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#47 highest hotel rooms in the world · Ritz-Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo (Midtown Tower)
Tokyo, Japan · in Midtown Tower · completed 2007
Highest room
785 ft
about 239 m above the street
Top room floor
52nd
hotel floors 45–53
Building height
814 ft
248 m · 54 floors
Typical rate
$900
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices · #61 by building height · #65 by top floor
How high is The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo?
The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo (Midtown Tower) is a Ritz-Carlton hotel in Tokyo, Japan. Its highest guest rooms are on the 52nd floor, roughly 785 ft (239 m) above the street: about 180 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle.
The hotel occupies floors 45–53 of Midtown Tower, a 54-floor tower that rises 814 ft (248 m) and was completed in 2007; the rest of the building holds offices. Its lowest guest floors start around 680 ft up. Guest rooms stop at floor 52, although the hotel's floors run up to 53.
By highest room it ranks #47 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #61 by building height and #65 by top room floor. In Tokyo it ranks #2 of 11; Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills has the highest rooms there, at 825 ft. Among the 9 Ritz-Carlton hotels we track, it ranks #3.
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
The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo, the brand's first hotel in the city, opened in March 2007 with the Tokyo Midtown complex, occupying the top floors of Midtown Tower in Roppongi. Developed by Mitsui Fudosan and designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Nikken Sekkei, Tokyo Midtown stands on the former Japan Defense Agency site and includes offices, the Galleria shops, the Suntory Museum of Art and Hinokicho Park. The 245-room hotel's restaurants include the Michelin-starred Héritage by Kei Kobayashi and the Japanese restaurant Hinokizaka.
How it compares
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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
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
Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo (Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower)
🇯🇵 Tokyo · rooms to 590 ft
Floor 36 · 640 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 The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
What floor are the highest rooms at The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo?
The highest guest rooms at The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo are on the 52nd floor. The hotel occupies floors 45–53 of the 54-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 785 ft (239 m) above street level, about 180 ft higher than 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 Midtown Tower?
Midtown Tower is 814 ft (248 m) tall, with 54 floors, and was completed in 2007.
Is The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo the tallest hotel in Tokyo?
Not by highest room. Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills has higher rooms (825 ft vs 785 ft), and The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo ranks #2 of the 11 Tokyo hotels on our list.
What else is in Midtown Tower?
Besides the hotel, Midtown Tower holds offices.
How much does a night at The Ritz-Carlton, 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.