Janu Tokyo

"Aman's social sister, Azabudai Hills, the solo trip that includes one good dinner with strangers."

Why Janu Tokyo for a solo retreat

Janu Tokyo opened in March 2024 in the Azabudai Hills development as the first hotel of Aman's new Janu sub-brand, the brand's premise is that Aman's contemplative-silence model can be paired with a more-social, more-restaurant-driven hotel. One hundred and twenty-two rooms, every one with a deep stone bath and a desk. The asset is the spa, at 4,000 square metres it is the largest Tokyo hotel spa, with a hot-spring-fed onsen, an ice room, a hammam, and the only on-floor Pilates studio in any Tokyo hotel. Eight restaurants and bars under one roof, Janu Mediterranean (the in-house flagship), Iigura (the Japanese counter), Sumi (the omakase counter), Hi-Sai (the Italian rooftop), the bar Janu Lounge, plus three smaller cafés and a bar. Janu Tokyo is the right pick for the solo retreat where the trip is meant to combine the Aman-discipline sleep-and-bath product with a more-active dining-and-bar programme, the eight restaurants offer a different solo-counter dinner each night, the spa is the daily morning ritual, and the Azabudai Hills geographic position connects to the new Mori-developed cultural district (the teamLab Borderless Tokyo digital art space is a 5-minute walk).

Best room to request

Janu Suite (the multi-room flagship) or Janu Premier Suite for the entry-level corner suite.

The wider context

Janu Tokyo sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Tokyo for a Solo Retreat list. It scored an aggregate 9.7/10 across the three editorial criteria, competitive against the field but, on a solo retreat-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Tokyo neighbourhood, see Azabudai Hills and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.

Have firm dates? Our editor's advice is to book roughly twelve weeks in advance. Rooms with the coveted orientation are claimed first, while popular-month availability runs out months in advance. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces, the ones that earn this rank, are typically the first to sell out.

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