Which room should you book at Aman Tokyo?
Book a Deluxe Suite on the west side: 71 square meters facing the Imperial Palace gardens, the Shinjuku towers and Mt Fuji on clear days. The Deluxe Suite page describes floor-to-ceiling windows on the west face, a choice of a king or twin beds, a furo (a deep Japanese soaking tub) and double vanities. Every room at Aman Tokyo is a suite by name, and the smallest on the hotel's list is this 71 square meters, so the choice here is about which way the windows face, not how much room you get.
West is the side I'd pay for. It is the side the hotel describes with the palace gardens below and Fuji on the horizon, and it takes the sunset. The east-facing rooms look over the city toward the sunrise, which is a fine view but a view you can get from many hotels in Tokyo.
The hotel sits on the top floors of the Otemachi Tower, close to Tokyo Station and moments from the palace gardens, per Aman Tokyo's own page. Daily breakfast is included in every stay on the room pages, along with non-alcoholic drinks in the room and the 30-meter indoor pool.
How do the Aman Tokyo rooms compare?
| Category | Size | Faces | Beds | Floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deluxe Suite | 71 m² | West: palace gardens, Shinjuku, Mt Fuji on clear days | King or twin | Not published |
| Garden View Suite | 71 m² | West: palace gardens, Mt Fuji on clear days | King | Top floor |
| Tokyo Suite | 77 m² | East: city and sunrise | King | Not published |
| City Suite | 121 m² | Northeast corner, two walls of windows | King | Not published |
| Panorama Suite | 139 m² | A corner, toward Tokyo Tower | King | Not published |
| Grand Suite | 141 m² | City | King or twin | Not published |
| Aman Suite | 157 m² | The skyline | Not published | Not published |
All of them have a furo and shoji, the paper-paned sliding screens. The bigger suites add a separate living room, a dining table for four and a half bathroom for guests.
Deluxe Suite or Garden View Suite?
Take the Garden View Suite if you want the highest floor and sleep in a king; take the Deluxe Suite if you want twin beds. Both are 71 square meters with the same view west over the palace gardens to Fuji. The Garden View Suite is on the top floor, which the hotel gives as the 38th, and comes with a king only. The Deluxe Suite page publishes no floor but offers twin beds, which matters for two friends or a parent and an adult child.
The extra height of the top floor gives you more sky above Shinjuku and a little more distance from the office towers around Otemachi. If the price difference on your dates is small, I'd take it. If it is large, the Deluxe Suite has the same view at a lower floor, and nothing else in the room changes.
Which Aman Tokyo room would you skip?
I'd skip the Tokyo Suite unless you are up at dawn. It is 6 square meters bigger than the Deluxe Suite, with a larger entrance and bathroom, but the Tokyo Suite page places it on the east side, with views across east Tokyo and the sunrise. You lose the palace gardens and Fuji, which are the reasons to book this hotel over the other towers near Tokyo Station. It is a king only.
For someone landing on an early flight and waking at 5am with jet lag, the sunrise is a real point in its favor. For a stay planned around evenings, the west side gets the light when you are in the room.
Who should upgrade to a bigger suite?
Upgrade to a Grand Suite for four nights or more, or when one of you has to work. The Grand Suite is 141 square meters with a separate living room, a daybed, a dining table for four and a work desk that closes behind a sliding door. It is also the big suite that offers twin beds. On a two-night stay the extra room goes unused; on a long stay the separate living room is what keeps the trip from feeling like a hotel room.
The corner suites are for the view. The City Suite sits on the northeast corner with windows on two sides, and the Panorama Suite is on a corner looking toward Tokyo Tower. Neither page mentions Fuji or the palace gardens, so if those are the reason you chose the Aman, the corner suites move you away from them.
The Aman Suite, at 157 square meters, has separate living, dining and sleeping rooms and looks over the skyline. I'd book it for an occasion or for hosting dinner in the room, not for more sleep.
What should you ask for when you book?
Ask for the highest west-facing floor they can give you, and say whether you want a king or twin beds. Fuji sits low on the western horizon, so a higher floor clears more of the buildings in front of it. The hotel does not publish floors for the Deluxe Suite, so this is a request, not a guarantee. Ask at booking and again a few days before arrival.
For bookings by phone, the hotel gives a reservations line of +81 3 5224 3345 on the suite pages. Mention a celebration or an early arrival at the same time, so the request is on file before rooms are assigned.
Does the season change the call?
Yes: the west view pays off most from late autumn to early spring. Fuji shows from Tokyo most often on cold, dry, clear days in winter and hides in haze for much of the summer. In December or January I'd book the west side without a second thought. In July and August you will see Fuji less often, and the palace gardens and the sunset over Shinjuku are still there, so I'd still choose west, but I would not pay much extra for the top floor for Fuji alone.
What else should you plan around an Aman Tokyo stay?
The where to stay in Tokyo guide explains why Otemachi and Marunouchi make an easy first base. Musashi by Aman, the hotel's sushi counter, has its own booking rules in the Tokyo omakase booking guide. If you land in the morning, the early arrival hotel guide covers what to do before check-in. For another tower hotel, in Shinjuku, compare the Park Hyatt Tokyo room guide. For a lower hotel with balconies over the palace plaza, compare the Palace Hotel Tokyo room guide.