Bulgari's 2023 Tokyo opening — Antonio Citterio interiors on floors 40–45 of Yaesu Tower, the Michelin-starred Niko Romito kitchen, and the most decisive Italian-Japanese fusion in the city.
"The lobby on the 45th floor with hand-painted gold ceilings, the Niwa sushi counter behind dark stone, the 25-metre pool with the city below — Bulgari has spent twenty years learning how to do hotels, and Tokyo is the answer."
Bulgari Hotel Tokyo opened in April 2023 — the brand's eighth property worldwide and the second in Asia after Shanghai. It occupies the top six floors, levels 40 to 45, of the Tokyo Midtown Yaesu Central Tower, directly above Tokyo Station's Yaesu exit. The location is the operational heart of central Tokyo: a five-minute walk to Ginza, ten minutes to Marunouchi and the Imperial Palace, fifteen to Nihonbashi. From the windows, the curve of Tokyo Bay is to the east, the Imperial Palace gardens to the west, and Mount Fuji visible on a clear winter morning across the Marunouchi rooftops.
Architecture and interior are by the Milanese studio Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel, who have designed every Bulgari Hotel since the first in Milan in 2004. The Tokyo treatment is the warmest in the portfolio: pale wood, hand-painted gold ceilings in the lobby and reception, saffron leather headboards, and walnut panelling that quotes traditional Japanese carpentry without imitating it. There are 98 rooms and suites starting at 50 square metres for the entry Bulgari Room — among the most generous category sizes in any new Tokyo opening — with the Bulgari Suite at 400 square metres and the duplex Tokyo Suite, with its private rooftop terrace facing Mount Fuji, at 425.
Il Ristorante – Niko Romito, on the 40th floor, holds one Michelin star — the Italian three-Michelin chef's only outpost in Asia, serving a menu that reads as classical Italian read through Japanese ingredients. Sushi Hōseki is an eight-seat counter run by chef Kenji Nagano, formerly of Sushi Yoshitake, with a tasting menu that runs at one of the highest covers in the city. The Bulgari Bar, on the 40th floor, is among the most photogenic hotel bars in Tokyo — circular, dark, with a single panoramic window facing the Imperial Palace at sunset. Bulgari Dolci on the ground floor is the chocolate boutique-pâtisserie that anchors every Bulgari hotel.
The Eden by Bulgari Spa is the largest dedicated spa in any new Tokyo five-star — 1,300 square metres on the 40th floor with a 25-metre indoor pool surrounded by dark green marble, eight treatment rooms, and an onsen-style hot pool with a window looking down across Yaesu. Service is precise, plural-language, and the most polished new-opening service in the city. The arrival sequence — lift to 45, single-host welcome, no front desk visible — is the most considered in Tokyo's luxury cluster after Aman.
For a milestone anniversary in Tokyo, Bulgari is the most theatrically successful new opening since the Aman in 2014. Book a Bulgari Premier — 70 square metres with a corner panorama and a separate dressing room — and request the dinner at Il Ristorante – Niko Romito on the 40th, then a digestif at the Bulgari Bar afterwards. The hotel's anniversary package includes the dolci-chocolate plate engraved with your initials and a private breakfast in-suite. The walnut-and-gold colour palette photographs better than any anniversary venue in Tokyo.
For a honeymoon couple who want city energy with full Italian-style service, Bulgari is the right Tokyo opening. The Bulgari Suite at 400 square metres has a private dining room for two and a marble bathroom that opens onto the city panorama. Pair three nights here with three or four at Bulgari Hotel Roma or Bulgari Resort Bali for a brand-coherent honeymoon. The hotel team will coordinate transfers, restaurant reservations, and a private tour of Ginza's tailoring houses for the suit-and-kimono fittings if asked.
The Bulgari Bar on the 40th floor at sunset, with the Imperial Palace gardens to the west, is one of the most filmable proposal settings in Tokyo. The bar team has staged dozens — call 48 hours ahead and they will reserve the corner table at the panoramic window, brief the photographer, and have the dolci team prepare a pavé chocolate carved with the date. Dinner at Il Ristorante afterwards, then the duplex Tokyo Suite with its private rooftop terrace as the closing chapter. Discreet, no excess, all properly handled.
Rates checked May 2026. Price varies by date and view.
The Bulgari Bar at sunset, the Imperial Palace below, and the dolci team on standby — call 48 hours ahead and the rest is choreography.
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