The Strings Hotel Nagoya
by the TopOfHotel team
The Strings is the most upscale name on the lower half of this list — a 23rd-floor sky lobby, refined service, and a mood built for special occasions; if this trip is a celebration, this is the answer.
The Strings is the most upscale name on the lower half of this list — a 23rd-floor sky lobby, refined service, and a mood built for special occasions; if this trip is a celebration, this is the answer.
In-Depth Review
Rooms and decor
Every room at The Strings Hotel Nagoya sits above the 23rd floor, climbing all the way to the 36th, so the city is part of the view from the moment you open the curtains. The look is modern-luxury, and rooms start at a generous 30 sqm — clearly larger than the standard Japanese city-hotel room. A detail that comes up again and again in reviews: the bathrooms, with a separate tub and shower as wide as you would expect in a suite. It is a polished, grown-up space rather than a cookie-cutter business room.
Food and amenities
The 23rd floor is also home to the restaurant, Le Mistral, which serves French food and a well-known buffet under a full 360-degree city view — the kind of room you book for a celebration dinner. There is an in-house spa and a 24-hour gym, plus free Wi-Fi throughout. What guests single out, though, is the service: staff remember your name and send things up without a second call. It is the sort of attentive Japanese hospitality that foreign brands find hard to match.
Location and getting there
The hotel occupies the Global Gate tower in Sasashima Live, a newly developed quarter of offices and modern malls, about 1 km from Nagoya Station. You can walk it in 10 minutes, or take the Aonami Line one stop from Nagoya Station to Sasashima-Live — just 2 minutes. The signature feature greets you on arrival: the sky lobby on floor 23, a high-ceilinged hall where reception sits up high and the city stretches out through the windows.
Things to know before booking
This is not a station-on-top hotel. You are about 1 km out, so plan on a 10-minute walk or the one-stop train ride rather than rolling straight off a platform. Sasashima itself is quiet and good-looking, but as a redeveloped office district it has far fewer restaurants and shops than the Meieki streets around the station. And while rates from about $137 a night undercut the Marriott, they run higher than the JR Gate Tower or Mitsui Garden — you are paying for the 5-star polish.
Our take
The Strings Hotel Nagoya is best for honeymooning couples, anyone with a special occasion to mark, and business travelers who want top-tier Japanese service rather than a foreign brand. Real guest score on Agoda is 9.2/10. To us this is genuine Japanese luxury — hard to match anywhere else in Nagoya. If your trip has something to celebrate, this is the answer.
Score Breakdown
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The Honest Verdict — pros & what to know
- Luxury 5-star run by Hotel Hankyu Hanshin First, a major chain out of Osaka that expanded into Nagoya — top-tier Japanese standards.
- The sky lobby sits on the 23rd floor, a high-ceilinged hall where the city fills the windows the moment you check in, rather than reception at street level.
- Every room is above the 23rd floor, up to the 36th, starting at a generous 30 sqm — clearly larger than the usual Japanese city-hotel room.
- A 360-degree city-view restaurant (Le Mistral, on floor 23) serves French food and a well-known buffet, ideal for a celebration dinner.
- Name-recognition service — staff remember your name and send things up without a second call — the kind of polish Japanese travelers come back for.
- About 1 km from Nagoya Station — a 10-minute walk, or you hop one stop on the Aonami Line.
- Sasashima is quiet and good-looking but a redeveloped office quarter, with far fewer restaurants and shops than the Meieki core around the station.
- Rates run higher than the JR Gate Tower and Mitsui Garden, though they stay below the Marriott.
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Insider Tips
- Book a room on floor 30 or above on the north side — you can see Nagoya Castle in the morning.
- Reserve dinner at the 23rd-floor restaurant, Le Mistral, around sunset for the 360-degree city view.
- Take the Aonami Line one stop from Nagoya to Sasashima-Live — it is faster than walking.