For us it was fine, nice walk over to the Imperial Palace and reasonably short walk from Ginza; very close to Tokyo station. Although we have visited Tokyo a couple times (at FS and Grand Hyatt) and explored quite a lot of it in the past from those locations so we didn't have a long "hit list" of must-visit places to get to. I would defer to more experiences Tokyo-visitors (and residents) regarding how good the location really is.


Yes; a couple months before our trip they sent me a long list of restaurants with descriptions, then made all but one of the reservations for us. But then, a bit oddly, they emailed and apologized that "due to company policy, we will no long be able to book restaurants on behalf of our guests" so I would have to make the last one myself (that restaurant didn't accept reservations until a month out which is why they hadn't booked it yet). It was easy for me to make that reservation myself, but it was a bit weird the way they just suddenly stopped making them for guests. Glad you reminded me of that - if I were booking again in future I would confirm they will help with restaurants before booking, as it can be a bit of a pain making reservations at some of them for a non-Japanese speaker.




One other pet peeve I realized omitted from my thoughts on Aman Tokyo. Yes this will seem nit-picky but I found it really annoying (and I'm not even that fussy). In the rooms, all the light-switch buttons, including those right by the bed, have little blue light surrounds that are illuminated when the relevant light is off (so you can easily find the switch to turn it on in the dark). Fine. But when it's dark, as soon as your eyes have adjusted, these lights are incredibly bright. I know lots of hotels have illuminated light switches but I have never been bothered by them before - these really are exceptionally bright. Problem solved by propping up an iPad against the light switches on both sides of the bed. But surely this shouldn't have had to be solved. I often wonder if hotel-room designers ever actually spend a night in one of their masterpieces before releasing them to guests...