The Palace Hotel Tokyo temporarily closed its doors for extensive renovation on January 31, 2009. Three years and a half later, the prestigious property reopened…
TOKYO- The Palace Hotel Tokyo temporarily closed its doors for extensive renovation on January 31, 2009. Three years and a half later, the prestigious property reopened as an entirely new, fully contemporary luxury hotel located in Marunouchi district, in the immediate vicinity of the Imperial Palace’s gardens. Since May 17, the 23-story hotel welcomes its guests in its luxurious 290 bed rooms including 12 suites. They are 12 categories of accommodation ranging from deluxe rooms between 45 and 55 m2 to suites ranging from 75 to 255 m2. More than half of the rooms and suites have open terraces and balconies while every guest room has views of Tokyo’s Imperial Palace gardens as well as the surrounding skyline. All rooms offer complimentary wireless and wired high-speed Internet access,46-inch LCD TVs and Blue-ray/DVD/CD players.
As the anchor to its US$ 1.2 billion mixed-use development, the hotel features 10 new restaurants and bars including Japanese, Chinese and French dining venues, some being awarded Michelin stars. The Palace Hotel is also cutting the ribbon on the first ever evian® SPA in Japan.
Most of all, the Palace Hotel retains a distinctive Japanese flavour: “There is only one Tokyo, and there will only be one experience like the Palace Hotel,” said Takashi Kobayashi, the company’s president. “From the Aji stones at our entrance to the linens in our guest rooms, from the omotenashi at first encounter to the general management, we’re celebrating an unfiltered appreciation of our country’s culture.” In the bedrooms, Japanese designers created special amenities such as the 300-thread count Imabari bed linens and bath towels from Ehime prefecture or Maruyama Nori teas’ selection manufactured in Tokyo’s Tsukiji district.
The hotel is within easy walking distance from Tokyo Station. The first basement level entrance of the hotel will directly access Otemachi Subway Station via a passageway scheduled to open in spring 2013.
Luc Citrinot a French national is a freelance journalist and consultant in tourism and air transport with over 20 years experience. Based in Paris and Bangkok, he works for various travel and air transport trade publications in Europe and Asia.
