The hotel was used as the front of 'Osato Chemicals and Engineering Company' in You Only Live Twice (1967), where James Bond avoids assassination and is driven off in Aki's custom Toyota GT2000.
In 1967's You Only Live Twice, New Otani hotel—opened by a former sumo wrestler in '64—plays the HQ of Osato Chemicals, the Japan-based front for the organization owned by Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Read more
Simply great:-) The garden is beatiful. Koy fish in the water - exotic. The pool seemed a little overpriced so I never tried it. Very polite staff. They even have good shopping here - shops in hotel.
The Akasaka area, right out of the Garden Court entrance of the building has fabulous coffee shops ( Tully's, Zoka ) and many wonderful resturants. The Hotel also has wonderful resturants on premise.
If you book a room type it will not necessarily be available (we booked a non smoking king size but were given a choice either smoking king size bed room or non smoking 2 beds).
Akasaka-Mitsuke stop on the Marounuche line is just out the garden court exit and right. Line goes to Ginza area and Tokyo station without changing trains.
Terrible service, no WiFi except in reception corridor and you are expected to walk from one end of hotel to the other to buy the stupid card to get access. Then purchasing the card takes forever.
グリーンランド国際サンタクロース協会主催「世界サンタクロース会議」が、11月に東京で開催。議題は「日本と世界のクリスマスの食文化の違い」「クリスマスパーティは何回までが妥当か」など、世界8カ国から集まった24人の公認サンタクロース様々なことが話し合われました。「AEONのバックリブは美味しい」というデンマークのサンタさんの意見が印象的でした w