STREETSMART - Top 10 Tokyo - page 126

Left Hotel Nikko Tokyo Right Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel

Rooms with a View

! Hotel Parkside

with breathtaking views
are located between the
13th and 37th floors.
d Map R6 • 26-1
Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-
ku • 3476-3000 • www.
ceruleantower-hotel.com/en
• ¥¥¥¥

has the best views of
Sumida River and its
bridges (see pp12-13) .
d Map Q1 • 3-17-1 Nishi-
Asakusa, Taito-ku • 3847-
1111 • w w w. v i ew h o t e l s . c o .
jp/asakusa/english • ¥¥¥
* Inter Continental

This good-value hotel
offers Japanese- and
Western-style rooms.
Rooms on the middle to
upper floors have the
finest views of the park
and lotus pond, which is
at its best in summer.
d Map F2 • 2-11-18 Ueno,
Taito-ku • 3836-5711
• www.parkside.co.jp • ¥¥¥

% Park Hyatt Tokyo

Tokyo Bay
The views from the
stylish rooms here are
truly panoramic. Windows
face onto the river, Tokyo
wharves, Tokyo Bay, and
neon-illuminated Rainbow
Bridge, as it crosses to
Odaiba Island (see pp28-
9) . d Map C2 • 1-16-2
Kaigan, Minato-ku
• 5404-2222 • www.
intercontinental.com • ¥¥¥¥¥

Remember the
grandstand views Scarlett
Johansson looked out on
from her room at this
hotel in the movie Lost
in Translation ? They are
even better at night,
when Shinjuku's neon is
switched on. The recep-
tion desk is on the 41st
floor. d Map A4 • 3-7-1-2
Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
• 5322-1234 • http://tokyo.
park.hyatt.com • ¥¥¥¥¥

@ Conrad Hotel The city views and

aerial perspectives on to
the green and watered
Hama Rikyu Garden (see
p75) below, from this 37-
story upmarket hotel, are
unparalleled. Aromatic
therapies, cedar wood
spas, and superb cuisine
make a stay here memo-
rable. d Map L6 • 1-9-1
Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-
ku • 6388-8000 • www.
conradtokyo.co.jp • ¥¥¥¥¥

( Hotel Nikko Tokyo This well-appointed

hotel is located next to
the Tokyo Decks' leisure,
café, and restaurant
complex. The windows
of its luxurious rooms
offer stunning vistas
of the bay, island, and
waterfront. d Map D2
• 1-9-1 Daiba, Minato-ku
• 5500-5500 • www.hnt.
co.jp • ¥¥¥¥¥

^ Shinjuku

Prince Hotel
Next to JR Shinjuku
Station, this cozy hotel
offers stunning views
of the Kabuki-cho enter-
tainment, club, and bar
area from guest rooms
and its 25th-floor restau-
rant. Good facilities and
reasonably sized rooms.
d Map B3 • 1-30-1 Kabuki-
cho, Shinjuku-ku • 3205-
1111 • w w w. p r i ncehotels.
co.jp • ¥¥¥

£ Palace Hotel With one of the best

hotel locations in Tokyo,
this serenely quiet, old-
fashioned establishment
has spacious rooms offer-
ing superb views of the
Imperial Palace (see pp8-
9) . Excellent on-site
restaurant. d Map M2 • 1-
1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku
• 3211-5211 • www.
palacehotel.co.jp • ¥¥¥¥¥

) The Westin Tokyo Modeled along the

lines of grand European
hotels, the Westin stands
just beyond the Ebisu
Garden Place complex.
Views from the middle
and upper rooms toward
the bay and inward over
the glittering city are
stunning. d Map C2 • 1-4-
1 Mita, Meguro, Minato-ku
• 5423-7000 • www.westin-
tokyo.co.jp • ¥¥¥¥¥

& Asakusa

View Hotel
As the name suggests,
the views of neighboring
rooftops and nearby
Senso-ji Temple (see
pp10-11) from the com-
fortable Japanese-style
rooms are of an older
Tokyo. The 28th-floor bar

$ Cerulean Tower

Tokyu Hotel
Shibuya's only high-end
luxury hotel boasts huge
rooms, stylish interiors,
kaiseki restaurants, bars,
a jazz club, and Noh
Theater (see p58) . Rooms

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Unless otherwise stated, all hotels accept credit cards and
have en-suite bathrooms and air conditioning.