Hyatt Centric Ginza Tokyo Review: The Perfect Hotel for Tourists
If you’re planning to visit Tokyo, the famous Ginza district is one of the best locations to stay; with an amazingly central location, ample stores and restaurants, and great Metro connections across the Greater Tokyo area, Ginza is one of our preferred places for Tokyo hotels. However, there is an extremely wide variety of hotel options in Ginza, ranging from recognizable international chains to unique Tokyo-style capsule hotels. With so many options, staying somewhere with a familiar brand (and one with a great loyalty program) can be a helpful way to smooth the introduction to Japan.
This is what initially led us to try out Hyatt Centric Ginza Tokyo. With a central location right in Ginza, great point value, and good reviews, Hyatt Centric appeared to offer a great home base for our next trip to Tokyo.
Now that we’ve finished our stay and have the background context out of the way, let’s discuss the entire Hyatt Centric Ginza experience so you can know if it’s the right hotel for you!
Hyatt Centric Ginza Tokyo Review
Price & Value
We stayed at Hyatt Centric Ginza during the last week of March; for context, this is just starting to get into one of the busiest times of the year in Tokyo, with the height of the Sakura (cherry blossom) blooming happening during that period. Therefore, with hotels being very busy and charging high rates, we were able to make particularly good use of our World of Hyatt points.
For anyone unfamiliar with Hyatt and their point ecosystem, Hyatt uses a largely static reward pricing system in which point prices at Hyatt properties don’t fluctuate much, regardless of the demand for the property. However, the cash prices fluctuate heavily based on the dynamic demand, and can scale beyond 3x the base value during busy periods.
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Given this, we jumped at the opportunity to use our Chase/Hyatt points to book our stay at Hyatt Centric Ginza. On our particular dates, the cash price per night was $1,323, while the point price was just 29,000 points for the same date, coming out to a value of 4.6 cents per point.
This is beyond exceptional value for our points, but was likely heavily driven by the inflated cash price due to the extreme demand—even if this is a nice hotel, we would not recommend booking for that cash price under almost any situation.
For the point value, this is excellent value for what you get at the hotel. However, be aware that the Hyatt award chart changes in 2025 mean that this hotel will be slightly more expensive to book with points than it was during our stay.
Score: 4.5/5.0
Location
Hyatt Centric Ginza is located right in the middle of the high-end Ginza district, known for its luxury reputation with upscale shopping, fine dining, and vibrant nightlife, with a broad mix of international designer brands, high-end boutiques, and flagship stores (Onitsuka Tiger included). The area is particularly lively in the evenings, with numerous restaurants and Izakayas catering to both cheap meals/drinks as well as fancy high-end experiences. On holidays and most weekends, several of the main streets are closed to car traffic (known as 歩行者天国, or “pedestrian heaven”), allowing pedestrians to freely explore the area.
Ginza, while generally on the more expensive side, is also one of the best places for tourists to stay in the city, as it is positioned roughly in the “middle” of some of the most popular tourist destinations, such as Shibuya, Shinuku, Asaksa, and Akihabara. While Ginza has plenty of interesting sights on its own, its the ease of access to the rest of Tokyo that makes it such a compelling spot to stay. Conveniently, Hyatt Centric Ginza is located right in the middle of Ginza, and is a short ~5-minute walk to multiple metro lines and the Imperial Palace.
The hotel is also located in a very convenient area right near major shops and a wide variety of dining options/convenience stores—there is also a Natural Lawson just a 3 minute walk away!
Some of the notable sights around hotel in Ginza:
Overall, Hyatt Centric Ginza is just about as good as you can get for a location in Tokyo, and especially so for tourists looking to explore the city—there is no other Tokyo Hyatt we would recommend more based on location.
Score: 5.0/5.0
Room
When first walking into our Standard King Bedroom at Hyatt Centric Ginza, we were greeted with a slightly larger than average room with several room dividers that could separate the bathroom and sink area from the rest of the room.
Overall, the room provided exactly what we were hoping for from this hotel: high-quality basics. While there was nothing particularly notable compared to the other Japan Hyatt Hotels, this room had all the essentials you would need to relax after a long day of exploring Tokyo.
The large (king-size) bed was extremely comfortable, the shower room and massive tub had excellent water pressure, and the Japanese toilet had all the desired features (heated seat, bidet, etc.). The room also has automatic black-out blinds, a foldable sink/vanity combination, and many in-room amenities like a coffee machine, tea kettle, and a small refrigerator. The movable room dividers were great for splitting up the space in the room and adding more privacy, but it would likely be on the more intimate side for any non-couples/families staying in the same room together.
The room also had some nice Hyatt Centric branded items, such as a cozy bathrobe and slippers:
Our only complaint with the room was that there was a slight lack of storage space to put away our clothes, which could be an issue for any long stays; however, as our stay was only a few nights, it was not a huge deal for us.
Score: 4.5/5.0
Hotel Service & Amenities
The Hyatt Centric Ginza hotel staff were great and helped us out multiple times during our stay. While we know some basic Japanese, it wasn’t good enough for everything we wanted to ask; luckily, the staff all spoke excellent English and were quick to help us with checking in/out.
The hotel has all the basic amenities you would hope for, such as a built-in restaurant/bar (NAMIKI667) and a basic-but-nice gym. While the breakfast at the hotel was delicious, it was on the more expensive side compared to pretty much every other option in the area; unless the convenience is really worth it for you (and for some it may be), we recommend going to cafes or konbini in the surrounding area to save a substantial amount of money on your morning food.
Plus, if you’re a World of Hyatt Member, you can get access to a wide variety of free snacks and drinks in the lobby 24/7—these were always fully stocked and hit the spot for easy options between meals. WoH members can also get a free drink at the bar every night during their stay.
Overall, while the amenities were not particularly fancy, they had everything we needed for our stay and were consistently well-kept.
Score: 4.5/5.0
Conclusion
Hyatt Centric Ginza has the perfect blend of an excellent location, great rooms, and a good range of basic amenities that make it the perfect place for tourists to stay in Tokyo, and is why this property makes it onto our list of the best Hyatt Hotels in Tokyo.
Overall Hotel Score: 4.6/5.0
We hope this review was helpful! If you’re interested in other Hyatt Hotel recommendations, make sure to check out our lists of the best Hyatt hotels in Chicago, Paris, NYC, London, Boston, and Austin. If you’re hoping to use points to stay at properties like Park Hyatt Kyoto, we also have guides on transferring Chase points to Hyatt, booking Hyatt hotels with points, and credit card tier lists for Chase Bank, Capital One, and American Express (also make sure you know how to combine points across platforms as well).
