and the view of the domes keep coming back. Classic rooms start at 23 m² and have no view, the corridors are long, and an autumn night usually costs twice January’s.

The rates on the Japanese site are quoted with consumption tax and service charge included, and state that the Tokyo Metropolitan accommodation tax is charged separately; Booking.com likewise says the accommodation tax per person per night is not included and is paid at the hotel. None of the sources read gives its amount.

Tripadvisor warns that its partners’ prices exclude tax. Charged separately are breakfast, unless your rate includes it, the B1 baths, parking and guaranteed early check-in, which costs an extra night.

Check-in from 3pm and check-out by noon, the official FAQ says, with times that may vary by rate. Guaranteed early check-in costs an extra night; luggage can be left at the Guest Relations desk on the entrance floor before and after your stay, and sent ahead to the hotel.

Cancelling costs the full night from the day before arrival, no-shows included, and rooms can be booked up to a year ahead. Booking.com warns that check-in between 3pm and 5pm can take a while.