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The definitive hot list from ARTINFO

 

Hotels

Restaurants

Shopping 

Nightlife

Cultural Musts

 

 

 

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HOTELS
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Crisp, contemporary, convenient:

Capitol Hotel Tokyu

2-10-3 Nagatacho

Chiyoda-ku

+81 3 3503 0109

 

Artist at work:

Hotel Claska

1-3-18 Chuo-cho

Meguro-ku

+81 3 5773 9667

 

Business hotel meets high style:

Hotel Villa Fontaine Shiodome

1-9-2 Higashi-Shinbashi

Minato-ku

+81 3 3569 2220

 

Cheap, central and futuristic:

Remm Hibiya

1-2-1 Yurakucho

Chiyoda-ku

+81 3 3507 0606

 

(Compact) apartment-style stay:

Citadines Shinjuku Tokyo

1-28-13 Shinjuku

Shinjuku-ku

+81 3 5379 7208

 

Extreme Makeover, Tokyo edition:

Tokyo Station Hotel

1-9-1 Marunouchi

Chiyoda-ku

+81 3 5220 1112

 

Lost in Translation:

Park Hyatt Tokyo

3-7-1 Nishi-Shinjuku

Shinjuku-ku

+81 3 5322 1234

 

Meet you at the station:

Four Seasons Tokyo at Marunouchi

1-11-1 Pacific Century Place, Marunouchi

Chiyoda-ku

+81 3 5222 7222

 

Mid-century classic:

Hotel Okura

2-10-4 Toranomon

Minato-ku

+81 3 3582 0111

 

Room with a view:

Ritz-Carlton Tokyo

Tokyo Midtown

9-7-7 Akasaka

Minato-ku

+81 3 6434 8009

 

 

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DINING
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24-hour sushi:

Sushi Zanmai

Tsukiji Fish Market, 4-10-6 Tsukiji

Chuo-ku

+81 3 5148 3737

 

Affordable izakaya:

Watami

13-8 Udagawacho

Shibuya-ku (and many other locations )

+81 3 6415 6516

 

Malls meets Michelin:

Roppongi Hills

 

Brew with a view:

T. Y. Harbor Brewery

Bond Street, 2-1-3 Higashi-Shinagawa

Minato-ku

+81 3 5479 4555

 

Dinner with friends:

Honmura-An

7-14-18 Roppongi

Minato-ku

+81 3 5772 6657

 

East-West scenester hang: 

Las Chicas

5-47-6 Jingumae

Shibuya-ku

+81 3 3407 6865

 

Everyone’s first meal in Japan:

Gonpachi

1-13-11, Nishi-Azabu

Minato-ku

+81 3 5771 0170

 

Fried food worth the calories:

Tonkatsu Maisen

4-8-5 Jingumae

Shibuya-ku

+81 3 3470 0071

 

Gorgeous garden:

Tokyo Shiba Tofuya Ukai

4-4-13 Shiba-Koen

Minato-ku

+81 3 3436 1028

 

High-flying Franco fusion:

Narisawa

2-6-15 Minami Aoyama

Minato-ku

+81 3 5785 0799  

 

For the kids—and wannabe ninjas:

Ninja Akasaka

2-14-3 Nagata-cho

Chiyoda-ku

+81 3 5157 3936

 

Impress the clients:

New York Grill

Park Hyatt Tokyo

3-7-1-2 Nishi Shinjuku

Shinjuku-ku

+81 3 5323 3458

 

Local color under the tracks: 

Yurakucho Sanchoku Inshokugai

2-1-11 International Arcade, Yurakucho

Chiyoda-ku

 

Not your usual fast food:

MOS Burger

Locations throughout the city

 

Serious ramen:

Nidaime Tsujita

1-4 Ogawa-cho

Chiyoda-ku

+81 3 5256 3200

 

Sushi master experience:

Sukiyabashi Jiro

Basement 1st Floor, 2-15, Ginza 4-chome

Chuo-ku

+81 3 3535 3600

 

For homesick travellers:

Suji’s

3-1-5 Azabudai

Minato-ku

+81 3 3505 4490

 

Tip-top tempura:

