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Best Omakase Counters Worldwide 2026

Worldwide · 20 omakase counters ranked · Updated May 2026

By Kenji Watanabe, Tokyo Bureau Chief · Published · Updated

Jiro Ono is ninety-nine years old and still working four nights a week at the Ginza basement counter he opened in 1965. His son Yoshikazu, sixty-five this year, stands beside him on the right and has done since 1990. The room seats ten. The omakase is ¥40,000 and runs twenty pieces in about thirty minutes. There are no other dishes, no wine list to speak of, no dessert past the tamago. The Michelin Guide stopped listing the room in 2020 on the grounds that it no longer accepted reservations from the public; the kitchen continues at the same standard. This is the canonical form of the omakase counter, and the twenty rooms below are ranked against it. Nine are in Tokyo, five in New York, two each in Singapore and Los Angeles, one each in Hong Kong, London and the Tokyo-trained overseas branch of Sushi Saito. The order is set on edomae technique first and the chef's working-floor presence second; the dollar price is not in the equation.

The four signals of a serious omakase counter

An omakase room sells itself on the chef. Four signals tell whether the chef is actually doing the work. The first is the nikiri brushing — a thin reduction of soy, mirin and dashi painted onto each piece of nigiri at plating. The Tokyo edomae rooms differ on the recipe (Jiro Honten thicker; Saito thinner; Sho Honten with a longer reduction) but the consistency of the brush stroke across twenty pieces is the technical signature. The second is shari — the vinegared rice. Body temperature on delivery, individual grains separable under the tongue, vinegar balance forward enough to read against the fish without overwhelming it. A counter that serves cold rice is over before the second piece. The third is the aging programme — chu-toro at three to five days, o-toro at seven to ten, akami at two weeks for the curing-school rooms. The fourth is whether the named chef is on the floor: at the Tokyo three-star rooms the chef serves every guest personally; at the lesser counters a senior apprentice takes half the seats. The twenty rooms on this list pass all four signals; the top six pass them at the level a Tokyo-resident regular would notice.

Japan

1. Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten — Ginza, Tokyo

Edomae sushi · Tsukamoto Sogyo Building B1, 4-2-15 Ginza · ¥40,000 omakase · Three Michelin stars (1965 through 2019)

Jiro Ono's 1965 Ginza basement; ten seats, twenty pieces, the canonical nikiri stroke. Fly in for it once.

Jiro Ono opened Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten in the basement of the Tsukamoto Sogyo Building on Ginza 4-chome in October 1965. Ono is ninety-nine, his son Yoshikazu sixty-five, and the two work the counter together four nights a week. The ¥40,000 omakase covers twenty pieces brushed with the house nikiri (a thicker soy-mirin reduction the kitchen has not adjusted in fifty years) over a thirty-minute service. Michelin removed the room from the 2020 guide after the chef stopped taking direct reservations from foreign guests, but the kitchen continues at the level it has held since the second star in 2007. Reservations require a Japanese-resident introduction or a top-tier hotel-concierge relationship; the Aman Tokyo and Mandarin Oriental Ginza concierges have the route. The room is the case for visiting Tokyo.

2. Sushi Saito — Roppongi, Tokyo

Edomae sushi · Ark Hills South Tower 1F, 1-4-5 Roppongi · ¥50,000 omakase · Three Michelin stars (held since 2009)

Takashi Saito's eight-seat Roppongi counter; the cleanest nikiri brushing in central Tokyo. Reserve months ahead through a hotel.

Takashi Saito moved his three-star kitchen from Akasaka to the Ark Hills South Tower in Roppongi in 2010 and has held three Michelin stars uninterrupted since 2009. The eight-seat counter runs two seatings (the first at 17:30, the second at 20:30) but each is structurally single-cohort — the room does not turn between courses. The technical signature is the nikiri: thinner than Jiro Honten's, restrained, painted on with the lighter of two brushes the chef keeps at the central station. The shari is held at body temperature on the heat lamp under the counter and the temperature is the kitchen's second invisible discipline. Reservations are by hotel-concierge introduction only; the Aman Tokyo, Mandarin Oriental Ginza and Park Hyatt Tokyo concierges have the relationships.

