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#155 highest hotel rooms in the world · Nikko (Okura)
JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo
Sapporo, Japan · completed 2003
Highest room
510 ft
about 155 m above the street
Top room floor
34th
hotel floors 23–34
Building height
568 ft
173 m · 38 floors
Typical rate
$200
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices and retail · #144 by building height · #160 by top floor
How high is JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo?
JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo is a Nikko (Okura) hotel in Sapporo, Japan. Its highest guest rooms are on the 34th floor, roughly 510 ft (155 m) above the street: about 55 ft higher than the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The hotel occupies floors 23–34 of a 38-floor tower that rises 568 ft (173 m) and was completed in 2003; the rest of the building holds offices and retail. Its lowest guest floors start around 350 ft up.
By highest room it ranks #155 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #144 by building height and #160 by top room floor.
A standard room typically costs around $200 a night, below the $250 median across the tall hotels we track. Rates swing a lot by season, so check live prices before you book.
About the hotel
The hotel occupies the upper part of JR Tower, the complex built over the south side of JR Sapporo Station that opened in 2003 and also contains offices, the Stellar Place shopping mall, a cinema and an observation deck, with a Daimaru department store alongside. Operated under the Hotel Nikko brand, it has around 330 rooms and a spa using natural hot-spring water drawn from deep beneath the city. Dining includes the French restaurant Mikuni Sapporo and the Sky J restaurant and bar.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
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What floor are the highest rooms at JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo?
The highest guest rooms at JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo are on the 34th floor. The hotel occupies floors 23–34 of the 38-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 510 ft (155 m) above street level, about 55 ft higher than the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo building?
The building is 568 ft (173 m) tall, with 38 floors, and was completed in 2003.
What else is in the JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo tower?
Besides the hotel, the tower holds offices and retail.
How much does a night at JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $200 per night, though rates vary a lot by date and season.
Heights come from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels themselves. The highest-room figure is the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, so treat it as accurate to within a few floors. How we measure.