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Minato Mirai hotels in Yokohama: 5 picked from 195
Approximate, at the rate on 2026-10-02. You pay in yen.
- Five hotels in Minato Mirai, Yokohama, from about ¥9,000 per person with breakfast
- JR-East Hotel Mets Premier is a minute from Sakuragicho; Mitsui Garden Premier has a rooftop sky pool
- Hilton stands next to K-Arena; The Kahala and The Westin add a pool, a sauna and check-out at noon
The five
| Best for | Where to book | Score | Weeknight (per person) | Saturday |
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| Opened 2023, with a rooftop sky pool — if you can’t decide | Mitsui Garden Hotel Yokohama Minatomirai Premier Check price |
91/100 | ¥11,000–23,000 | ¥21,000–84,000 |
| One minute from Sakuragicho, and the cheapest of the five | JR-East Hotel Mets Premier Yokohama Sakuragicho Check price |
90/100 | ¥9,000–16,000 | ¥11,000–22,000 |
| Next to K-Arena, five minutes from Shin-Takashima | Hilton Yokohama Check price |
77/100 | ¥15,000–31,000 | ¥21,000–47,000 |
| The highest-rated of the eight, with a spa and pool | The Kahala Hotel & Resort Yokohama Check price |
71/100 | ¥25,000–58,000 | ¥39,000–107,000 |
| Rooms of 42 m² and up, six minutes from Minatomirai | The Westin Yokohama Check price |
70/100 | ¥24,000–49,000 | ¥37,000–50,000 |
Prices are the cheapest per person found on Rakuten Travel for Wednesdays and Saturdays between 2026-11-18 – 2027-01-09, for 2 adults in one room (checked 2026-11-09). They move daily — the link shows live prices.
The booking links go to Agoda, which shows today’s price and lets you pay in your own currency. Its price can differ from the Rakuten Travel figures above.
Opened 2023, with a rooftop sky pool
Mitsui Garden Hotel Yokohama Minatomirai Premier
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.70/5 (985)
- Opened in May 2023, with 364 rooms
- An outdoor sky pool — for looking out from, not for swimming
- The highest total of the five, at 91/100
Why it made the five
- About five minutes from exit 5 at Minatomirai station; about ten from JR Sakuragicho.
- An outdoor sky pool (not for swimming; guests 140 cm and taller).
- 4.70 across 985 reviews.
- About ¥11,000–23,000 per person on a weeknight with breakfast; last check-in 26:00 (2am).
Getting there: About five minutes on foot from exit 5 of Minatomirai station (Minatomirai line); about ten minutes from JR Sakuragicho (Negishi line).
Language and payment: Per Rakuten, a few staff understand a little English, Chinese and Korean. Rakuten lists Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club and Japanese cards. The listing says accommodation tax, where it applies, is paid to the hotel at check-in. Tattoo rules are not published, so ask when you book.
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Right for: Staying somewhere new, with harbour views and a pool to sit beside.
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Not for: Wanting to swim — the sky pool is not for swimming.
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Worth knowing: The sky pool is for guests 140 cm and taller, and there are no children’s pyjamas, so bring your own.
Score breakdown — 91/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★★★☆ | The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.70 |
| Value for money | ★★★★★ | ¥11,000–23,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 78% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; about five minutes from exit 5 at Minatomirai and ten from JR Sakuragicho; an outdoor sky pool (not for swimming, 140 cm and taller); opened May 2023; last check-in 26:00; a few staff understand a little Chinese, English and Korean. |
| Trust | ★★★★☆ | 4.7 across 985 reviews (Rakuten Travel 985) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | A new hotel, opened in May 2023, with an outdoor sky pool. |
One minute from Sakuragicho, and the cheapest of the five
JR-East Hotel Mets Premier Yokohama Sakuragicho
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.65/5 (1,245)
- 274 rooms beside Sakuragicho station
- Buffet breakfast in the restaurant
- The room is paid in full before check-in
Why it made the five
- One minute from the JR new south exit (7:00–22:30, IC cards only) and from the Blue Line subway; two from the JR west exit.
- About ¥9,000–16,000 per person on a weeknight with breakfast and ¥11,000–22,000 on a Saturday — the cheapest of the five on both.
- Last check-in 29:30 (5:30am).
- 4.65 across 1,245 reviews, the largest sample of the five.
