King of the Hills
Posted by Emma Torry on March 28, 2008 at 01:21 PM
In the heart of Tokyo's Roppongi Hills, an urban re-development project with some serious wow-factor, sits the über-cool Grand Hyatt.
Lesser known perhaps than its sister hotel the Park Hyatt, which featured in Lost in Translation, the Grand Hyatt's luxurious rooms and suites are still decadently fantastic. Natural woods and fabrics, linens by Frette, 32" flatscreen TVs, 13" bathroom TVs, 8" rainshowers and limestone bathrooms perfectly counter-balance the fast, frenetic city outside.
Right next door to some seriously pricey temptations (Escada, Issey Miyake, L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon) and more bars, clubs and restaurants than you can shake a stick at, the Grand Hyatt is a great place to stay if you've come to Tokyo to shop and party. The hotel itself is home to one of the slickest bars in the city, Maduro, a jazz den famous for its cocktails, cigars and ¥2,100 cover charges.
Those less eager to burn the midnight oil can relax in the hotel's fantastic Nagomi Spa, which boasts a gym, red granite swimming pool, "illuminated whirlpool bath", jacuzzis, plunge pools, dry and wet saunas, relaxation areas, Vichy treatment room, couples treatment room and Kerstin Florian products. What better way to overcome the horrors of jetlag?
The hotel staff are fantastic, and the concierges worth their weight in gold when it comes to making sense of Tokyo's medieval address system.
Just one tip: pack your glad rags. Like the hotel itself, the Grand Hyatt's guests are ridiculously chic.
Grand Hyatt Tokyo, 6-10-3 Roppongi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 106-0032, Japan. Tel: +03 4333 1234.
Rates for a double room start from ¥65,835 per night.
