Stay · Otemachi

Aman Tokyo アマン東京

Kerry Hill's urban ryokan in the sky: a 30-metre-high lobby on the 33rd floor of Otemachi Tower, lit through a vast washi-paper ceiling above a rock garden and a single ikebana arrangement.

About

Aman's first city hotel opened in December 2014 on floors 33–38 of Otemachi Tower and is still the benchmark for calm luxury in Tokyo. Kerry Hill Architects took the proportions of a Japanese house and stretched them vertically. Stepping out of the lift, you face a lobby about 30 m tall, enclosed in a giant shoji-like lantern of washi paper on a timber frame. A raked stone garden sits in the middle, and the basalt stone, cypress wood and paper screens filter the city into soft light. Floor-to-ceiling windows look across the Imperial Palace gardens and, on clear days, to Mount Fuji. The Lounge by Aman, under the paper ceiling, is the easy way in for non-guests for afternoon tea and cocktails. The spa below has a 30 m basalt pool facing the skyline. Kerry Hill died in 2018, and this is one of his signature late works.

Highlights

• About 30 m-high lobby atrium under a washi-paper ceiling, like the inside of a paper lantern
• Stone garden and a single seasonal ikebana installation at the centre of the lobby
• Views across the Imperial Palace gardens toward Mount Fuji from the 33rd floor
• 30 m spa pool walled in basalt with floor-to-ceiling city views
• The Lounge by Aman for afternoon tea and evening cocktails under the paper ceiling

Tips

• The ground-floor entrance on the Otemachi Forest side leads to the lift; the lobby is on 33F
• Afternoon tea at The Lounge is seasonal and books out; reserve online a week or two ahead
• Late afternoon gives the best light through the washi and a chance of Fuji at sunset in winter
• Walk through Otemachi Forest, the small woodland at the tower's base, on the way in

Open in Google Maps · Info checked 2026-10-09

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