Tokyo, Japan

Janu Tokyo

Price per night from$1,158.15

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Style

Starry, spa-ey nights

Setting

Toe-to-toe with Tokyo Tower

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Jump into Japan’s cosmopolitan wellness culture at Janu Tokyo, a luxury hotel in the city’s new, nature-minded neighbourhood. Spoiling runs DNA-deep here at this spirited addition to the Aman family fold – the all-frills spa and atlas-spanning coterie of restaurants see to that. But tear yourself from your private balcony’s Tokyo Tower views and clear some space in your contacts list – with a calendar of cool-crowd-drawing events led by local artists, avant-garde mixologists and envelope-pushing chefs, you’ll leave buddied up with some of the city’s brightest sparks.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

122, including 41 suites.

Check–Out

Noon. Check-in is 3pm, but both are flexible for an extra fee, subject to availability.

More details

Rates include a set American or Japanese breakfast for up to two people.

Also

Janu Tokyo has three rooms that have been adapted for guests with limited mobility.

At the hotel

Wellness centre, gym, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, sound system, Nespresso coffee machine, minibar and free soft drinks.

Our favourite rooms

Most rooms has a skyline-surveying private balcony, but we have our eye on those with views of the Eiffel-like Tokyo Tower.

Poolside

A suitably soothing and softly lit focal point of the spa, the 24-metre indoor pool is lined with inviting sofas and loungers. There’s a separate lounge pool, too, in case you weren’t yet sufficiently relaxed.

Spa

Janu doesn’t do wellness by halves – the 4,000-square-metre spa and wellness centre is one of the largest in the city. There’s a super-sized gym with five movement spaces, including a boxing ring, a spin studio and a recovery studio with a hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber. On the slower-heartrate side, there’s a hydrotherapy and thermal area and seven spa suites, plus two private spa houses with hot and cold plunge pools, a steam bath and a hammam. Personal trainers can put together tailored fitness plans, but the wellness centre is designed as a social space, so don’t be shy about signing up for the group movement, yoga and wellbeing classes, too.

Packing tips

Contemporary art is a big deal around here – if you’re not up to scratch with a chisel or a 3D printer, chuck in a few rolls of film to capture some suitably atmospheric shots.

Also

Watch this space for specialist spa and training retreats, courtesy of an international lineup of wellness experts.

Children

Little Smiths are welcome, but not especially catered to. The concierge can arrange babysitting for JPY5,500 an hour.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Wherever you’re dining, wrangle yourself a table with a view – either of the meticulously designed neighbourhood or of the master chefs at work.

Dress Code

Sleek tailoring and sandy tones will never lead you astray, but keep things playful with a statement clutch or a Tokyo Tower-esque pop of tangerine.

Hotel restaurant

Mercato is an all-day Italian spot, where the light-filled dining room spills out onto a garden-facing terrace and three open kitchens keep the fresh pasta, charcuterie and seafood coming. At Janu Grill, prime cuts and seafood from the finest local producers are dramatically seared over an open flame. A contemporary spin on traditional sumibikayki charcoal-fired cooking, Sumi spotlights organic, seasonal ingredients and pairs them with a sommelier-guided wine and sake list. Dim sum, seafood and a bevy of Cantonese specialities are all worth saving room for at Chinese restaurant Hu Jing, but the show-stealer is the signature roast duck. Iigura is a modern take on Tokyo’s centuries-old edomae sushi. Chefs craft fresh, seasonal seafood into à la carte sashimi – or go omakase, and let the experts guide you.

Pick up some fresh-baked fancies from the petite Pâtisserie. Or follow the clink of fine bone china to Janu Lounge, where afternoon tea is taken out on the Garden Terrace.

Hotel bar

Janu Bar is the hotel’s atmospheric after-hours hub, where mixologists jazz up classic cocktails with creative Japanese flavours.

Last orders

Mercato sees you through breakfast, lunch and dinner, 8am–10pm. Breakfast at Janu Grill is 6.30–11.30am. At Janu Grill, Hu Jing and Iigura, lunch is 11.30am–3pm, dinner 5.30–10.30pm. Sumi serves dinner 5.30–11pm. Afternoon tea at Janu Lounge is noon–5pm.

Room service

Order in-room bites from the separate room service menu around the clock.

Location

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Address
Janu Tokyo
1-2-2 Azabudai Minato-ku
Tokyo
106-​​0041
Japan

Janu Tokyo towers over Azabudai Hills, the capital’s walkable new neighbourhood with art-dotted plazas and an haute gastronomic scene.

Planes

International hub Haneda Airport is a 40-minute drive away. The hotel can arrange transfers for JPY50,000 each way.

Trains

You’re well placed for exploring the city, with two Metro stops in walking distance – Kamiyachō Station (on the Hibiya Line) and Roppongi-itchōme Station (on the Namboku Line).

Automobiles

The speedy Metro system makes driving in Tokyo a very avoidable trial. If you do bring your own wheels, though, the hotel has a private car park. Valet parking is available from JPY7,000 a night.