Getting there: One minute on foot from the new south exit of JR Sakuragicho (open 7:00–22:30, IC-card gates only) and two from the west exit; one minute from Sakuragicho on the Blue Line subway.
Language and payment: Per Rakuten, a few staff understand a little English. Transport IC cards such as Suica and the main QR-code payment apps are accepted, and Rakuten lists Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club and Japanese cards. Payment for the room is taken in full before check-in.
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Right for: Arriving by train and wanting your bags down at once, or arriving late at night.
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Not for: Wanting a bath house or a pool — Rakuten’s listing shows neither.
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Worth knowing: Yokohama has three JR-East Hotel Mets, all with “Yokohama” in the name. Check that you have booked, and are walking to, the Sakuragicho one.
Score breakdown — 90/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★★★☆ | The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.65 |
| Value for money | ★★★★★ | ¥9,000–16,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 63% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; one minute from the JR Sakuragicho new south exit (7:00–22:30, IC-card gates only) and two from the west exit; one minute from the Blue Line subway; last check-in 29:30; transport IC cards and main QR-code payments accepted; a few staff understand a little English. |
| Trust | ★★★★☆ | 4.65 across 1,245 reviews (Rakuten Travel 1,245) |
| Only here | ★★★☆☆ | One minute from both the JR and subway stations at Sakuragicho — the closest to a station of the eight we compared. |
Next to K-Arena, five minutes from Shin-Takashima
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.64/5 (497) · Agoda 9.3/10 (3,543) · 4,040 in total
- Opened in September 2023, with 339 rooms
- Yokohama station is also walkable, about eleven minutes away
- Room service 17:00–23:00
Why it made the five
- Next door to K-Arena Yokohama.
- About five minutes from exit 4 at Shin-Takashima; about eleven from the east exit of Yokohama station.
- About 23 minutes by car from Haneda airport, per the listing.
- 4.64 across 497 reviews.
Getting there: About five minutes on foot from exit 4 of Shin-Takashima station (Minatomirai line); about eleven minutes from the east exit of Yokohama station.
Language and payment: Per Rakuten, a few staff understand a little English. Rakuten lists Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express and Diners Club. Wi-Fi in the rooms is charged. Tattoo rules are not published, so ask when you book.
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Right for: Going to a concert or event at K-Arena.
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Not for: Expecting free Wi-Fi in your room.
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Worth knowing: In-room Wi-Fi costs extra.
Score breakdown — 77/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
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| Quality | ★★★☆☆ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.65 on Rakuten Travel |
| Value for money | ★★★☆☆ | ¥15,000–31,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 109% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; about five minutes from exit 4 at Shin-Takashima and eleven from Yokohama station’s east exit; next to K-Arena; opened September 2023; a few staff understand a little English; 339 rooms. |
| Trust | ★★★★☆ | 4.64 across 497 reviews (Rakuten Travel 497) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | Opened in September 2023, right next to K-Arena Yokohama. |
The highest-rated of the eight, with a spa and pool
The Kahala Hotel & Resort Yokohama
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.72/5 (461) · Agoda 9.0/10 (1,168) · 1,629 in total
- 146 rooms; guests rate the rooms 4.78 and cleanliness 4.8
- Breakfast in your room or at the restaurant buffet
- Billed as Hawaii meeting Yokohama
Why it made the five
- 4.72 across 461 reviews — the highest average of the eight we compared.
- A large bath, a sauna, a year-round pool and a gym.
- Check-out 12:00.
- Children up to primary-school age share a bed free (one per adult, up to two).
Getting there: About eight minutes on foot from Shin-Takashima or Minatomirai station (Minatomirai line).
Language and payment: Per Rakuten, a few staff understand a little English. Rakuten lists Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Discover and Japanese cards; a card is registered, or a deposit taken, at check-in. Tattoo rules for the bath are not published, so ask when you book.
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Right for: A special occasion, for a couple who want to spend the time inside the hotel.
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Not for: Wanting to step straight off the train — it is about eight minutes from the station, and the dearest of the five at about ¥25,000–58,000 per person on a weeknight.
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Worth knowing: The pool and spa cost extra and are closed to children under four; the gym is for guests 16 and over.
