10 Best Hotels in Yokohama: Minato Mirai & Chinatown (2026)

InterContinental Yokohama Grand by IHG stands right on Yokohama Bay in the Minatomirai 21 district, its curved tower a fixture on the skyline for over three decades. Rooms on the bay side look straight out at the giant Cosmo Clock 21 ferris wheel and the water, and it's a 5-minute walk to Minatomirai Station, which runs to the main Yokohama Station in 5 minutes. The combined review score is 8.8/10 from over 3,000 guests. The standouts people mention most are the Bay Window spa — massage and aromatherapy in a room facing the bay — and a breakfast buffet that reviews call the most varied and worthwhile in Yokohama. It suits couples after a romantic waterfront stay and business travellers who want an IHG base with 4 restaurants and a club lounge in the business district.

Hotel Vista Premio Yokohama Minatomirai is a newly built 3-star that sits well in Minatomirai, and its trick is a simple one — the main lobby and all the shared space live on the 20th floor behind panoramic glass facing Yokohama Bay, so every guest gets that view at breakfast and every time they pass through, not just whoever booked the expensive room. Reviews keep landing on the same two things: how clean it is and how fresh the rooms feel, and the overall score sits at 8.7/10. The 232 rooms are compact in the usual Japanese city way but laid out sensibly, and a big supermarket plus a stack of Minatomirai restaurants are within walking distance. It works best for couples who want the Minatomirai backdrop without paying 5-star money.

The Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers is a Marriott 5-star with one clear advantage: a sky bridge straight into JR Yokohama Station, so you barely touch open air between your room and the platform. 348 rooms sit above 7 restaurants, an indoor pool, a spa and a fitness room, plus the upper-floor Sheraton Club Lounge with evening cocktails over Yokohama Bay — enough to fill a whole day without leaving the building. Yokohama Station bundles several JR lines, the Minatomirai Line and the municipal subway in one spot, so Tokyo and Shinjuku are 30 minutes away on the JR Tokaido Line. It scores 8.6/10 on real reviews, with location its strongest mark. This is the pick for business travellers and anyone who puts transit convenience first.

Daiwa Roynet Hotel Yokohama-Koen stands out in the 3-star bracket for one simple reason: the rooms run noticeably bigger than the usual Japanese business hotel. All 267 rooms were recently renovated, so the furniture, lighting and finishes feel close to a new opening rather than a tired chain property. The location does a lot of heavy lifting too — Chinatown is a 3-minute walk, Yokohama Stadium sits 5 minutes away, and you are right on the Tokyo Bay side in the Kannai district. The detail repeat guests keep mentioning is the free amenity bar at the front desk, where you pick coffee, tea, skincare and bath salts at no charge. Nihon Odori Station on the Minatomirai Line is about 5 minutes on foot, two stops from the main Yokohama Station. It scores 8.5/10 overall and suits travelers who want to base themselves around Kannai and Chinatown.

Hotel Edit Yokohama is a 3-star boutique with a clearer personality than most hotels in the city. The name Edit points to its editorial concept: warm minimal decor, a small library any guest can sit and read in, and a make-your-own bath salts bar at reception that reviewers genuinely enjoy. It scores 8.8/10 overall, and the staff land an 8.9/10 — the highest service mark on this list. The location works hard: a 5-minute walk reaches two stations at once — Sakuragicho on the JR line and Yokohama Municipal Subway, and Bashamichi on the Minatomirai Line. Cosmo World and the Minatomirai waterfront are a few minutes on foot, and Chinatown is one train stop away. Rooms run compact, so this suits solo travellers and couples over groups with big bags.

HOTEL MYSTAYS Yokohama Kannai is a 3-star in the MYSTAYS chain set in the Kannai district, close to Sakuragicho. The thing reviewers bring up most is the deep Japanese soaking tub — and a bathroom that runs wider than what you usually get at this price in Yokohama. The 165 rooms are compact but laid out to work for 1-2 people, with an in-room safe, slippers and a full set of bathroom amenities. It scores 8.4/10 (8.6 on Agoda, 8.4 on Booking), and rates run roughly $100-171 a night. It is not glued to a station — figure a 12-15 minute walk to Sakuragicho — but a Lawson and a cluster of restaurants sit within 5 minutes, and Yokohama Stadium is an easy stroll. This one is for travelers who care more about a clean room and a proper bath than about facilities or a doorstep train.

Richmond Hotel Yokohama Ekimae posts the highest guest score in this whole list — 8.9/10 on both Agoda and Booking.com, beating every 5-star here. It sits a 3-minute walk from JR Yokohama Station, where the JR lines, the Minatomirai Line and the Yokohama Municipal Subway all meet in one spot. Rooms are clean and bigger than you'd expect at this tier, the bathtub runs larger than usual, and there's a coin laundry on site plus fast Wi-Fi. It opened in 2018, so the whole place still feels fresh. This is the pick for travelers who want top quality on a 3-star budget without giving up a station-side address. Rates start around $111 a night and climb hard during Golden Week and other peaks, so book early.

Hotel New Grand is more than a standard 4-star — it has stood on Yamashita Park since 1927, designed in Art Deco style by a Czech architect and facing Yokohama Bay. The stories pile up here, from General MacArthur, who lived in the hotel in 1945-1946, to the birth of Japanese napolitan pasta in the hotel kitchen. It scores 8.9/10 overall, and its location rates 9.5/10 — the highest on this list. You are a 1-minute walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station on the Minatomirai Line, with Chinatown a 5-minute stroll away and the museum ship Hikawa Maru moored out front. It is the pick for travelers who want a stay with a real past rather than another anonymous tower room.

Hotel JAL City Kannai Yokohama is a 3-star property in the JAL Hotels chain that reviewers rate highly for one thing in particular: a live-kitchen breakfast where a chef cooks in front of you rather than leaving you to a tray-line buffet. The signatures are fresh-cooked burgers and a mini seafood rice bowl. The location works hard too — 2 minutes on foot from Nihon Odori Station on the Minatomirai Line, with Chinatown a short stroll out the back and Yamashita Park close by. It scores 8.3/10 on real guest reviews, and it suits anyone who wants to base themselves around Yokohama's historic Kannai district and walk to a Chinese dinner the same evening.

Yokohama Sakuragicho Washington Hotel closes out the list as a 3-star stay that wins on one thing above all — location. It sits directly across from Sakuragicho Station (JR plus subway), so close you barely take a step outside, and the building packs in 14 restaurants and cafes plus a 24-hour convenience store. Ask for an ocean-view room and you look straight out at the Cosmo World ferris wheel and Minatomirai. It scores 7.9/10 — the lowest on this list — and the rooms are the reason: small and dated next to the renovated competition. But if you weight location over a polished room, the trade works. This is the pick for travellers who want to step out the door, ride the trains all day, and come back to dinner without crossing the street.