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New in Tokyo: Stay Above the City in the Ritz-Carlton

Where: 9-7-1 Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan, 107-6245

April 9, 2007 at 9:49 AM | 2 Comments

A new luxury hotel opened last week in Tokyo's nightlife capital Roppongi. The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo is in the top nine floors and the bottom three floors of the new Midtown building, the tallest skyscraper of Tokyo.

As the first Ritz-Carlton in Tokyo (and only the second in Japan after Osaka), it's significant that they've chosen to start in the Roppongi district. While Roppongi used to be just the place to go at the end of the day to drink and dance, the Midtown development is aiming to turn it into an all hours destination, and includes shops, apartments and museums.

The new hotel is made up of 248 rooms and suites, an authentic 200-year-old Japanese teahouse, and a $20,000-a-night presidential suite. If you're not on the presidential budget, opening promotion packages including accommodation in a deluxe room, big beds and free pool and fitness access are available for 52,000 yen ($435). Views across Tokyo and (on a clear day) to Mt Fuji are free.

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