Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo

Coordinates: 35°41′12.86″N 139°46′23″E / 35.6869056°N 139.77306°E / 35.6869056; 139.77306

Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo is located in the Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi neighborhood, close to Tokyo Station and Tokyo Stock Exchange. The hotel, opened in December 2005, is managed by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. The hotel contains 178 guestrooms and suites as well as ten restaurants and bars. Among the restaurants, Sense, Signature and Tapas Molecular Bar have each been awarded Michelin Stars.^[2] Additionally, the hotel operates a spa, which, in 2011, was named by Conde Nast Traveller readers as one of the Top 25 spas in the world.^[3] Other hotel features include events facilities, a beauty salon and a business center.

Location

Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo is located in Tokyo’s historic Nihonbashi neighborhood. The heart of the city, Nihonbashi is “the location from which all road distances between Tokyo and other points in Japan are measured.”^[4] With the Imperial Palace garden to the west and Tokyo Bay to the southeast, the hotel’s location affords views from over 30 stories above the city.

Nearby, Tokyo’s famed shopping district, Ginza, is recognized as being home to some of the finest department stores and retail shops in the world. Proximity to the second largest stock exchange in the world^[5] – the Tokyo Stock Exchange – means that office tenants in the buildings surrounding the hotel include a variety of major financial, insurance and securities institutions.

A number of cultural destinations including the ‘Bridge of Japan’ and the Tokyo International Forum are located close to the hotel as well.

The Hotel

Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo: Hotel Lobby

Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo occupies the top nine floors of the Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower. The hotel’s 178 guest rooms are spread across the 30th through 36th floors of the building; The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo and several of the hotel's restaurants and bars are located on the 37th and 38th floors of the building. A very deliberate design concept governs the look and feel of the hotel with an aesthetic predicated on the themes of woods and water.^[6] To that end, “the hotel has been conceived as a single, large, living tree, with the guestrooms as branches.”^[7] All rooms at the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo offer a view.

The hotel houses a spa as well as numerous restaurants and bars, which include three Michelin Star restaurants. Additionally, the hotel contains a large ballroom, four banquet rooms and six meeting rooms. There is a Sanctuary Chapel at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo as well.

Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo is a 2011 American Academy of Hospitality Sciences’ Six Star Diamond award recipient and was Institutional Investor’s choice for “Best Hotel in the World” in 2010.^[8]

The Spa

The Spa at the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo features four treatment rooms with private showers as well as five VIP spa suites. The Spa includes a vitality pool, amethyst crystal steam room, sky view sauna, rain showers, separate relaxation lounges for men and women, and a fitness center. The Spa at the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo is the only non-membership day spa in Tokyo.^[9] The Spa of the hotel is unique by providing outstanding views of the Tokyo skyline. It includes a sauna with windows (no direct opposite) overlooking Tokyo and providing views of the Mount Fuji (when weather conditions allow) ^[10]

Harmony Suite at The Spa at the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo

A view from the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo

Restaurants and bars^[11]

• Signature: Michelin-star recipient serving contemporary French fare
• Sense: Michelin-star recipient offering modern Cantonese cuisine
• K’shiki: all day dining restaurant serving continental and Asian inspired menu items
• Sushi SORA: traditional ‘Edo-mae’-style sushi restaurant
• Ventaglio: Italian buffet restaurant
• Tapas Molecular Bar: a unique ‘molecular’ experience located within the Oriental Lounge
• Oriental Lounge: a place for coffee, tea, cocktails and cigars
• Mandarin Bar: a bar with live jazz (performed Monday through Saturday)
• Sense Tea Corner: a place for teas and Cantonese desserts
• Mandarin Oriental Gourmet Shop: a bakery serving cakes, chocolates, pastries, breads and premium teas

References

External links

• Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo
• Dining at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo
• The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo