Lounges

Kyoto, Kyoto

The Kyoto Brighton Hotel's lounge overlooks the Imperial Palace gardens in the Kamigyo district, one of the most historically significant locations in Japan's ancient capital. The hotel's position adjacent to the grounds where Japan's emperors resided for over a millennium gives its lounge an atmosphere of profound cultural gravitas.

Nakadachiuri Dori, Shinmachi Nishiru, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto 602-0912

Osaka, Osaka

The Bar at the Ritz-Carlton Osaka is one of western Japan's most prestigious lounge destinations, occupying upper floors of a tower in the Umeda district with extraordinary views across Osaka Bay. The hotel's French Renaissance interior and impeccable Ritz-Carlton service create an ambience of rarefied luxury.

2-5-25 Umeda, Kita Ward, Osaka 530-0001

Tokyo, Tokyo

Aman Tokyo's sky lounge is one of the world's most spectacular hotel bars, located on the 33rd floor of an Otemachi tower with views stretching to Mount Fuji on clear days. Aman's signature minimalist Japanese aesthetic and impeccable service create a lounge experience of unparalleled tranquility in the heart of Tokyo.

1-5-6 Otemachi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0004

Tokyo, Tokyo

Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills' 52nd-floor rooftop bar offers one of the most spectacular views in the Japanese capital, with unobstructed panoramas toward Tokyo Bay and the Rainbow Bridge. The bar's design by Kengo Kuma draws on traditional Japanese aesthetics while delivering a thoroughly modern luxury lounge experience.

1-23-4 Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo 105-7052

Tokyo, Tokyo

Billboard Live Tokyo is Japan's most sophisticated music supper club — a 304-capacity Roppongi venue presenting world-class jazz, R&B, soul, and pop artists in an intimate dining setting modeled on America's legendary live music restaurants. Japan's extraordinary appreciation for American jazz and soul — a legacy of post-war cultural exchange that has made Japan one of the largest jazz markets in the world — finds its finest expression at Billboard Live, where the most acclaimed jazz artists in the world perform for Japanese audiences whose listening culture is the most attentive on earth.

9-7-4 Akasaka, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0052

Tokyo, Tokyo

Blue Note Tokyo is the most prestigious jazz club in Asia — a 300-capacity Minami-Aoyama supper club and sister venue to the legendary New York Blue Note that presents the world's finest jazz artists in an intimate setting. Japan's extraordinary jazz culture — the country imports more jazz per capita than any other nation and has produced world-class jazz musicians from Yosuke Yamashita to Hiromi Uehara — finds its most elevated expression at Blue Note Tokyo, where jazz concerts are treated as sacred ceremonial events.

6-3-16 Minami-Aoyama, Minato City, Tokyo 107-0062

Tokyo, Tokyo

Cotton Club Tokyo is Japan's most elegant live music supper club — a 330-capacity Marunouchi venue modeled on New York's jazz age that presents an extraordinary program of jazz, soul, R&B, and world music artists in a table-service dining format. The club's position in the Tokia building adjacent to Tokyo Station and its consistent programming of the world's finest artists for Japan's most business-focused district creates a jazz dining experience that serves both Tokyo's international business community and the city's most sophisticated music lovers.

TOKIA 2F, 2-7-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0005

Tokyo, Tokyo

The New York Bar at Park Hyatt Tokyo occupies the 52nd floor with panoramic views over Tokyo, made world-famous by Sofia Coppola's film Lost in Translation. With live jazz seven nights a week and an exceptional drinks program, it remains one of the most sought-after lounge experiences in all of Asia.

3-7-1-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 163-1055

Tokyo, Tokyo

The Strings Hotel Tokyo's lounge occupies the 26th and 27th floors of the InterContinental building in Shiodome, offering sweeping views of Tokyo Bay and the Rainbow Bridge. The sophisticated venue presents live music alongside an exceptional cocktail program in one of Tokyo's most scenically positioned lounges.

2-14-1 Higashishinbashi, Minato City, Tokyo 105-7227

Tokyo, Tokyo

The Tokyo Station Hotel's lounge bar occupies the beautifully restored 1914 red-brick Marunouchi Station building, one of the most significant pieces of Meiji-era architecture in Japan. The hotel's extraordinary heritage setting—within the iconic domed station designed by architect Kingo Tatsuno—creates a lounge of singular historical significance.

1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0005