Few names exude “quiet luxurious” just like the ultra-luxe Aman Resorts.
Its lodges bear its moniker: from Amanoi in Vietnam, to Aman Sveti Stefan in Montenegro and the resort that began it all — Amanpuri in Phuket, Thailand.
Fans of the manufacturers — referred to as ‘Aman Junkies’ — are accustomed to paying its top-dollar charges, which begin at $3,200 per night time at Aman New York, which opened in August 2022.
However, vacationers who do not need to spend this a lot will quickly have an alternative choice.
Aman is about to open Janu Tokyo, the primary resort from its new more affordable sister brand, in March 2024.
Janu was created to answer demand from a wider cohort of visitors, stated Aman CEO Vlad Doronin. It will mirror Aman lodges in service and design, however may have a “totally different tempo and spirit,” he stated in a press launch.
Inside Janu Tokyo
Janu Tokyo may have eight eating places and a 4,000-square-meter wellness heart geared up with a fitness center, a hydrotherapy and thermal space, cold and warm plunge swimming pools and hyperbaric oxygen remedy chamber, based on the corporate.
Janu Tokyo is the primary of 12 Janu lodges to open worldwide.
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Janu Tokyo spans 13 flooring and homes 122 rooms and suites, that are designed, like Aman lodges, with a give attention to minimalism and symmetry.
The design has “a youthful vitality, brimming with liveliness and playfulness that units it other than the poised and composed character of Aman,” stated Jean-Michel Gathy, the resort’s inside designer who additionally designed many Aman lodges, plus the Maldives’ One&Only Reethi Rah and The St. Regis Lhasa in Tibet.
Most rooms include a personal balcony, overlooking Azabudai Hills, a new city advanced within the particular ward of Minato City.
More affordable?
Nightly charges at Janu Tokyo begin from $944, based on the corporate.
However, CNBC Travel was unable to search out any rooms earlier than August 2024 for lower than $1,000. During the 2024 year-end peak season, charges for entry-level rooms leap to about $1,400 per night time, excluding taxes, which has similarities to the price of an entry-level room at Amanoi in Vietnam throughout the identical time interval.
Twelve more Janu lodges are within the pipeline, based on the corporate, in locations like in Saudi Arabia, Montenegro, Turks and Caicos, United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Portugal, Thailand, Turkey and Maldives.