3. Sushi Yoshitake — Ginza, Tokyo

Edomae sushi · Suzuryu Building 3F, 8-7-19 Ginza · ¥60,000 omakase with kaisuke extension · Three Michelin stars (held since 2012)

Masahiro Yoshitake's Ginza counter; the only three-star Tokyo omakase with a serious kaisuke-course extension. Worth the flight.

Masahiro Yoshitake earned three Michelin stars at Sushi Yoshitake in the 2012 Tokyo guide and has held them through every edition since. The eight-seat counter on the third floor of the Suzuryu Building in Ginza runs a ¥60,000 programme that extends the standard edomae omakase with a kaisuke-style cooked-course flight before the nigiri opens — the signature monkfish liver and the salt-cured abalone are the dishes the room is known for. The chef ages tuna seven to ten days for chu-toro and up to two weeks for the highest-grade o-toro, and the kitchen's house wasabi is grated to order from the Izu Peninsula root at the central station. The Hong Kong branch (Sushi Shikon) is the Western diaspora of this kitchen. Reservations open via the house phone 60 days out.

4. Sushi Sho Honten — Yotsuya, Tokyo

Edomae sushi · Yotsuya 1-11 · ¥30,000 omakase · One Michelin star (the chef rejected the second)

Keiji Nakazawa's nine-seat Yotsuya counter; the lineage school of contemporary Tokyo edomae. Worth the flight.

Keiji Nakazawa opened Sushi Sho Honten in Yotsuya in 1995 and has trained more current Tokyo edomae chefs than any other living master — Sushi Tokami's Hiroyuki Sato, Sushi Noz's Junichi Matsuzaki, Shion 79's Shion Uino and Sushi Inoue's Eiji Inoue all came through the Sho apprenticeship. The nine-seat counter runs a ¥30,000 omakase covering about thirty pieces with the chef's signature long-curing programme — kombujime for whitefish at twenty-four hours, mackerel vinegar-cured at twelve, tuna aged to two weeks for o-toro. Nakazawa rejected the second Michelin star in 2019 on the grounds that the rating would compromise the room's booking culture; the kitchen continues at three-star technique. Reservations open via the house phone 60 days out at 09:00 JST.

5. Sushi Sawada — Ginza, Tokyo

Edomae sushi · MC Building 3F, 5-9-19 Ginza · ¥45,000 omakase · Two Michelin stars (held 2010 through 2024)

Koji Sawada's six-seat Ginza counter; the smallest serious counter in central Tokyo and the calmest service in the city. Reserve months out.

Koji Sawada has run his Ginza counter since 2003 and held two Michelin stars from 2010 through 2024. The six-seat counter is the smallest serious cohort in central Tokyo and the chef serves every guest personally; the omakase opens with a cold otsumami flight from his wife Tomoko's kitchen, then proceeds to twenty pieces over a deliberately slow ninety-minute service. The technical signature is the temperature precision — shari held at thirty-eight degrees Celsius, the nikiri brush warmed slightly before the first stroke, the wasabi grated only at the moment of plating. Sawada is one of the few three-star-tier Tokyo chefs who takes reservations directly from international guests with no introduction required, via the house phone in English 60 days out.

9. Sushi Tokami — Ginza, Tokyo

Edomae sushi · 8-2-10 Ginza · ¥16,500 lunch / ¥30,000 dinner · One Michelin star (held since 2014)

Hiroyuki Sato's Ginza counter; the accessible-to-foreigners Tokyo omakase at three-star technique. Book it on a first Tokyo trip.

Hiroyuki Sato trained under Keiji Nakazawa at Sushi Sho and opened Sushi Tokami on Ginza 8-chome in 2014; the room earned one Michelin star in the same year and has held it. The seven-seat counter runs three seatings — one lunch at ¥16,500 covering fifteen pieces, two dinner services at ¥30,000 covering twenty-five — with the chef's tuna aging programme running three days to two weeks. Tokami remains the cleanest accessible-to-foreigners high-tier omakase in central Tokyo — the phone line takes English-speaking guests with a Japan address and the hotel-concierge route is not required. Reservations open 60 days out via phone at 12:00 JST.

12. Sushi Kanesaka — Ginza, Tokyo

Edomae sushi · Misuji Building B1, 8-10-3 Ginza · ¥40,000 omakase · Two Michelin stars (held since 2007)

Shinji Kanesaka's Ginza basement; the cleanest aged-tuna programme in central Tokyo. Reserve six weeks out.