Score breakdown — 71/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
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| Quality | ★★★★☆ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.76 on Rakuten Travel |
| Value for money | ★☆☆☆☆ | ¥25,000–58,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 176% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 12:00; about eight minutes from Shin-Takashima or Minatomirai station; a large bath, sauna, year-round pool and gym; children up to primary-school age share a bed free (one per adult, up to two); a few staff understand a little English. |
| Trust | ★★★★☆ | 4.72 across 461 reviews (Rakuten Travel 461) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | The Kahala, billed as Hawaii meeting Yokohama, and its 4.72 review average is the highest of the eight we compared. |
Rooms of 42 m² and up, six minutes from Minatomirai
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.67/5 (153)
- 373 rooms, every one 42 m² or larger, with Heavenly Beds
- K-Arena Yokohama and Pia Arena MM are nearby
- Guests rate the rooms 4.71 and cleanliness 4.77
Why it made the five
- Every room is 42 m² or more.
- An indoor pool, a sauna and a gym.
- Check-out 12:00.
- Six minutes from Minatomirai station.
Getting there: Six minutes on foot from Minatomirai station (Minatomirai line).
Language and payment: Per Rakuten, a few staff understand a little English. Rakuten lists Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express and Diners Club. Tattoo rules are not published, so ask when you book.
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Right for: Families or couples who want space to spread out.
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Not for: Wanting plenty of reviews to go on — only 153 on Rakuten so far.
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Worth knowing: The indoor pool is charged, and you cannot choose your floor or view when booking. A stay that includes 31 December cannot be cancelled or changed once booked.
Score breakdown — 70/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
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| Quality | ★★★★☆ | The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.69 |
| Value for money | ★☆☆☆☆ | ¥24,000–49,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 171% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 12:00; six minutes from Minatomirai station; every room 42 m² or larger, with Heavenly Beds; an indoor pool, sauna and gym; a few staff understand a little English. |
| Trust | ★★★★☆ | 4.67 across 153 reviews (Rakuten Travel 153) |
| Only here | ★★★☆☆ | Every room is 42 m² or larger, with a spa and an indoor pool. |
Know before you book
- Minato Mirai is served by two railways. The Minatomirai line runs underground from Yokohama station through Shin-Takashima, Minatomirai and Bashamichi to Motomachi-Chukagai, and many of its trains run through from Shibuya on the Tokyu Toyoko line.
- Sakuragicho, at the district’s southern edge, is on the JR Negishi line and the Blue Line subway. It is the stop for the Landmark Tower and the old harbour, and the Yokohama Air Cabin ropeway leaves from beside it.
- The district is built for walking: Shin-Takashima at the Yokohama-station end, Minatomirai in the middle, and Bashamichi near the Red Brick Warehouse. Each of these hotels is a walk from at least one of them.
- Chinatown and the Yamashita Park waterfront are at the far end of the Minatomirai line, at Motomachi-Chukagai — a short ride, not a walk with luggage.
- Two big concert venues stand here: K-Arena Yokohama and Pia Arena MM. Hilton Yokohama is next door to K-Arena, so check the arena calendars before you settle on dates.
- Prices here are per person with breakfast, for two sharing. Saturdays climb steeply at the harbour-view hotels — at Mitsui Garden the Saturday range runs to about ¥84,000.
How we chose: theme, conditions, scoring
How we chose
- Candidates: every property in Minato Mirai, Yokohama listed on Rakuten Travel — 195
- Passed the review filter (counts and averages on Rakuten Travel, the one site that lists every property in the area): 92
- Met every condition below: 21
- Kept: five, each the best at something different
Where the facts come from
- Facts: Rakuten Travel property information (in some articles, each hotel’s own site too)
- Prices: Rakuten Travel live availability, Wednesdays and Saturdays over eight weeks
- Reviews: the count and average on Rakuten Travel, as given in each hotel’s Trust row. Agoda’s reviews are shown under each hotel name for reference only and do not count towards the score
Conditions (all of them, not most of them)
- In Rakuten Travel’s Yokohama district
- At least 50 reviews on Rakuten Travel, averaging 4.0 or better
- The cheapest rate falls between ¥6,000 and ¥50,000 per person per night
- The listing names Minatomirai, Sakuragicho or Shin-Takashima station, and its access notes put it on foot from Minatomirai, Sakuragicho, Shin-Takashima or Bashamichi
Scoring
Five criteria, one to five stars each, weighted to one hundred points. Every star says where the number came from.
- Quality20 pts
- The average of the scores Rakuten Travel publishes for the room, the bath and the food.
- Value for money25 pts
- The cheapest breakfast-inclusive rate against the median of the hotels we compared.
- Easy to stay30 pts
- Minutes from the station, a bath house, and check-out time.
