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Okura hotels

Japanese craft and quiet attentiveness shape grand hotels, carrying a Tokyo design tradition abroad.

Okura brings Japanese design and omotenashi hospitality to the grand hotel, with quiet attentiveness and a sense of space central to the experience. Its Tokyo flagship established that language in 1962 through Yoshiro Taniguchi’s lanterns, plum-blossom tables, and carefully composed interiors, details whose continuity remains part of the hotel’s identity.

21 Okura hotels in 8 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas (1 not open yet), each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

• Owned by Hotel Okura
• Worldwide: 79 properties (~23,604 rooms, all brands) as of February 1, 2026; within the prestige Okura Hotels & Resorts line, 15 properties in Japan and 8 overseas as of June 2025; member of The Leading Hotels of the World
• On the atlas: 4 Grand Luxury, 3 High Luxury, 12 Core Luxury, 2 Accessible Luxury

History

Baron Kishichiro Okura wanted a hotel whose Japanese design could welcome guests from around the world. The 1962 Tokyo opening gave that ambition a lasting architectural form. In the 2019 rebuilding, Yoshio Taniguchi carried his father’s design forward through preserved or recreated lanterns, plum-blossom tables, and other familiar details, keeping the new hotel connected to the original.

Timeline

• 1917 — Kihachiro Okura founds the Ōkura Shukokan (Okura Museum of Art) on the Toranomon estate in Tokyo, the cultural cornerstone that would anchor the future hotel and still stands on its grounds today.
• 1958 — December: Taisei Kanko Co., Ltd. established with capital of ¥1 billion, the corporate predecessor of Hotel Okura Co., Ltd.
• 1962 — May 20: Hotel Okura opens in Tokyo, designed by architect Yoshiro Taniguchi; the 408-room Main Wing debuts; President Adolfo López Mateos of Mexico becomes the first foreign VIP guest; the hotel opens in time for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
• 1963 — Baron Kishichiro Okura (1882–1963), the hotel's founder and guiding spirit, dies the year after seeing his dream realised.
• 1969 — Masakichi Ono appointed Grand Chef; his French culinary programme, developed from cookbooks and deepened through collaborations with Joël Robuchon and Paul Bocuse, earns him the sobriquet "father of French cuisine in Japan".
• 1971 — September: Hotel Okura Amsterdam opens, the brand's first overseas property and Europe's first luxury Japanese hotel; opened by Prince Claus of the Netherlands; designed by Dutch architects Bernard Bijvoet and Gerard Holt alongside Japanese architects Yoshiro Taniguchi and Yozo Shibata.
• 1978 — September: Hotel Okura Chain established, the formal predecessor of today's Okura Hotels & Resorts brand group.
• 1987 — In January, the company adopts the name Hotel Okura Co., Ltd.
• 1989 — June: Hotel Okura Kobe opens, a 35-storey, 468-room landmark on the Meriken Park waterfront.
• 1998 — January: Brand formally renamed Okura Hotels & Resorts.
• 1999 — March: Hotel Okura Fukuoka opens in Hakata Riverain, a 13-storey cultural complex on the Naka River, 264 rooms.
• 2002 — Yamazato restaurant at Hotel Okura Amsterdam receives its first MICHELIN star, the first traditional kaiseki restaurant outside Japan to earn the distinction.
• 2007 — Ciel Bleu restaurant at Hotel Okura Amsterdam achieves two MICHELIN stars; the hotel now holds three MICHELIN stars total across two restaurants.
• 2010 — September: Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. acquires majority shares of JAL Hotels Co., Ltd., adding Nikko Hotels International and Hotel JAL City; the combined group becomes Japan's largest international hotel operator.
• 2012 — May: The Okura Prestige Bangkok opens; August: The Okura Prestige Taipei opens (207 rooms, 18-floor tower).
• 2015 — August: Hotel Okura Tokyo Main Wing closes for demolition; the "Save the Okura" campaign attracts more than 6,000 signatures from design and cultural luminaries worldwide.
• 2019 — September 12: The Okura Tokyo opens following a ¥110 billion (≈US$1 billion) reconstruction; two towers (41-storey Prestige Tower, 17-storey Heritage Wing); 508 rooms; architect Yoshio Taniguchi, son of the original architect, rebuilds the legendary lobby almost panel for panel.
• 2022 — January: Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei opens, 60-room adult boutique hotel in Kyoto's Okazaki cultural district; December: Hotel Okura Manila opens at Newport World Resorts.
• 2024 — One MICHELIN Key awarded to The Okura Tokyo in Japan's inaugural MICHELIN Key selection; Two MICHELIN Keys awarded to The Okura Prestige Bangkok in Thailand's 2025 selection.
• 2026 — Forbes Travel Guide 2026 awards Five Stars to The Okura Tokyo and Hotel Okura Macau; Nouvelle Epoque and Yamazato (The Okura Tokyo) each earn Four Stars; architect Yoshio Taniguchi, who rebuilt The Okura Tokyo, died December 2024.

