Entry-level rooms for the inaugural — priced at $1,250 a night, with a five-night minimum — are still available, as are the Presidential Suite and the Trump Townhouse.
The entry-level rooms include stainless steel sinks and lights over the door, like those on an airplane, indicating when the bathrooms down the hall are free.
The reward? "I'm overlooking this skyline of Tokyo," he said, talking by phone from the 48th floor of the Andaz hotel there, where the entry-level rooms range from 40,000 to 123,000 yen per night, according to the hotel (roughly $360 to $1,100 depending on the time of year).
Even the most basic room category measures 678 square feet, the largest entry-level rooms in the city, and include spacious terraces, walk-in closets, iPads with local info pre-loaded, free Wi-Fi, marble baths with rain showers and deep soaking tubs, and views.
The wood-burning fireplace in the entry-level living room has its original marble border, limestone mantel and terrazzo hearth.
My entry-level "hatchling" room (all are named after chicken sizes, except the suites) was compact but smooth-functioning – tiny niggles aside (slightly fiddly Velux window, small wine crates for bedside tables).
THE ROOM Our ground-floor entry-level "deluxe" guest room was as large as a suite.
The restaurant spreads over two, distinct spaces: an entry-level, street-facing dining room with a casual, airy vibe, and a second, subterranean dining room with plush banquettes, white tablecloths, and a second bar.
A curving, metal-railed staircase descends from the entry-level corridor to the great room, which has a dining area, a renovated kitchen, and a living room with a wood-burning brick fireplace.
The rooms, from entry-level standard up to the palatial terrace suite, are wonderfully minimalist but plenty warm and bright.