Worth getting out of bed for

Azabudai Hills is a budding cultural and gastronomic hub in Tokyo. At the Mori Building Digital Art Museum, wander through a dream-like labyrinth of light and art installations. The Pace Gallery has plans to host leading contemporary artists from around the world. And peppered around the neighbourhood, you’ll find an open-air collection of sculptures by the likes of Yoshitomo Nara and Olafur Eliasson.

The gourmet food market is home to a sense-tingling line-up of speciality shops – if you’re on the hunt for standout souvenirs, pick up artisanal teas, custom-made dashi and too-pretty-to-eat confectionery here.

And among a sea of luxury fashion’s usual suspects – Celine, Hermès et al – scout out some seriously cool finds in the scattering of local indie boutiques.

 

Venture out further into Minato to visit Zojo-ji, the Buddhist temple of a Shogun dynasty with the city’s only surviving traditional main gate. Or take in panoramic city views from one of Tokyo Tower’s observation decks.

Local restaurants

For a plant-based power-up, head to Alchemy, an offshoot of the beloved Balinese spot specialising in colourful, health-conscious plates. Follow the locals to Tonkatsu Kawamura, where crispy pork cutlets are paired with umami soup. A special occasion calls for a table d’hôte dinner at Florilège, where chef Hiroyasu Kawate’s largely plant-based French-Japanese fusion menu has secured two Michelin stars – plus a green one, to commend a commitment to sustainability.

Local bars

Janu Bar is the go-to hangout in Azabudai Hills. But for something a little more esoteric, snag yourself a booking at Minato City’s pint-sized sake bar Eureka, where sought-after rare brews are paired with finely spun small plates.

Reviews

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Adam Hurly

Anonymous review

By Adam Hurly, Well-groomed wander-kid

Call me an evil genius. After nearly a decade of travel writing, I secured the ultimate gig: six weeks of hopping around Japan, reviewing luxury hotels and their spas. This would be my magnum opus, and Janu would fit quite well in the roster of properties.

It would stand out, too: this was hands-down the chicest (and possibly largest) wellness space of all the properties we stayed at. Roughly 4,000 square metres, with a gym, pool, spa, Pilates and more — all impeccable, with top-tier trainers to help with any possible need. It’s these moments where you remember: oh yeah, Janu is brought to you by the same company as Aman.

What also stood out is the location. While all the big-banner-name properties populate the neighbouring commercial districts of Marunouchi and Ginza, Janu is just left of centre, in Tokyo’s 'It' neighborhood for creatives and young families, the 'Modern Urban Village' of Azabudai Hills. Janu sits at the foot of the Tokyo Tower, and you’re greeted with a perfectly framed view of the peppermint-striped structure as you check-in.

What did I want from my visit to Janu Tokyo? A break from the norm. Sure, all my other hotel stays were fantastic; anyone who has experienced Japanese hospitality (and especially at a luxury level) knows that it is literally world-class. A couple of things felt different indeed: first, I would say that Janu’s hospitality felt more hands-off, but not in a bad way. Sometimes, five-star hospitality can feel suffocating (in the most privileged way possible, I recognise). It can seem as though there's a script for each employee, and a mark on the floor where they are meant to stand. You feel a bit of relaxation from the Janu staff in this regard; the guard felt a little more down, which was refreshing to me. I had such a wonderful conversation with the clerk who brought our luggage up to the room; it seemed like she wasn’t worried about crossing professional boundaries by simply making small talk with us and inquiring about our travels. It felt very accommodating and human.

The location can feel a bit sleepy when walking around at night, but it was refreshing to not be in the gridded chaos of Ginza and Maronouchi. (And yet, you still have luxury retailers like Dior and Hermès right here.) What a joy, to have a more peaceful couple of evenings in buzzy Tokyo.

And yet, if you do want to experience some bustle, all it takes is to go down the escalators into the behemoth of a mall below the entire complex. Just like the rest of Tokyo, there is a world beneath the surface; Azabudai Hills’ version has organic grocers, posh baristas, Michelin-starred dining, and even one of Tokyo’s most popular tourist destinations, Teamlab Borderless (not to be confused for Teamlab Planets; if you got tickets to either, make sure to get the location correct; Planets is far east in the city).

The on-site dining at Janu Tokyo didn’t disappoint either; there are eight eateries in total, from omakase and sushi to Cantonese and steaks. We went for the latter and didn’t regret it. We even ordered them to the room, and they felt fresh off the grill — every bit as delicious as they would be in the restaurant itself.

While the facilities of Janu Tokyo are top-tier front to back, I think one place they could improve is the room decor itself. It felt a bit undercooked — I didn’t expect it to be loud and colorful (in the land of Muji), but it seemed a little staid to me; the khaki tones were almost too neutral. I’d like more texture, more memorable elements, because every other aspect of this stay stood out. The bed though: we slept like milk-drunk babies, so content and cosy in this trendy but quiet corner of Tokyo.

I’m very tuned in for the future Janu hotels to launch; the second will be Saudi Arabia, with many more on deck, including the UAE, Portugal, South Korea, Montenegro, Turks & Caicos, Thailand, Turkey and the Maldives. It’s an ambitious plan, and I’ll be curious to see how the brand plants itself in each respective destination — I'm sure spaces that are outfitted thoughtfully and artfully will be a given in each.

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