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Hotel New Otani (Hotel) 4 star

  • 4-1 Kioi Chiyoda
    TOKYO 102-8578, JAPAN | View map
  • Price Range: Top end
  • Neighbourhood: Chiyoda-ku
  • Atmosphere: Opulent and Busy

Author pick

Lonely Planet Review

Quotes The enormous 1552-room New Otani is renowned for the marvellous 400-year-old Japanese garden it surrounds. Loaded with upscale restaurants, boutiques and gift shops, this august establishment also has its own art museum in addition to the impressive 10 acres of green space.

There's most definitely a whiff of pretension about the New Otani, but it's somewhat justified, due to its attention to the details despite its gargantuan size. Elements of design such as paper shoji (translucent screens) over the windows and parquet floors in bathrooms help to create a classic atmosphere, while modern conveniences such as remote-controlled curtains do away with the bother of such quotidian chores. The activity throughout this imposing hotel reflects that on the streets of Akasaka and Nagatacho down below: a constant buzz of business deals, insider gossip, and upper-crust shopping and lunching. There's nothing garden-variety about the dining you can do in the restaurants of the immaculately manicured Japanese garden, and with its own art collection in-house, you don't have to stray very far to find some cultural enrichment amid all the commercial bustle.

Review by author Wendy Yanagihara

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How To Get There

From Narita International Airport:
The distance from the airport to the hotel is 70 kilometers.

Nearby Points of Interest

  1. Ginza Shopping District 3.0 kilometers
  2. Imperial Place 3.0 kilometers
  3. Meiji Shrine 4.0 kilometers
  4. Odaiba (bay area) 6.0 kilometers
  1. Shinjuku (shopping) 3.0 kilometers
  2. Tokyo Dome 3.5 kilometers
  3. Akihbara electric district 4.0 kilometers
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Facilities

  1. Parking
  2. Spa
  3. Beauty salon
  4. Business center
  5. Meeting rooms
  6. Wake up service
  7. Swimming pool
  8. Restaurant
  9. Airport transportation
  10. Fitness facility
  11. Internet available
  12. Laundry facilities
  13. Security facilities
  14. Arcade/game room
  15. ATM/Banking
  16. Audiovisual equipment
  17. Bar/lounge
  1. Concierge desk
  2. Conference Room(s)
  3. Currency Exchange
  4. Elevator/lift
  5. Full-service health spa
  6. Garden
  7. Gift shop or newsstand
  8. Internet public area - dial-up
  9. Internet public area - wireless
  10. Massage-treatment room
  11. Parking (Complimentary)
  12. Room service (limited hours)
  13. Self parking
  14. Spa tub
  15. Swim-up bar
  16. Wedding services

Check-in/Check-out

Earliest check-in: 2:00 PM
Latest check-out time: 12:00 PM

Author Tip

The New Otani's garden is, happily, accessible to the public and worth wandering around during the day. By night, reserve a table at one of the restaurants set within the garden for a memorable dinner.

Curious Fact

The hotel's 10-acre garden, one of Tokyo's finest, is a delight in any season. During its 400 year history it came into the hands of the Ii family, influential in the shogunate government of the Edo period (1600-1868). Ii Naosuke (1815-1860) oversaw the signing of the first Japan-US commerce treaty, which opened the country to foreign business, but he was unpopular with old-regime loyalists. He was assassinated by a gang of young samurai in front of the Sakuradamon Gate to Edo Castle in 1860; the centuries-old shogunal regime fell less than a decade later.