Ten-Ichi

6-6-5 Ginza

Chuo-ku

+81 3 3571 1949

 

 

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SHOPPING
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Anime geek heaven:

Akihabara Radio Kaikan

1-15-6 Sotokanda

Chiyoda-ku

+81 3 3253 1030

 

Art books, prints and curiosities:

On Sundays

Watarium Museum

3-7-6 Jingumae

Shibuya-ku

+81 3 3470 1424

 

For the beau:

Beams

3-24-7 Jingumae

Shibuya-ku

+81 3 3470 3947

 

Kitchen gadget porn:

Kappabashi-dori Shopping Arcade

Taito-ku

Multiple shops along street

 

Minimalism for the masses:

Muji

3-8-3 Marunouchi

Chiyoda-ku

+81 3 5208 8241

 

Need a book:

Maruzen

Oazo Building, 1-6-4 Marunouchi

Chiyoda-ku

+81 3 5288 8881

 

Harajuku Girls:

La Foret Harajuku

1-11-6 Jingumae

Shibuya-ku

+81 3 3475 0411

 

Nobody needs to know:

100 Yen Shops

Many brands throughout the city

 

Street bazaar:

Ameyoko Market

4 Ueno Taito-ku

 

Truly local souvenirs:

Japan Traditional Crafts Aoyama Square

8-1-22 Akasaka

Minato-ku

+81 3 5785 1001

 

World’s best D.I.Y.:

Tokyu Hands

12-18 Udagawa-cho

Shibuya-ku

+81 3 5489 5111

Other locations throughout city

 

 

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NIGHTLIFE
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Craft beer: 

Harajuku Tap Room

1-20-13 Jingumae

Shibuya-ku

+81 3 6438 0450

 

Digging the DJs:

Womb

2-16 Maruyama-cho

Shibuya-ku

+81 3 5459 0039

 

Karaoke palace:

Big Echo

25-2 Udagawa-cho

Shibuya-ku (and dozens of other locations)

+81 3 5728 7676

 

Gay hotspot:

Club Dragon

2-11-4 Shinjuku

Shinjuku-ku

+81 3 3341 0606

 

Nightcap on the roof:

Two Rooms

3-11-7 Kita-Aoyama

Minato-ku

+81 3 3498 0002

 

Party by the bay:

Ageha

2-2-10 Shin-Kiba

Koto-ku

+81 3 5534 2525

 

Photogenic pub crawl:

Golden Gai

Kabukicho

Shinjuku-ku

Any of dozens of tiny bars throughout the alleyways

 

Summer beer garden:

Forest Beer Garden

Meiji Shrine Outer Garden

+81 3 5411 3715

 

Swank and savvy:

R2 Supperclub

7-14-23 Roppongi

Minato-ku

+81 3 6447 0002

 

 

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CULTURAL ESSENTIALS
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Nezu Institute of Fine Arts

6-5-1 Minami-Aoyama

Minato-ku

+81 3 3400 2536

 

Edo-Tokyo Museum

4-1 Yokoami

Sumida-ku

+81 3 3626 9974

 

Japan Folk Craft Museum

4-3-33 Komaba

Meguro-ku

+81 3 3467 4527

 

Meiji Shrine

1 Yoyogi-kamizonocho

Shibuya-ku

+81 3 3379-5511

 

Oedo Onsen Monogatari

2-57 Aomi

Koto-ku

+81 3 5500 1126

 

Tokyo National Museum

13-9 Ueno Park

Taito-ku

+81 3 5405 8686

 

Tsukiji Markets

Chuo-ku

 

Sensoji Temple

2-3-1 Asakusa

Taito-ku

 

Fashion Boutiques on Omote-Sando Boulevard

A Pritzker Prize promenade

Shibuya-ku

 

Art Triangle Roppongi

Roppongi & Akasaka

Minato-ku

 

Mori Art Museum

Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (53F)

Roppongi

Minato-ku

+81 3 5777 8600

 

Takeshita-dori Shopping Street

Extreme teen fashion scene

Harajuku

Shibuya-ku

 

 

Pictured: Nezu Museum entrance hall --

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