Palace Hotel, Tokyo
| Palace Hotel Tokyo | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 1-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan |
| Opening | 2012 |
| Owner | Palace Hotel Co. Ltd. |
| Management | Palace Hotel Co. Ltd. |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 23 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 290 |
| Number of suites | 12 |
| Number of restaurants | 10 |
| Website | |
| http://www.palacehoteltokyo.com | |
Palace Hotel Tokyo (Japanese: パレスホテル東京) is a luxury hotel located in the Marunouchi business district of Tokyo, Japan. The hotel has 290 guestrooms and facilities, including 10 restaurants and bars, a spa, a fitness center, swimming pool and a business center.[1]
Location
Palace Hotel Tokyo is located at 1-1-1 Marunouchi across from the Otemon Gate of the Imperial Palace in the Chiyoda ward in central Tokyo.[1]
History
Palace Hotel Tokyo is owned by Palace Hotel Co. Ltd., a private consortium of shareholders first formed in 1961. The company’s founder and first president was Masatomo Yoshihara.[2]
The new hotel succeeds two previous hotels, the Hotel Teito (Japanese: ホテル テイト) and Palace Hotel (Japanese: パレスホテル), which occupied the same site from 1947 and 1961 respectively. Each was razed to make way for its successor.[3]
Construction of the original building that occupied the same location on which Palace Hotel Tokyo now stands was completed in December 1937 for use as the Forestry Office of the Imperial Household Agency.[4] After World War II, on the order of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, it was rebuilt for use as a hotel under government ownership and administration for the exclusive use of buying agents from abroad.[5]
Hotel Teito’s land and building were sold to the private sector in 1959 and the hotel was rebuilt and re-branded as Palace Hotel, which opened for business on October 1, 1961. Palace Hotel was awarded the Architectural Industry Association Prize in 1963 for its success in blending modern architectural style with Japanese aesthetics.[6]
In 2009, Palace Hotel closed for three years for renovation. The renovation retained the shigaraki tiles that lined the original hotel’s exterior and the Chiyoda Suite's traditional ink wash painting, and also restored the original bar counter from Royal Bar.[7]
Hotel
Spa & Fitness
Palace Hotel was the first hotel in Japan to have an Evian spa.[8] The spa is located on the 5th floor, next to a fitness center and an indoor swimming pool with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out on to the Imperial Palace Plaza.[9]
Restaurants & Bars
The hotel has 10 restaurants and bars, including the Michelin-starred Crown restaurant:[10]
- Crown – Michelin-starred restaurant serving fine dining French cuisine.[11]
- Grand Kitchen – All-day dining restaurant serving a mix of American, French, Spanish and Italian fare with a touch of Japanese.
- Wadakura – Serves traditional Japanese kaiseki and named after the moat outside its windows.
- Tatsumi – A six-seat tempura bar.
- GO – A 6- and 8-seat teppanyaki grill outlet.
- Sushi Kanesaka – Serves traditional Edomae-style (classic Tokyo-style) sushi.[12]
- Amber Palace – Serves modern Shanghainese and Cantonese cuisines.[13]
- Royal Bar – Specializes in martinis and cigars. The bar counter itself is restored from the Royal Bar first opened at the original Palace Hotel.[14]
- The Palace Lounge – By day a lounge serving afternoon tea and a selection of 48 varieties of tea. By night a champagne and cocktail bar with live jazz music.[15]
- Lounge Bar Privė – A modern chic lounge with French inspirations.[16]
Additional facilities & amenities
The hotel also has facilities to host conventions and weddings. The 19th floor offers a club lounge.
Awards
- Travel Top 50 – 2012-2013 Monocle magazine UK.[17]
- 2013 World’s Greatest Hotels book – Travel + Leisure USA.[18]
- Best Hotel with 100 Rooms or More – 2013 Travel + Leisure Design Awards USA.[19]
Gallery
References
- ^ a b "Tokyo's shiny new billion-dollar Palace Hotel". cnn.com. CNN. 12 March 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
- ^ "Masatomo Yoshihara, president of Tokyo's new Palace Hotel". Press-Telegram. 11 November 1962. p. 107.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "History of Palace Hotel Tokyo". Official website. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Lau, Virginia (23 July 2012). "Japan's hotel for royalty". Perspective Global. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Palace Hotel Tokyo Debut Turns a New Page in Japanese Hospitality". Daily News and Analysis. 17 April 2012.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "History of the Palace Hotel". www.palacehotelstokyo.com. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Templado, Louis (6 April 2015). "TOKYO NOW AND THEN: Historic hotel retains vintage wine from 1964 Tokyo Olympics ready to toast the next". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Evian spa at the Palace Hotel, Tokyo". Pursuitist. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Fitness Center and Swimming Pool". Official website. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "A star has emerged" (PDF). en.palacehoteltokyo.com. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Tokyo's shiny new billion-dollar Palace Hotel". CNN. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ Bakshani, Nikkitha. "The 5 Best Restaurants for Sushi in Tokyo". The Daily Meal. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Amber Palace". Travel Beyond. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Review: Palace Hotel Tokyo". Air Canada. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "The Palace Lounge". en.palacehoteltokyo.com. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ Pike, Joe (13 June 2012). "A Tour of The New Palace Hotel Tokyo". Travel Agent Central. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Travel Top 50". Monocle magazine. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "2013 World's Greatest Hotels book" (PDF). en.palacehoteltokyo.com. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Best Hotel with 100 Rooms or More". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 11 June 2015.