The houses to know

1. The Okura Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan — The philosophical and aesthetic source of the entire brand, rebuilt by the son of the original architect, panel for panel.
2. The Okura Prestige Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand — The sleek vertical Okura: Japanese minimalism forty stories above the BTS Skytrain, with Two MICHELIN Keys.
3. Hotel Okura Macau, Macau, Macau — Asia's definitive Forbes Five-Star Okura outpost, Japanese serenity at the heart of the world's highest-density gaming resort.
4. Hotel Okura Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan — A landmark since 1888 on the banks of the Kamogawa, one of the oldest continuously operating Western-style hotels in Kyoto, now under the Okura umbrella.
5. Hotel Okura Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands — Europe's first luxury Japanese hotel and the continent's most-decorated Okura address, three MICHELIN stars across two restaurants.
6. Hotel Okura Manila, Manila, Philippines — The newest Okura outpost in Southeast Asia, Japanese hospitality woven into the Philippines' first integrated resort complex.
7. Hotel Nikko Bali Benoa Beach, Tanjung Benoa, Nusa Dua, Indonesia — The hotel is in Tanjung Benoa, Nusa Dua, Indonesia.
8. Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei, Kyoto, Japan — The 60-room retreat sits between Kyoto’s Heian Shrine and Nanzenji, with an emphasis on quiet stays for adults.
9. Hotel Okura JR Huis Ten Bosch, Sasebo, Japan — The hotel is in Sasebo, Japan.
10. Hotel Okura Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan — A river-framed cultural landmark in Hakata's arts quarter, seven restaurants within a single storied building on the Naka River.

Newest openings

• Grand Nikko Bangkok Sathorn — Bangkok, Thailand — opened April 2026 — The most recent opening within the Okura Nikko Hotel Management umbrella falls under the upper-upscale Nikko Hotels International tier: a 35-floor, 405-room tower in Bangkok's Silom/Sathorn district, with Japanese restaurant, all-day dining, spa, fitness, and outdoor pool, opening in a phased manner beginning April 10, 2026. Within the prestige Okura Hotels & Resorts tier specifically, the most recent branded opening remains Hotel Okura Manila (December 2022). The prestige tier's next major debut is the 2029 Hakone resort.
• Nikko Style Niseko HANAZONO — Niseko, Japan — opened December 15, 2024 — The second property under the Nikko Style lifestyle sub-brand (also within the Nikko Hotels International tier), opening in the Hanazono ski resort area of Niseko, Hokkaido; the first Nikko Style was in Nagoya. Both properties sit outside the prestige Okura Hotels & Resorts banner but within the same Okura Nikko Hotel Management parent.

Opening next

• The Okura Resort Hakone Gora — Gora, Hakone, Japan — expected 2029 — The first Okura Resort-branded property in Japan; 58 rooms, each with a private open-air bath; teppanyaki fine-dining restaurant; natural hot-spring bathing area; developed by Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd.; positioned within Hakone's famed volcanic onsen landscape below Mount Fuji.
• Hotel Okura Suzhou — Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, China — expected 2027 — 249 rooms (25 suites); 39-storey mixed-use tower; Japanese, Chinese, and all-day dining; indoor pool; the first Okura-branded hotel in Jiangsu Province.
• The Okura Resort Muscat — Muscat, Oman — expected 2027 — The resort was announced in December 2022. Further project details were not confirmed in the sources reviewed.
• Okura Resort & Spa Phu Quoc — Long Beach, Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam — expected 2027 — Reportedly approximately 200 rooms and 65 villas; outdoor pool, spa, Japanese restaurant, and five F&B outlets in total; 50 m² standard rooms.

Every Okura hotel on the atlas

Japan

• Hotel Okura Kyoto — Kyoto · Grand Luxury
• The Okura Tokyo — Tokyo · Grand Luxury
• Hotel Kajima no Mori — Karuizawa · Core Luxury
• Hotel Okura Fukuoka — Fukuoka · Core Luxury
• Hotel Okura Hiroshima — Hiroshima · Core Luxury
• Hotel Okura JR Huis Ten Bosch — Sasebo · Core Luxury
• Hotel Okura Kobe — Kobe · Core Luxury
• Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei — Kyoto · Core Luxury
• Hotel Okura Okayama — Okayama · Core Luxury
• Hotel Okura Restaurant Nagoya — Nagoya · Core Luxury
• Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay — Urayasu · Core Luxury
• Okura Act City Hotel Hamamatsu — Hamamatsu · Core Luxury
• Hotel Okura Niigata — Niigata · Accessible Luxury

China

• Hotel Okura Guilin — Guilin · Core Luxury · Opening soon
• Hotel Okura Shanghai — Shanghai · Accessible Luxury

Indonesia

• Hotel Nikko Bali Benoa Beach — Tanjung Benoa · High Luxury

Macau

• Hotel Okura Macau — Macau · Grand Luxury

Netherlands

• Hotel Okura Amsterdam — Amsterdam · High Luxury

Philippines

• Hotel Okura Manila — Manila · High Luxury

Taiwan

• The Okura Prestige Taipei — Taipei · Core Luxury

Thailand

• The Okura Prestige Bangkok — Bangkok · Grand Luxury

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