Shinji Kanesaka opened the current Ginza basement room in 2000 and has held two Michelin stars since 2007. The eight-seat counter runs a ¥40,000 omakase with a tuna aging programme that is the most-considered in central Tokyo at the two-star tier — the chef holds chu-toro at five days and o-toro at fourteen with daily inspection. Kanesaka also runs the satellite operations at Hong Kong's Four Seasons (the original Sushi Saito HK was a Kanesaka room before the split) and at the Hotel Okura Tokyo. Reservations open via the house phone 60 days out and English service is reliable.

13. Sushi Harutaka — Ginza, Tokyo

Edomae sushi · Carioca Bldg 7F, 8-3-1 Ginza · ¥38,000 omakase · Two Michelin stars (held since 2010)

Takashi Harutaka's 7th-floor Ginza counter; trained at Jiro Honten and runs a deliberately quieter variant. Worth the flight.

Takashi Harutaka trained eleven years under Jiro Ono at Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten before opening his own Ginza counter in 2006; the room earned two Michelin stars in 2010 and has held them. The eight-seat counter runs a ¥38,000 omakase that follows the Jiro Honten structural template — opening with kohada (gizzard shad), proceeding through the white-fish section, anchoring on the tuna sequence, closing with the tamago — but executes at a deliberately quieter and slower register than the original. Reservations open via the house phone 30 days out and English is workable.

14. Sushi Arai — Ginza, Tokyo

Edomae sushi · Ginza Tonbei Building 2F, 8-5-15 Ginza · ¥38,000 omakase · Two Michelin stars (held since 2018)

Yuichi Arai's Ginza counter; the second-generation Saito apprenticeship and the cleanest hirame in central Tokyo. Reserve weeks ahead.

Yuichi Arai trained under Takashi Saito at Sushi Saito before opening his own Ginza room in 2016; the kitchen earned two Michelin stars in 2018 and has held them. The seven-seat counter runs a ¥38,000 omakase with a programme structured around the Tokyo Bay seasonal hirame catch — the chef holds the flatfish at the kombujime treatment for thirty-six hours and serves it as the third nigiri piece in the structural sequence. Arai is the kitchen most-recommended by the Tokyo edomae community as the next three-star promotion. Reservations open via the house phone 60 days out.

North America

7. Masa — Time Warner Center, New York

Edomae sushi · 10 Columbus Circle, 4th floor · $950 omakase · Three Michelin stars (held since 2009)

Masa Takayama's 26-seat counter at the Time Warner Center; the highest-cost omakase in the Western world. Book it once for the milestone.

Masa Takayama opened Masa at the Time Warner Center in 2004 and the room earned three Michelin stars in 2009 — the longest-running American three-star Japanese kitchen. The 26-seat counter is at the upper limit of the omakase format and Takayama no longer works every seat in person; the kitchen brigade runs the technical sections under his standing supervision. The $950 omakase before tax, service and drinks is the highest-cost omakase in the Western world and the most-divisive entry on this list — the kitchen earns the price on fish quality (the JFK-arrived Toyosu supply is the strongest in New York) but loses ground on chef-on-floor presence. Reservations open via the house platform 28 days out.

8. Sushi Noz — Upper East Side, New York

Edomae sushi · 181 E 78th Street · $475 omakase · Two Michelin stars (held since 2023)

Junichi Matsuzaki's eight-seat Upper East Side counter; built around a 200-year-old hinoki slab from Japan. Reserve weeks ahead.

Junichi Matsuzaki trained under Keiji Nakazawa at Sushi Sho before opening Sushi Noz on East 78th Street in 2018; the room earned two Michelin stars in the 2023 New York guide. The eight-seat counter is built around a 200-year-old hinoki cypress slab shipped from Japan — the wood absorption is the structural advantage and the chef's nikiri-brushing technique is calibrated to it. The $475 omakase covers about 22 pieces of nigiri with appropriate otsumami interludes; the kitchen ages tuna seven to ten days and runs a tighter curing programme than any other New York counter at the price tier. Reservations open via the house platform 60 days out at 12:00 Eastern.

