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The Tokyo Station Hotel is a historic hotel that has been integrated into the red brick building of Tokyo Station and has been in operation since the year after Tokyo Station opened. Currently, a day tour that includes a tour of the Tokyo Station Hotel and lunch is secretly popular! I decided to take part!
Tour the Tokyo Station Hotel!
The red brick building of Tokyo Station was designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan in 2003. Since 2006, restoration of the original exterior and earthquake reinforcement work has been carried out, and the station has reopened for business on October 3, 2012. At the new Tokyo Station Hotel, the guest room corridors have been turned into a gallery that shows the station's history
The former Tokyo Station Hotel is also known for being the place where great Showa-era writers such as Yasunari Kawabata and Seicho Matsumoto stayed to write. To commemorate this, the exhibits include a framed double-page spread of the first installment of the magazine series "Dot and Line," as well as a framed timetable. If you join the tour, hotel staff will guide you to the guest room floors that are off-limits to guests
Go straight from the guest room floor on the 3rd floor and you will be guided to the Cathedral Dome on the south side. On the other side of the window is the South Exit Hall of Tokyo Station. On the wall, there is a notice explaining the restoration of the dome's ceiling and wall decorations. Here, the hotel staff will give you a detailed explanation. Of course, they will also answer your questions patiently
Looking down from the window, you can see the South Exit Hall. There is a walkway with handrails around the door opposite on the 3rd floor, but this is for maintenance purposes and is not used by hotel staff. There are also guest rooms on the 3rd floor of the Cathedral Dome that overlook the South Exit
The best room! Imperial Suite
After touring the Cathedral Dome at the south exit, we next took a look at the guest rooms. Only rooms that are not occupied that day can be visited, but this time we were shown the only special room, the Imperial Suite. The living room in this room is spacious enough to comfortably accommodate 16 people, with a sofa, table, and desk
The street visible from the living room window is Gyoko-dori, which stretches towards the Imperial Palace. The Imperial Suite is located exactly in the middle of Tokyo Station. The buildings on either side are Shin-Maru Building on the left and Maru Building on the right. Directly below is the driveway where the Emperor passes when he uses Tokyo Station
The bedroom is spacious. The bed is king-size, and an LCD TV is installed on the wall opposite the bed. The bathroom is adjacent to the bedroom. There is also a minibar. If you're wondering about the room rate, it is said to be around 800,000 yen per night, excluding consumption tax, service charge, and accommodation tax. Incidentally, Tokyo Station Hotel is highly rated overseas, and in 2018 it received a four-star rating for the third consecutive year in the American Forbes Travel Guide
The tour ends with lunch in the atrium!
After touring the Cathedral Dome and the guest rooms, we had lunch at the Atrium, a restaurant exclusively for guests. Originally an attic in the center of the station building, it was renovated during restoration work that began in 2006. The red bricks on the left wall are from the pre-war Tokyo Station Hotel. The high ceilings and abundant natural light make it very relaxing
The Atrium is originally the venue for the breakfast buffet. In front of it is the space where the lunch buffet dishes are laid out. As there are many guests from overseas, the names and descriptions of the dishes are posted in English next to the food. Incidentally, the tour lunch served here is basically a French course meal. Depending on the tour, there are lunches with beef stew as the main dish
How was it?
Several travel agencies offer tours of the Tokyo Station Hotel for a limited time. The Tokyo Station Hotel also offers the "Atrium Lunch Plan" several times a month. For more details, please see the "Atrium" page on the hotel's official website. You're sure to enjoy something out of the ordinary!
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