HOSHINOYA Tokyo
Good to know before you go
- Getting there
- Ōtemachi Station · 2 min walk (Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line)
- Hours
- Check-in: 15:00 / Check-out: 12:00
- Time needed
- Overnight stay
- Best time to go
- 17:00 onward, when the second-floor lounge serves complimentary regional sake and snacks, and sunset angles cast the Edo-komon lattice shadows through the shoji screens.
Hours can change on holidays — check the official site before travelling.
About
HOSHINOYA Tokyo is a luxury high-rise ryokan that seamlessly blends traditional Japanese hospitality with ultra-modern design in the heart of the city's financial district. Guests can expect to walk barefoot on tatami mats, soak in a stunning open-air hot spring bath fed by waters drawn from 1,500 meters underground, and enjoy seasonal sake and tea in exclusive floor lounges. It is an unmatched sanctuary for those seeking a tranquil, culturally immersive retreat.
What Japanese guides note
Unlike other luxury hotels in the Ōtemachi financial district that occupy upper floors of commercial office complexes, HOSHINOYA Tokyo is a dedicated, standalone 18-story tower structured as a vertical ryokan. Outdoor shoes must be removed at the ground-level threshold, as the entire property is traversed barefoot or in socks across tatami mats. The property operates strictly for registered overnight guests; non-residents cannot access the lounges, top-floor onsen, or private basement restaurant.
Details from local sources
- The building facade is enveloped in a black metal screen based on the Edo-komon asanoha-kuzushi pattern, which appears opaque from afar but reveals fine geometric latticework up close. [source]
- The main entrance door is crafted from a single slab of Aomori Hiba cypress over 300 years old, opening into a 5.5-meter-high foyer lined with floor-to-ceiling bamboo-and-chestnut shoe lockers. [source]
- Guests leave footwear at the ground-floor entry and navigate the entire hotel without slippers, as all hallways, bedrooms, and elevator interiors are surfaced in borderless rush tatami. [source]
- Levels 3 through 16 contain exactly six guest rooms per floor, each centered around an exclusive Ochanoma Lounge that provides complimentary tea, morning onigiri, and evening alcohol. [source]
- The top-floor bathhouse is supplied by Otemachi Onsen, a sodium-chloride strong saline spring drawn from 1,500 meters underground, featuring high walls that shield open-air bathers from nearby skyscrapers. [source]
- The property occupies the historical grounds of the Edo-period upper mansion belonging to the Sakai clan, hereditary fudai daimyo who served the Tokugawa shogunate. [source]
Insider Tip
Check out the Ochanoma lounge on your floor for complimentary seasonal sake, craft beers, and traditional snacks throughout the day.
Frequently asked
How do guests reach the hotel from Ōtemachi and Tokyo stations?
Ōtemachi Station is the closest station, located roughly a two-minute walk from exits A1 or C1/C2c. For guests traveling via JR Tokyo Station, the walk takes approximately 10 minutes from the Marunouchi North or Marunouchi Central exits.
What is the footwear protocol inside the hotel?
Guests take off their outdoor shoes immediately upon entering the ground-floor foyer, where staff store them in full-height getabako cabinets. No slippers are provided or required; guests walk barefoot or in socks across the continuous rush tatami flooring found throughout corridors, elevators, and rooms.
What complimentary refreshments are provided in the floor lounges?
Each guest floor has an Ochanoma Lounge open 24 hours a day. It is stocked with complimentary seasonal teas, coffees, and sweets during the day, freshly prepared miso soup and onigiri in the morning, and regional sake alongside savory snacks in the evening.
What are the characteristics of the 17th-floor hot spring bath?
The bathhouse is fed by Otemachi Onsen, a dark, strongly saline sodium-chloride spring pumped from 1,500 meters below ground. An indoor pool opens into an open-air chamber framed by high, roofless walls that allow sky views while preventing visual exposure from surrounding office towers.
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