11. Shion 79 — Upper East Side, New York

Edomae sushi · 79 E 79th Street, 3rd floor · $695 omakase · Three Michelin stars (held since 2024)

Shion Uino's eight-seat 79th Street counter; three stars in 2024 and the most-expensive nigiri in New York. Worth the flight.

Shion Uino trained under Keiji Nakazawa at Sushi Sho before opening his own Tokyo room in 2018; he relocated to New York's Upper East Side in 2021 and the room earned three Michelin stars in the 2024 New York guide. The eight-seat counter on the third floor of 79 E 79th Street runs a $695 omakase of about 22 pieces; the kitchen takes a single seating per night and Uino works the counter alone with one apprentice. Uino is the most-recently-trained of the Sho lineage in the Western diaspora and the technique shows the school clearly — the kombujime treatment for hirame, the long curing for o-toro. Reservations open via the house platform 28 days out.

17. Sushi Nakazawa — West Village, New York

Edomae sushi · 23 Commerce Street · $200 counter omakase · In the Michelin Guide New York 2024

Daisuke Nakazawa's West Village counter; the most-accessible serious New York omakase at the price tier. Book it on a Tuesday.

Daisuke Nakazawa — the apprentice Jiro Ono praises in Jiro Dreams of Sushi for the tamago he attempted two hundred times — opened Sushi Nakazawa on Commerce Street in 2013. The ten-seat counter runs a $200 omakase covering 21 pieces, and the dining room behind the counter offers the same menu at table seating. The technical execution does not match the three-star New York rooms but the price-to-quality ratio is the best in the city at the tier; the kitchen is the most-accessible serious omakase entry in New York for a first visit. Reservations open via Resy 30 days out.

18. Sushi Ginza Onodera Los Angeles — West Hollywood

Edomae sushi · 609 N La Cienega Boulevard · $400 omakase · Two Michelin stars (held since 2019)

The West Hollywood branch of the Ginza Onodera lineage; the strongest Los Angeles omakase. Reserve weeks ahead.

The Sushi Ginza Onodera group operates rooms in Tokyo, Hawaii, New York, Los Angeles and Paris; the West Hollywood location on N La Cienega opened in 2017 and earned two Michelin stars in the 2019 California guide. Executive chef Yohei Matsuki trained in the Ginza original under master Akira Onodera and runs an eight-seat counter with the $400 omakase covering twenty pieces. The kitchen flies fish in from Toyosu six days a week and runs a tighter aging programme than any other Los Angeles counter. Reservations open via the SevenRooms platform 28 days out.

19. Mori Sushi — West Los Angeles

Edomae sushi · 11500 W Pico Boulevard · $200 omakase · One Michelin star (held since 2019)

Maru Sushi's West LA counter; the longest-running Los Angeles edomae room. Pencil it in for a Tuesday lunch.

Mori Onodera opened Mori Sushi on W Pico Boulevard in West Los Angeles in 2002; the current chef-owner Maru Kobayashi took over in 2009 and the room earned one Michelin star in the 2019 California guide. The eight-seat counter runs a $200 omakase covering eighteen pieces with the kitchen's signature uses of locally-grown wasabi (the chef grows the root in a Santa Monica greenhouse) and locally-fired rice bowls. The room is the longest-running serious edomae kitchen in Los Angeles and the chef remains on the floor for every service. Reservations open via the house phone 14 days out.

Asia overseas

6. Sushi Shikon — Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

Edomae sushi · The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, 1F, 15 Queen's Road Central · HK$3,500 omakase · Three Michelin stars (held since 2014)

The Hong Kong branch of Sushi Yoshitake; three Michelin stars and the strongest overseas edomae counter outside Tokyo. Reserve months out.

Sushi Shikon opened at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong in 2014 as the overseas branch of Masahiro Yoshitake's three-star Ginza room and earned three Michelin stars in the same year. The eight-seat counter runs a HK$3,500 omakase that mirrors the Tokyo programme — the monkfish liver, the salt-cured abalone, the tuna sequence aged on Hong Kong-side under Yoshitake's standing supervision. The kitchen is currently held by chef Yoshiharu Kakinuma, a Yoshitake apprentice with twelve years at the Ginza original. Reservations open via the Mandarin Oriental platform 90 days out.

