It all starts with pure understatement: An unspectacular, easy to miss entrance in a 38-storey-skyscraper in Tokyo`s business district Otemachi. Then you take an elevator and when you leave on level 33 what you see is mind-blowing: A giant, minimalist 30 meter high lobby. Aman Tokyo, opened some years ago in 2014, was the first urban outpost of the ultra-luxury hotel chain. The minimal interior, designed by Kerry Hill, taps into Japan’s design heritage with its wood, paper and stone, while partitions separate the lobby, lounge, restaurant and bar. The hotel has 84 rooms including 32 suites and spans the top six floors. The rooms are really spacious – the smallest are 71 sqm!- and boast walls covered with light wood, sliding screens of paperlined glass and great views. Enjoy a long hinoki (Japanese Cypress) bath-salt in oversized volcanic-rock bathtubs in any of Aman’s rooms; each has a volcanic gembu-rock tub. The TV-set is hidden in a piece of furniture as it used to be at the Belmond chain and will emerge by remote control. Did we mention the Bose sound system and the remote controlled curtains? We had a James Bond feeling. The famous secret agent would have liked this accomodation! Foodwise guests can choose between a kind of Chef´s table called Musashi for 8 person max. to experience Japanese dining traditions, the Italian restaurant Arva at 33rd floor, the lobby bar or down on the ground there is a bistro-like place called the Café by Aman offering also outdoor seating. We strongly recomend the afternoon tea with a japanese lady in kimono sitting in the lobby and playing the koto, the japanese zither. Aman has it´s own patisserie.And now we are coming to the highlight: the 2500 sqm spa with it´s sleek, 30 meter pool high above Tokyo – plus impeccable pool service. All in all: Pricey, my god, but simply great!