The Okura Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan. Located in Toranomon, Minato, close to the United States Embassy, with half of the site open to the public as gardens and a plaza.

The Okura TokyoTokyo, Japan

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Practical information

508 rooms: 368 in the 41-storey Prestige Tower and 140 Japanese-style rooms in the 17-storey Heritage Tower.
Restaurants Nouvelle Epoque, Yamazato, Toh-Ka-Lin, Sazanka and Orchid, with the Starlight lounge and the famous Orchid Bar.
Okura Fitness & Spa with a 25-metre pool, and the Okura Museum of Art on the hotel grounds.
Located in Toranomon, Minato, close to the United States Embassy, with half of the site open to the public as gardens and a plaza.

8 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

20 May 1962
The Hotel Okura opens its 408-room Main Wing designed by Yoshiro Taniguchi; it becomes one of Tokyo’s Three Great Hotels.
1 June 1964
The hotel joins Pan Am’s Intercontinental Hotels division, remaining part of the chain until 1972 without carrying its name.
26 Nov 1973
The 388-room South Wing opens in a style matching the original building.
1976
JVC chooses the Okura to launch the world’s first VHS videocassette recorder.
Famous guests
Every U.S. president since Richard Nixon stays here; James Bond does too in Ian Fleming’s You Only Live Twice.
August 2015
The Main Wing closes for demolition despite an international outcry; key elements of the lobby are saved or recreated.
12 Sept 2019
Rebuilt for ¥110 billion by Taisei Corporation, the hotel reopens as The Okura Tokyo, its lobby recreated by Yoshio Taniguchi, son of the original architect.
2021 – 2022
The old South Wing is demolished to make way for residential and office towers.