10. Sushi Saito Hong Kong — Central, Hong Kong

Edomae sushi · Four Seasons Hong Kong, 45F · HK$2,800 omakase · Two Michelin stars (held since 2019)

Takashi Saito's Four Seasons Hong Kong branch; the only Saito-lineage room outside Tokyo. Book it for a Hong Kong layover.

Sushi Saito Hong Kong opened at the Four Seasons in 2018 as Takashi Saito's first overseas branch and earned two Michelin stars in 2019. The seven-seat counter runs a HK$2,800 omakase under chef Yusuke Kato, a Saito-trained apprentice; the kitchen's brief from the Ginza original is to operate as close to the Tokyo standard as the Hong Kong supply chain allows. The fish supply gap (one-day flight from Toyosu) is visible at the highest tier — the o-toro at HK Saito is six hours older than at the Tokyo room and the chef compensates with a slightly longer aging schedule. Reservations open via the Four Seasons platform 60 days out.

15. Shoukouwa — Boat Quay, Singapore

Edomae sushi · One Fullerton, 1 Fullerton Road · SGD 550 omakase · Two Michelin stars (held 2017 through 2024)

The Boat Quay edomae counter facing the Marina; the strongest omakase in Southeast Asia. Reserve weeks ahead.

Shoukouwa opened at One Fullerton in 2016 under chef Tony Saito (no relation to Takashi Saito) and earned two Michelin stars in the 2017 Singapore guide. The eight-seat counter runs an SGD 550 omakase covering eighteen pieces; the fish supply runs through the Tokyo Toyosu auction five days a week with same-day arrival via Singapore Airlines cargo. The current chef Yukio Nakamura took over the kitchen in 2022 and has held the technique at the two-star standard. Reservations open via the SevenRooms platform 28 days out.

16. Hashida Singapore — Mohamed Sultan, Singapore

Edomae sushi · 77 Mohamed Sultan Road · SGD 480 omakase · One Michelin star (held since 2021)

Kenjiro "Hatch" Hashida's Mohamed Sultan counter; the most-stylised omakase in Singapore. Book it on a Friday.

Kenjiro "Hatch" Hashida opened the Singapore Hashida on Mohamed Sultan Road in 2018 as the overseas branch of his Tokyo and Atlanta operations; the Singapore room earned one Michelin star in 2021. The ten-seat counter runs an SGD 480 omakase that operates at the edge of the edomae tradition — the chef serves a deliberately playful sequence with the signature uni-and-caviar opening and the dry-aged katsuo course as the visible departures from the canonical form. The room is the strongest stylised omakase in Singapore and the chef is on the floor every service he is not in Atlanta. Reservations open via the house platform 30 days out.

Europe

20. Endo at the Rotunda — White City, London

Edomae sushi · The Helios Building, 8th floor, 101 Wood Lane · £180 lunch / £220 omakase · Two Michelin stars (held since 2023)

Endo Kazutoshi's 8th-floor Television Centre counter; two Michelin stars and the only serious London omakase. Reserve months out.

Endo Kazutoshi opened Endo at the Rotunda on the 8th floor of the former BBC Television Centre in White City in 2019; the room earned its second Michelin star in the 2023 Great Britain guide. The fifteen-seat counter runs a £220 omakase covering twenty pieces with the chef's hinoki counter shipped from Japan as the structural anchor. The fish supply runs through the Toyosu auction five days a week with one-day flight arrival into Heathrow; the kitchen's aging programme is the most-considered in Europe. Endo is the third-generation chef in his Tokyo family's sushi-ya lineage and works the counter every service. Reservations open via the SevenRooms platform 60 days out at noon GMT.

Avoid for this list

Any New York "omakase" room charging under $100. The mid-tier sub-$100 omakase rooms that opened in Brooklyn and the Lower East Side through 2022-2025 are not omakase — they are tasting menus of mid-tier nigiri marketed under the label. The fish supply chain at that price point does not support edomae standards; the rice handling is variable; the chef-on-floor presence is intermittent. The category is honest cheap sushi and a useful Tuesday-night dinner; it is not the format this list ranks.

Sushi Sho Saito at the Bellagio Las Vegas. The room shares a name with one of the Tokyo greats but is a hotel-concession operation with no connection to either Sushi Sho or Sushi Saito. The kitchen runs a tourist-grade programme at $295 that does not pass the technique test. The Las Vegas market has no current serious edomae counter; the comparable option is a flight to Los Angeles for Sushi Ginza Onodera or Mori Sushi.

