The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho, a Luxury Collection Hotel

250 Rooms on the Top Seven Floors of a Glass Tower

The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho opened in July 2016 as the first Luxury Collection hotel in Tokyo, taking over the top seven floors, roughly floors 30 to 36, of Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho, a mixed-use tower in the Kioicho district of Chiyoda-ku. Prince Hotels operates the property under license from Marriott's Luxury Collection brand, and the interiors were designed by the American firm Rockwell Group around a concept they call Levitation, using the building's height itself as the organizing idea rather than treating the altitude as a side effect of the location. A double-height sky lobby sets the tone on arrival, before guests ever reach a room.

Why It Works

We added this hotel because its design commits fully to its one structural advantage: height. The Levitation concept runs from the sky lobby down to the guestrooms, where windows are framed as a deliberate portal onto the skyline rather than an afterthought, and it continues into the bar, where a glass waterfall installation by artist Mari Noguchi runs nine meters floor to ceiling. It is a rare case of a hotel's interior design and its literal position in the city telling the same story, which is also why it earned a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating as the first Luxury Collection property in Tokyo to hold one.

Why This Location

Kioicho sits between the Imperial Palace and Akasaka, close enough to Yasukuni Shrine and the palace grounds that upper-floor rooms on one side of the tower look directly over them, while rooms on the other side take in Tokyo Tower and the Shinjuku skyline. Akasaka-mitsuke and Nagatacho subway stations are both within walking distance, putting the Ginza, Marunouchi, and Hanzomon lines directly at hand, and Tokyo Station is a short ride away. The hotel sits above its own base of shops, restaurants, and gardens at Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho, so the immediate neighborhood functions as an extension of the hotel rather than something guests have to go searching for.

Fast Facts

• Price: EUR EUR EUR EUR / design heritage

• Vibe: Glass-tower altitude, Levitation design concept

• Rooms: 250, including 11 suites, across the top seven floors

• Best For: Travelers wanting skyline views and a design-forward stay in central Tokyo

• Our Favorite Thing About the Hotel: The nine-meter glass waterfall installation at the bar

• Dining: Washoku Souten for sushi and teppanyaki, Oasis Garden for all-day dining

• Amenities: SPA KIOI by Swiss Perfection, 30th-floor indoor pool, Technogym fitness center

• Attractions: Imperial Palace, Yasukuni Shrine, Akasaka, Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho

A Lobby, a Spa, and a Bar Built on the Same Idea

The Levitation concept is not confined to the view: it shows up as a design language across the hotel. The sky lobby opens with double-height ceilings that echo the sense of arriving somewhere elevated, and the property displays more than a hundred pieces of art organized around the same theme. SPA KIOI, run by Swiss Perfection, continues it in wood and translucent materials meant to suggest mist and moving water, alongside a 30th-floor indoor pool and a Technogym-equipped fitness center. Even Washoku Souten, the hotel's Japanese restaurant, carries the idea through a crystalline ice-and-water motif at its sushi and teppanyaki counters, with transparent sake cellars set into the room.

Where to Eat and Drink, Six Floors Up and in a 1930s Villa

Dining splits between the tower itself and an adjacent heritage building. Washoku Souten serves modern Japanese cuisine at sushi and teppanyaki counters, while Oasis Garden, the all-day dining restaurant, is built around stainless-steel tree forms and a planted ceiling that reads more like a conservatory than a hotel buffet room. Sky Gallery Lounge Levita and the reservation-only Bar illumiid cover cocktails and skyline views after dark. A short walk away, the Akasaka Prince Classic House, a 1930s Western-style villa that once belonged to Korea's last crown prince, holds two more venues, La Maison Kioi for French bistro cooking and Bar Napoleon, giving the hotel a second, older register to draw on beyond the tower's glass and height.