The Best Places in Roppongi & around

The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo sits on the upper floors of Midtown Tower, and the views across the city are the kind that make interior design feel beside the point. This is a luxury hotel where the Eastern lines keep things calmer than the $20,000 diamond martini on the drinks menu might suggest. It holds a Michelin Key and a Forbes Four Star. Roppongi puts serious shopping and dining within easy reach for when you eventually look away from the windows.

1. Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Four Star
2. Michelin Guide 1 Key
3. The 50 The 50 Discovery

The bathrooms alone could justify the stay: deep ofuro-style soaking tubs, separate showers, and a small LCD screen so you can watch the news without getting out of the water. This Roppongi business hotel holds a Forbes Four Star and earns it through design details that dodge the anonymous corporate formula, from flush-mounted doors that nod to traditional sliding screens to a red granite pool. West-facing rooms catch Mount Fuji on a clear day.

1. Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Four Star
2. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels

1. Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Four Star

This is a cocktail bar on the ninth floor in Azabujuban, where the balcony frames Tokyo Tower like a postcard someone paid extra for. Inside, a disco ball spins over a Godzilla statue in a furry eye mask, and the menu arrives as a manga comic. The drinks are inventive, with sake and shochu in play, and hot dogs show up on the food side. It made Asia's 50 Best Bars at #70, so dress for a party that has opinions.

1. The 50 #70 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars
2. The Infatuation The Best Bars In Tokyo
3. Difford's Guide Difford's Guide

Eight seats, one bartender, and a flower chosen to match each drink: Gen Yamamoto runs cocktails the way Kyoto runs kaiseki. You choose a flight of four, six, or seven courses, each one built around whatever ingredient the season hands over, each served in its own piece of glassware. It is a cocktail bar in the way a tea ceremony is a cup of tea. Yamamoto-san holds a spot on The 50 Discovery list.

1. The Infatuation The Best Bars In Tokyo
2. The 50 The 50 Discovery