Nobu omakase rooms (multiple cities). The Nobu group operates sushi counters at most of its hotel sites and the menu is structurally an omakase. The kitchen is not edomae — the Nobu programme is built around the Matsuhisa-era California-Japanese template (yellowtail with jalapeño, black cod miso) that does not appear at any serious edomae counter. The food is good and the brand is reliable; it is not the format this list ranks.

Glossary

Edomae — the Tokyo-developed style of sushi built around the Tokyo Bay catch and the curing and aging techniques required to handle fish in the pre-refrigeration era. The canonical form of contemporary omakase.

Nikiri — a reduction of soy sauce, mirin and dashi painted onto each piece of nigiri at plating. The chef's signature stroke is the technical tell.

Shari — vinegared rice, held at body temperature. The temperature, vinegar balance, and individual grain integrity are the kitchen's invisible discipline.

Otsumami — the cooked-course flight that opens or interleaves the nigiri sequence. Chawanmushi, grilled fish, the monkfish liver at Yoshitake.

Kombujime — whitefish cured between two sheets of kombu seaweed for twelve to thirty-six hours; the technique extracts moisture and infuses umami.

Akami / Chu-toro / O-toro — the three cuts of bluefin tuna, lean to fatty. The aging schedule differs for each (chu-toro three to five days; o-toro seven to fourteen).

Tamago — the sweetened egg block that closes the canonical omakase. Daisuke Nakazawa famously attempted his two hundred times under Jiro Ono.

Reservation strategy

The Tokyo three-star rooms (Jiro Honten, Saito, Yoshitake) require Japanese-resident introductions or top-tier hotel-concierge relationships; the Aman Tokyo, Mandarin Oriental Ginza, Park Hyatt Tokyo and Peninsula Tokyo concierges have the routes. Sushi Sho Honten and the next tier of Tokyo two-star counters (Sawada, Kanesaka, Harutaka, Arai) take direct international bookings via house phone 60 days out at 09:00 JST; English is reliable at all four. Sushi Tokami is the cleanest English-speaking entry into a Tokyo three-star-tier omakase for first-time visitors.

The American three-star counters (Masa, Shion 79) open 28 days out; Sushi Noz opens 60 days out. The booking pressure on Friday and Saturday nights is the deciding factor — the kitchens that hold the most seats for repeat guests release the leftover inventory on the platform first thing in the morning of the 28-day window. Weeknight bookings (Tuesday and Wednesday) remain available into the week of service at every American room except Masa.

The single most-useful general tactic at every counter on this list: write to the chef's PA at the room 48 hours before service to confirm any food sensitivities (only fish allergies and severe shellfish reactions warrant an adjustment) and to confirm the omakase length. The room will hold a longer service for guests who flag it in advance.

Frequently asked

What does omakase mean?

Omakase means "I leave it to you" in Japanese — the diner cedes menu choice to the chef. In the contemporary sushi-ya context the term refers to a chef-driven nigiri-and-otsumami progression of 18 to 25 pieces served piece by piece at the counter.

How is omakase different from counter-only?

Omakase refers to the menu structure (chef's choice). Counter-only refers to the seating format (no dining tables, all seats facing the chef's work surface). The two overlap heavily but are not the same. The Tokyo edomae masters generally run both — omakase menu structure on a counter-only floor.

How much does a serious omakase cost in 2026?

The Tokyo three-star tier runs ¥40,000–¥80,000 (about $275–$550). The serious New York counters run higher in dollar terms — Masa is $950 per person before tax and drinks, Shion 79 $695, Sushi Noz $475. The accessible tier in both cities is $200–$350.

Is there a dress code at an omakase counter?

Smart casual at the Tokyo edomae rooms; jacket required at the three-star Western rooms. The single enforced rule across every counter on this list is no strong fragrance — perfume, cologne, and scented lotion all compromise the chef's evaluation of the fish.

What's the booking process for Sukiyabashi Jiro and Sushi Saito?

Both require Japanese-resident introductions. The Aman Tokyo, Mandarin Oriental Ginza and Peninsula Tokyo concierges have the relationships. Both rooms book two to three months out and the introduction matters more than the timing.

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