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Janu hotels
Shared dining and group fitness give a Tokyo hotel its deliberately social rhythm of life.
Janu gives Aman Group a more sociable expression, with generous shared spaces, communal dining, and group fitness woven into the stay. Its name means “soul” in Sanskrit, and the first hotel, Janu Tokyo, opened in March 2024 with a scale and rhythm designed to bring guests into one another’s company.
3 Janu hotels in 2 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas (2 not open yet), each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Owned by Aman Group
- Worldwide: 1 hotel operating (Janu Tokyo, opened March 2024) with a publicly confirmed pipeline of roughly a dozen further hotels and branded-residence projects across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia — the most advanced being Janu Diriyah and Janu AlUla in Saudi Arabia and Janu Dubai in the UAE.
- On the atlas: 1 Grand Luxury, 2 Core Luxury
History
Aman Group developed Janu for guests who wanted its attention to design and service within a more communal setting. The concept emphasized shared experiences, wellbeing, and local culture from the beginning. Four years passed between the announcement and Janu Tokyo’s opening, giving the idea time to take a substantial urban form.
Timeline
- 2018 — Aman Group begins two years of internal research and development into a new, more socially oriented hotel concept, developed initially under Aman COO Roland Fasel.
- 4 March 2020 — Aman publicly unveils Janu at an event in New York City, with Chairman & CEO Vladislav Doronin describing it as filling "a white space in the market" between Aman and conventional lifestyle brands. Three launch hotels are announced as already under construction: Janu Montenegro (Sveti Stefan/Miločer), Janu AlUla (Saudi Arabia), and Janu Tokyo, all originally targeted for 2022. Janu Montenegro is billed as the brand's debut, and the first hotel to introduce Janu's serviced-residence concept.
- 2020–2022 — The COVID-19 pandemic delays the brand's original 2022 launch target across all three initial sites; Janu Montenegro's construction at Miločer Park becomes entangled in a long-running dispute with the Montenegrin government over public beach access at the adjoining Kraljičina Plaža.
- April 2023 — Aman Group and Diriyah Company jointly announce Janu Diriyah alongside Aman Wadi Safar, expanding the brand's Saudi Arabia pipeline; Janu Diriyah is sited near the UNESCO World Heritage site of At-Turaif, within the wider 36-hotel Diriyah Gate masterplan alongside Four Seasons, Waldorf Astoria, and Park Hyatt.
- September 2023 — Aman secures a $360 million capital injection from UAE investors specifically to fund Janu's expansion, targeting roughly 11 additional Janu hotels over the following four years, spanning Thailand, South Korea, the Maldives, Turkey, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turks and Caicos, and Montenegro.
- 13 March 2024 — Janu Tokyo opens inside Azabudai Hills, Minato, the brand's debut hotel, four years after the initial 2020 announcement and roughly two years behind the original 2022 target. Designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners (architecture) and Jean-Michel Gathy of Denniston (interiors), with 122 rooms and suites, eight dining and socialising venues, and a 4,000 sqm wellness centre.
- June 2024 — Janu Dubai is unveiled for the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a roughly 150-key hotel and 57 branded residences designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron, developed with Dubai-based H&H, targeting a 2027 opening.
- 2025 — Janu Diriyah's opening timeline firms toward 2026; Janu Al Marjan Island (Ras Al Khaimah, UAE) and Janu Maldives join the publicly listed pipeline on Janu's own site.
- 2025–2026 — Montenegro's government and site developer Adriatic Properties negotiate a settlement permitting continued construction of the Janu hotel at Miločer Park under previously authorised permits, while explicitly excluding additional branded-residence apartments beyond what was already approved, a framework aimed at completing the long-stalled structure without further expanding its footprint in the protected coastal park.
- February 2026 — Sales launch for the 57 branded residences at Janu Dubai, alongside continued construction toward a targeted December 2027 handover.
The houses to know
- Janu Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan — The 122-room hotel introduces Janu’s more social approach within Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills district.
Opening next
- Janu Diriyah — Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — opening date unconfirmed — The announced hotel is planned near the UNESCO-listed At-Turaif district, within the wider Diriyah development. Published plans and the Atlas record differ on room count and opening year, so those details need confirmation before a stay can be planned.
- Janu AlUla — AlUla, Saudi Arabia — expected 2027 — Confirmed; under construction near the Nabataean tomb fields of Hegra, as part of AlUla's wider luxury-hotel pipeline alongside two Aman properties. Trade press citing AlUla Development Company has referenced a considerably larger key count than the atlas's tracked 50 rooms; that figure could not be independently confirmed against Aman's own materials and is flagged rather than repeated here.
- Janu Dubai — Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Dubai, UAE — expected December 2027 — Confirmed and under construction; a roughly 150-key hotel plus the brand's first-ever Janu Club (a private wellness and social membership facility, 1,700 sqm) and 57 branded residences designed by Herzog & de Meuron, developed with H&H. Overlooks Zabeel Palace Gardens with views toward the Burj Khalifa; residence sales launched February 2026.
- Janu Al Marjan Island — Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates — opening date unconfirmed — The hotel is announced on Janu’s official site, without a confirmed opening year.
Every Janu hotel on the atlas
Saudi Arabia
- Janu AlUla — AlUla · Core Luxury · Opening soon
- Janu Diriyah — Diriyah · Core Luxury · Opening soon
Japan
- Janu Tokyo — Tokyo · Grand Luxury
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