The Okura is more than a hotel in Tokyo, it's a sensation created by a blend of traditional Japanese motifs and personal attention. The Okura's dedication to quality extends to every aspect of accommodation, cuisine and service. Such endavors have earned it the enviable status as the world's first ISO 9001 compliant deluxe city hotel. At the Okura Tokyo hotel you are just minutes away from the center of business and government in the Marunouchi and Toranomon areas. Also nearby is world-famous shopping in Ginza and the exciting nightlife of Akasaka and Roppongi. In 1962 Hotel Okura opened its doors, to become the fulfillment of Baron Kishichiro Okura's dream of creating an unrivaled international luxury hotel in Tokyo. The Hotel is built on a historically distinguished site, the Edo period estate of the Matsudaira Daimyo of Maebashi.