Foreign Luxury Hotels in Japan, 2023 to 2026: Opening Dates, Room Counts and How to Choose

Of the nine here, opened in 2026 (as of 12 October)3hotelsCapella Kyoto, Conrad Nagoya and Hilton Takayama Resort

Covered here

Nine foreign-brand hotels: eight opened from June 2023 to September 2026, one still to open

Opened in 2026

22 March, 31 July and 14 September

Still to open

Waldorf Astoria Tokyo Nihonbashi, scheduled for autumn 2027 (announcement of 21 April 2026)

Room counts

52 at Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto to 308 at Canopy by Hilton Osaka Umeda

Checked on

2026-10-12

Of the nine foreign-brand hotels covered here, three opened in 2026: Capella Kyoto, Conrad Nagoya and Hilton Takayama Resort. Dusit Thani Kyoto and JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo opened before 2026, and the one still waiting is Waldorf Astoria Tokyo Nihonbashi, Hilton’s top brand.

The 2026 openings are in Kyoto, Nagoya and Takayama; the Tokyo and Osaka newcomers were done by 2025

Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto had its soft opening on 26 July 2024, announced by its owner Samty Holdings; Banyan Group announced the grand opening in August. Hilton Takayama Resort is not a new building but the former Hotel Associa Takayama Resort of JR Central Hotels, renamed after a refit. Across these nine, 2023 to 2025 stayed inside Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo, and 2026 is when Nagoya and Takayama join.

Redevelopment sits behind many of the openings. JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo is on the upper floors of Takanawa Gateway City, Canopy by Hilton Osaka Umeda is inside Grand Green Osaka, Conrad Nagoya is on the upper floors of The Landmark Nagoya Sakae, and Waldorf Astoria Tokyo Nihonbashi will be on the upper floors of Tokyo Midtown Nihonbashi. Four of the nine are part of a large redevelopment complex.

Hot springs, a station at the door or the size of the house: the one you rank first narrows it to a single hotel

For a hot spring in the room or in the hotel, the candidates are Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto, Capella Kyoto and Hilton Takayama Resort. Banyan Tree has onsen baths in 8 of its 52 rooms and a natural hot-spring public bath. Every one of Capella Kyoto’s 89 rooms is 50 m² or more, and 6 of its 29 suites have a private onsen. Hilton Takayama Resort has an onsen building with a large bath and open-air baths.

To keep the walk with luggage short, Conrad Nagoya (Sakae subway station) and JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo (Takanawa Gateway station) connect directly to a station. Canopy by Hilton Osaka Umeda is about 7 minutes on foot from JR Osaka Station, Hilton Takayama Resort is about 8 minutes from JR Takayama Station by free shuttle bus, and Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto is about 10 minutes by taxi from Gion-Shijo Station, so it does not suit a trip made on foot from the station. I would pick from the two with a station at the door for a trip with a lot of luggage or with children.

For a stay spent mostly inside the hotel, it comes down to Conrad Nagoya and JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo. Conrad Nagoya has six food and drink venues, an 18 m indoor pool and a spa. JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo has six restaurants plus a lobby lounge and a bar, with an indoor pool and a spa. ASAI Kyoto Shijo and Canopy by Hilton Osaka Umeda are described by their operators as lifestyle hotels. Hilton Takayama Resort is under Hilton’s flagship brand, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, a different tier from the Conrad and Waldorf Astoria brands that Hilton calls luxury. All are foreign-brand hotels, but those three sit in different places in their groups.

Of Hilton Takayama Resort’s 283 rooms, about 90 were in service on opening day, 14 September. The number grows as the refit proceeds and all 283 are due to be usable in spring 2027, so until then the rooms that can be booked are limited.

Rates change by date and by room, and even the official sites show them only once a booking screen is open. How to compare them, including whether the quoted figure carries an accommodation tax, is set out in the comparison of luxury hotel rates, and which cities and dates are hard to book is in the guide to booking foreign luxury hotels.

Waldorf Astoria Tokyo Nihonbashi is scheduled for autumn 2027, and the 8 October announcement gives no season

On 21 April 2026 Mitsui Fudosan and Nomura Real Estate named the Nihonbashi 1-chome Naka district redevelopment Tokyo Midtown Nihonbashi and said the hotel would open in autumn 2027. When Mitsui Fudosan and Hilton announced the contract on 27 October 2020, the opening was planned for 2026. In the announcement of 8 October, after completion of the building on 30 September, the grand opening of the district is put at some point in 2027 and the hotel is described only as “scheduled to open”, with no time given.

The hotel is planned at 197 rooms on floors 39 to 47, of which guests can use floors 40 to 47. It is to have three restaurants, a lounge and bar called Peacock Alley, an indoor pool and a spa.

Flying in to Kyoto, Osaka or Tokyo? The record of past airfare sales and what comes next →

Source: Dusit International (20 February, 12 April and 1 September 2023) / Samty Holdings (10 June 2024) / Banyan Group (August 2024) / Hilton (6 September 2024) / Marriott International Japan (18 July 2025) / NTT UD Hotel Management (22 March 2026) / Conrad Nagoya (12 May 2026) / JR Central Hotels (20 May 2026) / Mitsui Fudosan and Nomura Real Estate (21 April and 8 October 2026) / the Capella Hotels & Resorts website / Photos: Martin Falbisoner and 663highland, each CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons) / Checked on 2026-10-12 / Featured image: 運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)