Tokyo has world's priciest luxury hotels, surpassing New York, London

20251210N foreign tourists at tokyo temple

The number of foreign visitors to Japan this year is on track to challenge the all-time high set in 2024. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

HITOMI IZAWA

December 11, 2025 03:08 JST

TOKYO — Room rates at Tokyo’s luxury hotels have soared to the highest of any major city in the world, overtaking cities like New York and London as rising numbers of international tourists compete for a relatively small number of high-end accommodations in the Japanese capital.