- Trust20 pts
- Review counts and averages published by Rakuten Travel.
- Only here5 pts
- What this hotel has that the other seven do not.
What we dropped
| Property | Verdict | Why |
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| Navios Yokohama | Runner-up (70/100) | 70/100, the same rounded total as The Westin, the fifth pick. It takes five stars for value where The Westin takes one, but its 4.09 average for the room and other categories and its 4.29 review average earned one star for quality and two for trust, against The Westin’s four and four. |
| InterContinental Yokohama Grand | Runner-up (69/100) | 69/100, one point behind the fifth pick. Its 9,625 reviews average 4.46 and its room, bath and dinner 4.49, which earned three stars for trust and two for quality, where The Westin has four and four. |
| Yokohama Minatomirai Manyo Club | Runner-up (67/100) | 67/100. Its hot spring earned the only five-star unique score of the eight, but unique carries 5% of the total; its 4.27 review average and 4.29 for room, bath and dinner gave it one star for quality and two for trust. |
| Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu | In another guide | 4.64 across 10,904 reviews and about a minute from Minatomirai station — but it is already one of the five in our Yokohama city guide, so we gave its place to another hotel. |
| New Otani Inn Yokohama Premium | Runner-up | One minute from JR Sakuragicho with 5,672 reviews, but its 4.38 average trails JR-East Hotel Mets Premier, which does the same job from the same station. |
| Hilton Garden Inn Yokohama Minatomirai | Too few reviews | Seven minutes from Minatomirai and Shin-Takashima, but only 53 reviews averaging 4.11 — too thin a record next to the others. |
| Hotel New Grand | Outside the theme | 4.67 across 3,912 reviews, but it is one minute from Motomachi-Chukagai station by Yamashita Park — the Chinatown end of the line, not Minato Mirai. |
Questions visitors ask
Which one would you book?
Mitsui Garden Hotel Yokohama Minatomirai Premier, the top score of the five at 91/100: opened in 2023, five minutes from Minatomirai station, with an outdoor sky pool and 4.70 across 985 reviews. Weeknights run about ¥11,000–23,000 per person with breakfast, Saturdays about ¥21,000–84,000. If the cost matters more, JR-East Hotel Mets Premier Yokohama Sakuragicho is the cheapest of the five on both, at about ¥9,000–16,000 on a weeknight and ¥11,000–22,000 on a Saturday, one minute from Sakuragicho station.
Minatomirai, Sakuragicho or Shin-Takashima — which station should I stay near?
Sakuragicho if you are arriving on JR or the Blue Line subway: JR-East Hotel Mets Premier is a minute from it. Minatomirai station, on the Minatomirai line, is the middle of the district; Mitsui Garden and The Westin are a five- and six-minute walk. Shin-Takashima is the stop nearest Yokohama station and the arenas, and Hilton Yokohama is five minutes from it. The Kahala sits between Shin-Takashima and Minatomirai, about eight minutes from either.
Which hotel is closest to K-Arena Yokohama?
Hilton Yokohama, which stands next to it and is about five minutes from exit 4 at Shin-Takashima. The Westin’s listing also names K-Arena and Pia Arena MM as nearby. On a concert night, book early and check the cancellation terms: at Hilton, cancelling on the day before or the day itself costs the full rate.
Which of these have a pool?
Three of the five. Mitsui Garden has an outdoor sky pool, but it is not for swimming and is for guests 140 cm and taller. The Kahala has a year-round pool and a spa, charged separately and closed to children under four. The Westin has an indoor pool, also charged. The Kahala and The Westin both have a sauna as well.
Is there a hot spring in Minato Mirai?
Yokohama Minatomirai Manyo Club, five minutes from Minatomirai station, has an open-air bath on hot-spring water brought in daily from Atami and Yugawara. It narrowly missed the five, at 67/100. Before you book, note its rules: tattoos must be coverable with up to two of its 11 cm × 11 cm stickers, foreign guests must bring a passport copy, and check-in is not until 17:00. Among the five, The Kahala has a large communal bath.
When were these prices checked?
We searched Rakuten Travel availability for Wednesdays and Saturdays between 18 November 2026 and 9 January 2027, taking the cheapest plan with breakfast for two adults and showing it per person (checked 9 November 2026, tax included). Prices move daily — the link on each hotel shows today’s.
Changes
- 2026-11-09 First published. Scored from 195 candidates.