Aman Tokyo Opening

Amanresorts has been making news for all the wrong reasons of late, thanks to Byzantine ownership battles between founder Adrian Zecha and an exotic cast of belligerents that includes a Russian billionaire oligarch.

It is therefore a considerable relief to accentuate the positive. The group’s latest property is scheduled to open on December 22. A self-styled “urban sanctuary,” the 84-room Aman Tokyo occupies the top six floors of a 38-story tower situated between the Imperial Palace park and Tokyo Station. The hotel includes a 27,000-square-foot spa with a 90-foot pool. Speculation is rife that this will be the first of several Aman “city retreats,” with London, Paris and New York among other likely venues.