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Grand Hyatt, Tokyo

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<p>The grand hyatt tokyo is right in the thick of things in Roppongi Hills, an urban development with more than 200 shops and restaurants and the contemporary Mori Art Museum. The neighboring bustle can be felt in the lobby, where bellmen in headsets serve as traffic conductors to a steady stream of stylish guests, including celebrities like Brad Pitt, Norah Jones, and Prince Albert. It's easy to see the attraction: the 389 rooms are quiet oases of earth tones, mahogany fixtures, and beige limestone baths. The mirrored, mazelike gym and spa is the work of Japanese architect Takashi Sugimoto, a.k.a. SuperPotato. And at the Maduro bar, the bartender crafts a perfect Manhattan, with real rye and a flawless round ice cube for slower melting.</p>

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From Travel + Leisure , SEP 2007

Tokyoites are mad for classic cocktails, so order one at the Maduro bar. The bartender crafts a perfect Manhattan, with real rye and a flawless round ice cube for slower melting....MORE>>

– Nina Willdorf Tokyo&#39;s Newest Hotels

From Travel + Leisure , SEP 2004

In Roppongi Hills, Tokyo's innovative urban development project, the Grand Hyatt is a bastion of 21st-centuryingenuity. Therooms may not be especially large, but they come with pleasant touches like heated toilet seats and remote-controlled blackout shades. Open them and awake to eye-popping views of Mount Fuji before eating breakfast at any of the property's excellent restaurants....MORE>>

– Asia Made Easy

From Food & Wine , SEP 2003

Roppongi Hills opened in April as a $4 billion complex containing offices, a major art museum, more than 120 upscale shops and 70 restaurants (including one of Joël Robuchon's latest), and this 390-room hotel....MORE>>

– Kate Sekules Hotel Classics for the New Millennium

Last updated September 2007