Tokyo hotel prices by month

When is Tokyo cheapest? In January, and that’s when I’d go: a 4-star asks ¥20,136 a night for 2, against ¥33,831 this November, the dearest month up to September 2027. A 5-star goes from ¥56,328 in January to ¥94,580 in April, with November level.

The Tatsumi watchtower on the Imperial Palace moat, with the towers of Marunouchi behind
The Imperial Palace moat and the Palace Hotel

Tokyo hotel prices month by month

If January and February don’t suit you, the cheapest months at a 4-star are August and June: ¥23,360 and ¥23,664.

Month4-star5-star
November 2026¥33,831dearest¥90,688
December 2026¥25,968¥77,453
January 2027¥20,136cheapest¥56,328cheapest
February 2027¥22,865¥57,816
March 2027¥27,558¥87,516
April 2027¥29,568¥94,580dearest
May 2027¥25,374¥82,572
June 2027¥23,664¥78,998
July 2027¥25,340¥77,000
August 2027¥23,360¥74,000
September 2027¥26,458¥77,348

44 hotels at 4 stars and 43 at 5, the same ones every month. September runs to the 27th: for later nights, ask the hotel.

Cheapest nights of the week in Tokyo

In Tokyo weekends cost more: at a 4-star a Friday or Saturday costs ¥29,568 against ¥24,727 midweek, and Saturday is the dearer of the 2. At a 5-star the gap is small.

HotelsSunday to ThursdayFriday and Saturday
4-star¥24,727¥29,568
5-star¥75,433¥77,548

The cheapest and dearest weeks in Tokyo

Mark 2 weeks: mid-November, the dearest of the year, at ¥39,015 a night at a 4-star, and the spring peak, 30 March to 5 April, at ¥35,962.

WeekA typical night
4-star, cheapest: 2 to 8 January¥19,835
4-star, cheapest: 13 to 19 January¥20,011
4-star, dearest: 16 to 22 November 2026¥39,015
4-star, dearest: 7 to 13 November 2026¥36,845
5-star, cheapest: 29 January to 4 February¥53,658
5-star, cheapest: 20 to 26 January¥54,312
5-star, dearest: 1 to 7 April¥106,164
5-star, dearest: 13 to 19 November 2026¥105,178

Where I’d sleep in Tokyo: 4 hotels from the guide

At HOSHINOYA your shoes come off at the door and you settle into ryokan life. Screens filter the light and close off the skyline, so for a view, look elsewhere.

At Aman Tokyo every suite has a stone furo tub, a good reason to come back early, and its prices are lowest in February. For nightlife, you travel from Otemachi.

At Janu Tokyo the lounge, bars and restaurants welcome outside guests too, so expect company. The 55 m² Deluxe Room already includes breakfast, service and tax.

At the Tokyo Station Hotel you step off the train and you’ve arrived. The corridors aren’t short, though: the building stretches for 335 metres.

Otemachi, Tokyo

HOSHINOYA Tokyo

A 17-storey ryokan in the financial district: tatami from the door to the room, a lounge on every floor and a natural onsen on the roof

Why choose it:
strong for the rooftop onsen
Who for:
couples

Otemachi, Tokyo

Aman Tokyo

84 suites of 71 to 157 m² at the top of the Otemachi Tower, with a 2,500 m² spa and a 30-metre pool above the Imperial Palace

Why choose it:
strong for a spa above the city
Who for:
couples and business trips

Azabudai Hills, Tokyo

Janu Tokyo

The Aman group’s first Janu hotel: 122 rooms and suites, a 25-metre pool and 8 restaurants in Azabudai Hills, 11 minutes from Tokyo Tower

Why choose it:
Strong for a pool, gym and spa in the city
Who for:
Couples and active travellers

Before you pick your dates

Is spring or autumn dearer in Tokyo?

At a 4-star, autumn: ¥33,831 in November against ¥29,568 in April. At a 5-star they’re about level.

And from which day in January?

3 to 9 January, once the New Year nights are over: ¥19,835 a night at a 4-star.

What the figure includes

A typical night is the middle hotel: half cost more, half less. Each price is the lowest any seller showed for one night for 2 adults, with taxes and fees as that seller lists them. From 1 April 2027 Tokyo’s accommodation tax1 rises to 3% of the room price, except for the cheapest rooms, and these figures may not include it. For the night of 19 May 2027 the big agencies asked about 10% more than the lowest seller at a 4-star. Ask whether the city tax is on top, which room it buys and whether you can cancel. Prices from Google Hotels, 1 November 2026.

Every hotel and place in the guide, each with its cheap night, is on what a night costs, place by place .

Written and checked by Lumina, independently of the hotels it names. Lumina sells no rooms: every link leads to its source.

Where we read it
  1. 1 Tokyo Metropolitan Government, accommodation tax, 31 October 2026
One LumeGives more than the other hotels of its place and price range.107 hotels of 472.Up for breakfastHeld by a hotel in the top sixth for breakfast, among the guide’s hotels where at least 30 guests write about it.22 hotels of 472 hold it.

This guide is written with Lumina, the marketing system for hotels.