Tokyo: Where to Stay: Luxury: Park Hyatt Tokyo

Park Hyatt Tokyo

Everyone who is anyone lays their head here for a night: passing-through movie stars, big-name musicians, corporate head honchos. This simply superb hotel was groundbreaking in so many ways, not least for being situated on the upper floors of an office building. The rooms are packed with all kinds of technology, including various gimmicks in even the smallest room, such as soothing fans that are activated by the touch of a button. You reach the hotel by switching from one elevator to another along a walkway, which sounds like a pain, but the hall’s book-lined walls make this a rather comforting and soothing experience after a hard day’s negotiating or sightseeing. Famously the setting for the film Lost in Translation, the Park Hyatt was where Bill Murray spent jet-lagged, sleepless nights chatting to Scarlett Johannsson, answering the whirring fax machine and propping up the New York Bar. Rooms from $680.