Edwin B.
Yelp
A considerably newer, upscale and semi-boutique Hyatt located in Ginza's sprawling fashion district. This hotel sits right on top of storefronts for Rolex and Louis Vuitton, among other high-end tenants nearby. While subway access isn't as convenient as the Hyatt Regency in Shinjuku, this one is close, with a subway entrance a block and a half away under the Hermes storefront. Inside the first floor is an empty room with a bank of elevators and a front desk (which may or may not be staffed depending on the time of day), and the lobby is located on the fourth floor. There's also a bar on the third floor, connected to the fourth floor via some stairs.
Unlike your typical hotel lobby, this feels more like a boutique retail shop: the whole floor has seating areas surrounded by modern art pieces and check in desks are replaced by Apple-style floating tables. Besides that, the check in process is mostly the same. Behind these tables are the gym but I didn't have time to check them out (walking around Tokyo is enough exercise!).
Bad things first: I got the fifth floor and this hotel is in a standard building, not a high rise. My view was of another building and you likely won't get really nice views except for the very top floor.
Good news: the rest of the room. This room is huge by Tokyo standards with an open closet and luggage rack in the front, a bed in the middle, a chaise by the window, and a circular glass table closer to the front. The design is minimalistic and modern with some neat Japanese-inspired artwork flanking the giant window. Since it's relatively new, everything here uses buttons: the blinds, the lights, and best of all - the toilet.
Going with the modern open concept theme, there's no typical bathroom division like in a normal room. To maximize space, they folded together the typical hotel mini-bar and a faucet into one table, each on opposite ends. There's a semi-hidden slider on the wall between the bed and the faucet for privacy, but otherwise, the rest of the "bathroom" flows into the rest of the room. Anything else you typically expect to sit next to the faucet is on a glass shelf behind you. Neat.
The mini-bar section has a Nespresso machine with two water bottles next to it and a nice fridge underneath with four additional water bottles inside. That's SIX bottles of water inside a hotel room and housekeeping kept on adding more every time they cleaned it. This is likely the first time in a hotel I can say there was too much bottled water.
For everything else you'd expect to do in private, there's still a separate door for the toilet and the shower/tub combo. Speaking of which, if you plan on showering, you don't actually do it in the tub. There's a giant open floor next to the tub, and that's where you shower. People who don't enjoy getting water everywhere, you won't be a fan of this setup but at least you'd never have to clean it. Best part, though, is of course the toilet area. I'd never expect to attach the word cute to a trash can but they did it here. It's a tiny baby super-mini stainless steel trash can with a swiveling lid. And there's an ultra-fancy bidet too, of course.
I initially booked this under the old award chart for 20k Hyatt points, but now it's been raised to 25k. Still a great deal if you've got the points to spare since the cash price will likely be high in this area. As an added bonus, Kagari is like a block away from this hotel in an unassuming alley. This hotel definitely sparks joy.
