The best hotels in Japan, area by area
Every hotel is ranked by Hotel score: guest ratings weighted by how many guests rated it. No hotel pays to be listed, and our commission never changes the order.
- Ginza, TokyoCentral Tokyo: Ginza, Marunouchi and Tokyo Station, out to Toranomon. Department stores, fine dining, the Imperial Palace gardens and the bullet train at the door.No. 1: The Okura Tokyo, Hotel score 9.6See all 50 hotels
- Shinjuku, TokyoTokyo's busiest hub: skyscraper hotels, Shinjuku Gyoen garden, late-night food alleys and direct trains to Hakone and the airports.No. 1: Park Hyatt Tokyo, Hotel score 9.1See all 13 hotels
- Shibuya, TokyoYoung, fashionable Tokyo: the Shibuya crossing, Harajuku and Omotesando shopping, and Ebisu and Roppongi on the edge.No. 1: Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel, Hotel score 9.2See all 10 hotels
- KyotoThe old imperial capital around Gion and Kawaramachi: temples, wooden machiya streets and kaiseki dining.No. 1: Nohga Hotel Kiyomizu Kyoto, Hotel score 9.4See all 50 hotels
- OsakaJapan's street-food capital, between Umeda and Namba: neon, nightlife and an easy base for Kyoto and Nara day trips.No. 1: Imperial Hotel, Osaka, Hotel score 9.3See all 50 hotels