1) the view of Mt Fuji from our room at the Park Hyatt at sunset – stunning!

Park Hyatt Tokyo

2) our bedroom in the suite; 3) the oh-so-subtle hallways of the Park Hyatt

The level of service at the Park Hyatt truly defies any attempt to put it into word so I shan’t even try save to say it is refined, reserved and discrete. It is hands-down the best hotel I have ever experienced – best hotel; best in-room check-in; fabulous lounge (the Peak Lounge on the 41st floor); best breakfast service; best bar (the iconic New York Bar & Grill); and best spa (the baths were amazing). Membership has its privileges here and as a Diamond member you’ll get:

• full-on free breakfast;
• in-room wireless;
  
• anytime access to the New York Grill (and no cover charge) – this was especially sweet as we waltzed in late one night when the place was packed and bopping and were instantly acknowledged and recognized and escorted to a posh booth by the maitre’d; and,
• free access to the spa and Japanese baths.

All this though does not come cheap, and, if you can’t manage a stay on your hotel points, you should factor in US$1700/night for a Suite … so save your pennies. It is worth every single moment.

6) our living room

7) the other side of the living room; 8) the – sigh – bed at night

9 & 10) the bathroom

11) Blee arrives on the 41st floor lobby; 12) the ‘library’

13) Tokyo at night from our room

14) looking down onto Shinjuku; 15) the hotel is right beside the Tokyo Municipal Government Building

16) Blee gets comfy with champagne; 17) the nearest subway line is Tochomae Station

19) the requisite Bill Murray shot; 20) Blee hams hers up

21) lunch at New York Grill – my pork chop and brussel sprouts; 22) G’s lamb shank
 

23) Blee enjoying lunch; 24) late at night we relax at the bar

25) looking down on to Shinjuku from the hotel

   
26) this was very late at New York Bar – I love this picture with the waiter busying himself laying tables for lunch the next day

27) Mt Fuji with the super zoom from the suite

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