A short walk from Ginza, this hotel was built at the behest of the Emperor to cater for Westerners as Japan sought to modernise. Over 135 years later, it still does so peerlessly. Myriad dining options and traditional tea ceremonies make it a showpiece of Tokyo hospitality.
Wanderlust, April 2026A Japanese institution, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo is as close as it gets to a historic property in a city that constantly reinvents itself, even despite the hotel’s several reincarnations.
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