MICHELIN Guide has this month revealed the brand new One, Two, and Three Key distinctions for the most outstanding hotels in Japan. The guide comes four years into a comprehensive refresh of MICHELIN’s hotel selection.
The MICHELIN Guide now includes over 6,000 hotels across the world, places that significantly add to the guest’s experience as a traveller, each vetted and judged excellent in five categories: architecture and interior design, quality and consistency of service, overall personality and character, value for the price, and a significant contribution to the guest experience in a particular setting.
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Key hotels represent the highlights of MICHELIN’s broader selection. In total, the 2024 MICHELIN Guide hotel selection in Japan includes 6 Three Key hotels, 17 Two Key hotels, and 85 One Key hotels.
Interestingly, out of the 6 Three Key hotels in Japan, half are located in towers in Tokyo – Bulgari Hotel Tokyo, Four Seasons Hotels Tokyo at Otemachi and the Palace Hotel Tokyo.
The other Three Key properties include: Gora Kadan in Hakone-machi, Hotel the Mitsu Kyoto and Amanemu in Mie.
IHG Hotels & Resorts was represented with five properties gaining MICHELIN Keys, including Six Senses Kyoto, ANA InterContinental Beppu Resort & Spa, ANA InterContinental Appi Kogen Resort, InterContinental Yokohama Pier 8 and InterContinental Osaka.
MICHELIN Two Key Hotels in Japan include:
Fujikawaguchiko: Fufu Kawaguchiko
Hatsukaichi-shi: Sekitei
Hokkaido: Zaborin
Ishigaki city: Jusandi
Izu City: Asaba
Kyoto: Aman Kyoto
Kyoto: The Shinmonzen
Naoshima: Benesse House
Nikko: Fufu Nikko
Nikko: The Ritz-Carlton, Nikko
Onna: Halekulani Okinawa
Tokyo: Aman Tokyo
Tokyo: JANU Tokyo
Tokyo: The Capitol Hotel Tokyu
Toyooka: Nishimuraya Honkan
Yufu: ENOWA Yufu
Yufu: Kamenoi Besso
MICHELIN One Key Hotels in Japan include:
Atami: Atami Izusan Karaku
Awara: Beniya Kofuyuden
Beppu: ANA InterContinental Beppu Resort & Spa
Fukuoka: The Ritz-Carlton Fukuoka
Ginoza: The Hiramatsu Hotels & Resorts Ginoza
Gionmachi: Genji Kyoto
Goto: GOTO RETREAT by Onko Chishin
Hachimantai: ANA InterContinental Appi Kogen Resort
Hakone: Fufu Hakone
Hakone: Hakone Gora Karaku
Hakone: The Hiramatsu Hotels & Resorts Sengokuhara
Izu City: Arcana Izu
Izu City: Ochiairo
Kaga-Onsen: Beniya Mukayu
Kaga-shi: Araya Totoan
Kagoshima: GAJOEN
Karuizawa: Fufu Karuizawa Wind in the Sunshine
Karuizawa: Fufu Kyu-Karuizawa Restful Forest
Karuizawa: SHISHI-IWA-HOUSE Karuizawa
Kumura: Izumo Hotel The Cliff
Kutchan: Sansui Niseko
Kyoto: Ace Hotel Kyoto
Nagoya: TIAD, Autograph Collection
Nakijin: One Suite THE GRAND
Nanjo: Hyakuna Garan
Naoshima: Naoshima Ryokan Roka
Nara: Fufu Nara
Nara: JW Marriott Hotel Nara
Narai: BYAKU Narai
Nasu: Nasu Mukunone
Niigata: Satoyama-Jujo
Nikko Kinugawa Keisui
Niseko: Higashiyama Niseko Village, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve
Niseko: Muwa Niseko
Niseko: Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono
Niseko: Setsu Niseko
Numazu: Numazu Club
Onomichi: Ryokan Onomichi Nishiyama
Onomichi: Azumi Setoda
Osaka: Conrad Osaka
Osaka: InterContinental Osaka
Osaka: The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka
Osaka: W Osaka
Shima: The Hiramatsu Hotels & Resorts Kashikojima
Kyoto: Dusit Thani Kyoto
Kyoto: Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
Kyoto: Fufu Kyoto
Kyoto: Garrya Nijo Castle Kyoto
Kyoto: Hiiragiya
Kyoto: Hotel The Celestine Kyoto Gion
Kyoto: Kanamean Nishitomiya
Kyoto: MUNI KYOTO by Onko Chishin
Kyoto: Park Hyatt Kyoto
Kyoto: ROKU KYOTO, LXR Hotels & Resorts
Kyoto: Six Senses Kyoto
Kyoto: Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto
Kyoto: The Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu
Kyoto: The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto
Kyoto: Kifune Ugenta
Matsuyama: SETOUCHI RETREAT by Onko Chishin
Minakami: Bettei Senjuan
Miyota: The Hiramatsu Karuizawa Miyota
Nagato: Bettei Otozure
Nago: The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa
Nagoya: The Tower Hotel Nagoya
Takayama-shi: Wanosato
Toba-shi: Oyado The Earth
Tokyo: Andaz Tokyo
Tokyo: Bellustar Tokyo, A Pan Pacific Hotel
Tokyo: Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi
Tokyo: Hotel New Otani Tokyo – Executive House ZEN
Tokyo: K5
Tokyo: Mandarin Oriental Tokyo
Tokyo: Shangri-La Tokyo
Tokyo: The Aoyama Grand Hotel
Tokyo: The Okura Tokyo
Tokyo: The Peninsula Tokyo
Tokyo: The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho, a Luxury Collection Hotel
Tokyo: The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
Tokyo: The Tokyo Station Hotel
Tokyo: Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park
Unzen: RYOTEI HANZUIRYO
Yakushima: Sankara Hotel & Spa Yakushima
Yokohama: InterContinental Yokohama Pier 8
Yokohama: The Kahala Hotel & Resort Yokohama
For full details on MICHELIN Keys in Japan, click here.