K5

Name: K5 in Tokyo
Address: 3-5 Nihombashikabutocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo, 103-0026, JPN
Telephone: +81-03-5962-3485
Rating: 19.3

3-5 Nihombashikabutocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Nihonbashi

20 Rooms

Cutting-Edge & Lively

One MICHELIN Key · A very special stay

Tokyo doesn’t have as many boutique hotels as you might expect, but the ones it does have are exquisitely crafted and absolutely unique. K5, for example, takes a 1920s-vintage bank building in Nihonbashi Kabutochō — essentially Tokyo’s Wall Street — and, with the help of the Stockholm-based architecture firm Claesson Koivisto Rune, transforms it into a living tribute to contemporary Swedish design, and in the process illuminates some of the affinities between Swedish and Japanese aesthetics.

Rooms feature live plants and plenty of warm, organic textures, alongside some shapely and colorful modern furniture and, instead of a TV, a record player and access to a vinyl library. The studios and rooms are compact, but not particularly small by local standards, and the suites and lofts are spacious, adding sitting areas and freestanding bathtubs. Just about every object in K5’s interiors was either custom-designed by the Swedish architects, hand-crafted by Japanese makers, or both.

Meanwhile the public spaces express the Japanese concept of “aimai,” or ambiguity, with no clearly defined borders between the lounge, the café, the wine bar, or the restaurant. It might sound pretentious to describe a hotel as a work of art — after all, it’s simply a lodging, first and foremost — but whatever you want to call it, K5 is the real deal.

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3-5 Nihombashikabutocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Nihonbashi

19.3

Rene

Stayed April 2025

Really great hotel and would stay again. Very happy to have discovered this via Michelin

Lynn

Stayed June 2024

K5 is has one of the most visually stunning hotel rooms I've ever stayed in. The design is impeccable, and there are many sweet touches in the room. The lighting is incredible. The bathroom and toiletries, lovely. In particular we enjoyed the in-room vinyl collection.

Steven

Stayed April 2024

Nice room. Good amenities. Cool atmosphere.

Michael

Stayed December 2023

I liked the cafe/restaurant/bar, size of the bed, and the mixture of plants with a contemporary design

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