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#111 highest hotel rooms in the world · Mandarin Oriental
Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo (Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower)
Tokyo, Japan · in Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower · completed 2005
Highest room
590 ft
about 180 m above the street
Top room floor
36th
hotel floors 30–38
Building height
640 ft
195 m · 39 floors
Typical rate
$900
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices · #113 by building height · #148 by top floor
How high is Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo?
Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo (Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower) is a Mandarin Oriental hotel in Tokyo, Japan. Its highest guest rooms are on the 36th floor, roughly 590 ft (180 m) above the street: about level with the top of Seattle's Space Needle.
The hotel occupies floors 30–38 of Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, a 39-floor tower that rises 640 ft (195 m) and was completed in 2005; the rest of the building holds offices. Its lowest guest floors start around 490 ft up. Guest rooms stop at floor 36, although the hotel's floors run up to 38.
By highest room it ranks #111 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #113 by building height and #148 by top room floor. In Tokyo it ranks #6 of 11; Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills has the highest rooms there, at 825 ft. Among the 3 Mandarin Oriental hotels we track, it ranks #2.
A standard room typically costs around $900 a night, above 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
Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo occupies the top floors of Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, a Mitsui Fudosan tower designed by Cesar Pelli's firm with Nihon Sekkei and completed in 2005 beside the Mitsui Main Building, an Important Cultural Property that houses the Mitsui Memorial Museum. The group's first hotel in Japan, it opened in December 2005 with 178 rooms and suites and interiors themed on wood and water, plus a spa, a ballroom and several restaurants. It stands in the historic Nihonbashi district, near Tokyo Station.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
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Other Tokyo hotels on our list, by highest room.
Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills
🇯🇵 Tokyo · rooms to 825 ft
Floor 51 · 840 ft tower
The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo (Midtown Tower)
🇯🇵 Tokyo · rooms to 785 ft
Floor 52 · 814 ft tower
Bulgari Hotel Tokyo (Tokyo Midtown Yaesu)
🇯🇵 Tokyo · rooms to 770 ft
Floor 44 · 787 ft tower
Park Hyatt Tokyo (Shinjuku Park Tower)
🇯🇵 Tokyo · rooms to 755 ft
Floor 51 · 771 ft tower
Aman Tokyo (Otemachi Tower)
🇯🇵 Tokyo · rooms to 640 ft
Floor 37 · 656 ft tower
Shangri-La Tokyo (Marunouchi Trust Tower Main)
🇯🇵 Tokyo · rooms to 570 ft
Floor 36 · 584 ft tower
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Questions about Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo
What floor are the highest rooms at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo?
The highest guest rooms at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo are on the 36th floor. The hotel occupies floors 30–38 of the 39-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 590 ft (180 m) above street level, about level with the top of Seattle's Space Needle. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower?
Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower is 640 ft (195 m) tall, with 39 floors, and was completed in 2005.
Is Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo the tallest hotel in Tokyo?
Not by highest room. Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills has higher rooms (825 ft vs 590 ft), and Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo ranks #6 of the 11 Tokyo hotels on our list.
What else is in Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower?
Besides the hotel, Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower holds offices.
How much does a night at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $900 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.