Five-star Two MICHELIN Keys Chiyoda, Tokyo
The Capitol Hotel Tokyu
A 29-storey tower by Kengo Kuma beside Hie Shrine, on the site of the Tokyo Hilton where The Beatles stayed, with shoji screens in every room.
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- MICHELIN
- Two Keys, 2026
- Rooms
- 251, including 13 suites
- Opened
- October 2010, on the site of the 1963 Tokyo Hilton
- From the airport
- 18 to 28 minutes from Haneda
The hotel
The Hilton, rebuilt by Kengo Kuma.
The Tokyo Hilton opened here in 1963, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, as the first international chain hotel in Japan. From 1983 it was the Capitol Tokyu, and its guests included The Beatles on their only visit to Tokyo. It closed in November 2006 and was taken down to make way for a new building. A corner of the bar still keeps Beatles memorabilia from that stay.
The new hotel opened in October 2010. Kengo Kuma designed a 29-storey tower with a latticed front, and water runs through the building, in fountains and even in the carpet patterns. Rooms start on the 18th floor and look over the city or the palace grounds. Next door is Hie Shrine, some five centuries old, and works by the painter Toko Shinoda hang in the lobby.
- Shoji and wood Rooms of 45 square metres open through shoji paper screens, with low furniture, deep baths and art by local artists.
- Pool and spa Two floors of fitness and spa, with a 20-metre indoor pool and a whirlpool facing the palace grounds.
- Suites over the shrine Four of the thirteen suites sit on the fifth floor, looking straight into the garden and Hie Shrine.
Rooms & suites
Shoji screens above the city.
Rooms fill the 18th to the 29th floors, with views of the night skyline or of the palace. The top three floors form the club level, with its own Library Lounge.
- Rooms Guest rooms About 45 square metres, entered through shoji screens, with large tubs and rainfall showers.
- Club Club Floor rooms On the top three floors, with use of the Library Lounge.
- Garden side Fifth-floor suites Four suites low in the building, facing the garden and Hie Shrine.
Dining
Japanese, Chinese and a bar with history.
Restaurants as listed by the hotel and Forbes Travel Guide. Shown for information.
- Suiren Japanese: teppanyaki, sushi and kaiseki Set among water, with tea ceremonies in the garden
- Star Hill Chinese Fine dining
- ORIGAMI International All-day dining
- The Capitol Bar Whisky and cocktails Japanese and international whiskies, Beatles memorabilia
Recognition
Ratings.
- MICHELIN Keys Two Keys, 2026
- Forbes Travel Guide Five stars, 2026
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon.
- Pets Not accepted.
- Getting around The hotel connects directly to the subway, 10 to 20 minutes from Tokyo Station, Ginza, Roppongi, Shinjuku and Shibuya.
Getting there
Flying to Tokyo.
Haneda is 18 to 28 minutes away by car, according to Forbes Travel Guide, and Narita between 50 minutes and an hour and five. Private jets use the business jet gate at Haneda Terminal 3, or Narita's Premier Gate when Haneda slots are short.
- Seoul 1 h 55
- Shanghai 2 h 40
- Hong Kong 4 h 10
- Singapore 7 h 20 long-range jet
- London 13 h 00 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does The Capitol Hotel Tokyu have?
- Two, in the 2026 selection for Japan. Only three Tokyo hotels hold more.
- Did The Beatles stay at The Capitol Hotel Tokyu?
- They stayed at the hotel that stood here before, the Tokyo Hilton, later the Capitol Tokyu. The present building dates from 2010, and its bar keeps a corner of Beatles memorabilia.
- Does the hotel have a pool?
- Yes. A 20-metre indoor pool, part of two floors of fitness and spa.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Tokyo?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Tokyo, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Tokyo
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Bvlgari Hotel Tokyo Near Tokyo Station, with a spa and an indoor pool on the 40th floor behind floor-to-ceiling windows.
- Palace Hotel Tokyo Across the moat from the Imperial Palace, and more than half the rooms have a balcony of their own.
- Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi In the Otemachi One tower, looking over the palace gardens, with Mount Fuji in view on clear days.
- Aman Tokyo Six high floors of the Otemachi Tower in washi paper, stone and wood, under high ceilings.
- JANU Tokyo Opened in 2024, with eight restaurants and many rooms turned towards Tokyo Tower.
- Hotel New Otani Tokyo – Executive House Zen Two private floors within the New Otani, with a rose garden and cypress-wood baths in the suites.
- Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo Rooms between the 30th and 36th floors of the Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, with Tokyo Skytree in the window.
- The Okura Tokyo Two towers in Toranomon, and a lobby recreated by Yoshio Taniguchi after his father’s original design.
- The Peninsula Tokyo Conceived as a Japanese lantern between Marunouchi and Ginza, and open since 2007.
- The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho, a Luxury Collection Hotel Opened in July 2016, its 250 rooms sit some 180 metres above the street; one MICHELIN Key.
- The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo The hotel takes the top nine floors of Tokyo Midtown, and its spa on the 46th has a twenty-metre pool.
- Park Hyatt Tokyo Reopened in December 2025 after a restoration of nineteen months, with the New York Grill & Bar kept on the 52nd floor.
- Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills 164 rooms high in Toranomon Hills, and an open-air bar with a tea counter on the 52nd floor.
- Conrad Tokyo Floors 28 to 37 of a Shiodome tower, looking over Tokyo Bay and the Hamarikyu Gardens.
- Takanawa Hanakohro Garden suites whose shoji screens slide open onto a Japanese garden, given Five Stars by Forbes six years in a row.
- The Tokyo EDITION, Ginza Ian Schrager and Kengo Kuma designed its 86 rooms, a rooftop bar and a Punch Room.
Staying at The Capitol Hotel Tokyu?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Tokyo, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.