10 Best Hotels in Yokohama Minato Mirai: Bay Views (2026)

We open with the InterContinental Yokohama Grand — the white, 31-floor hotel shaped like a ship's sail that opened in 1991 for the Yokohama Expo and turns up on every postcard of the bay. It scores 9.0/10 from 1,098+ reviews. The hotel sits on Minato Mirai 21 right beside Pacifico Yokohama, the city's convention centre, and it's a 5-minute walk to Cosmo Clock 21, the giant ferris wheel. There are 594 rooms starting at 36 sqm, plus Nadaman kaiseki, a spa and an indoor pool. Rates start around $223 a night. It suits couples and business travelers who want a landmark hotel with a real bay view more than anyone else.

Ranked #2, the Yokohama Royal Park Hotel occupies the top of Yokohama Landmark Tower — a 296-metre, 70-floor building that anchors the Minato Mirai skyline. All 603 rooms sit on floors 52-67, and the hotel scores 8.9/10 from 558+ reviews. The headline draw is Sirius Sky Restaurant on floor 70, where dinner comes with a 360-degree view of Yokohama bay, plus the Sky Garden observation deck on floor 69 that guests use for free. Add Japan's fastest lift at 750 m/min (12.5 m/s), an indoor pool and 8 restaurants, and you have a sky hotel built for the view. Rooms start around $245 a night, and it suits couples and first-time visitors who want Yokohama seen from a height.

At number 3, the Hyatt Regency Yokohama is the newest pick here — it opened in May 2020, mid-pandemic, and scores 8.9/10 from 664+ reviews. It sits in Yamashita-cho, a 5-minute walk from Yokohama Chinatown, the largest in Japan with 600+ restaurants, and 3 minutes from Yamashita Park and the Hikawa Maru museum ship. There are 315 rooms starting at 30 sqm (including 18 suites), two restaurants — Milano Grill and The Lounge — plus the Harbor Kitchen cafe and a fitness centre. Rates start around $218 a night. It suits Chinatown food lovers and families who want a new Hyatt-brand hotel more than anyone else.

Ranked #4, The Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu (formerly Pan Pacific Yokohama, which switched to the Tokyu Hotels chain in 2010) scores 8.8/10 on guest ratings. What sets it apart is the location: it sits closer to Cosmo Clock 21 than any other hotel in Yokohama — directly across from the 112-metre ferris wheel, so you watch the LED lights cycle through colours from your room after dark. It's a 3-minute walk to Pacifico Yokohama and 7 to the Cup Noodles Museum. There are 480 rooms starting at 35 sqm, plus Queen Alice — a classic French restaurant — and a 20-metre indoor pool. Rates open at about $204 a night, and it's the right pick for families and couples who want that Cosmo Clock view up close.

Our #5, Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel and Towers, is the Sheraton that sits closest to Yokohama Station in this whole roundup, scoring 8.7/10. The draw is the location: a 1-minute walk from the West Exit, which stacks 6 rail lines in one spot — JR Tokaido, JR Yokohama Line, Keikyu, Tokyu Toyoko, Sotetsu and the Yokohama Subway, plus the Minato Mirai Line. There are 396 rooms starting at 30 sqm, 7 restaurants (including Teppanyaki Sagami and a bay-view buffet), an indoor pool and a spa. Rooms run from about $170 a night, roughly 30% cheaper than the Minato Mirai hotels. It suits business travellers and anyone who wants to use Yokohama Station as a base above sea views.

Coming in at #6, the New Otani Inn Yokohama Premium is a 4-star hotel under the New Otani group, one of Japan's big domestic chains, scoring 8.8/10 across 284+ reviews. It sits a 1-minute walk from JR Sakuragicho Station — the transit hub for Minato Mirai, with the Keihin-Tohoku/Negishi Line plus the Yokohama Subway. There are 240 rooms starting at 22 sqm, small by Japanese standards, but the draw is the Bay View rooms looking onto the Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel up close, with Mt. Fuji on a clear day. Rates open at $129 a night (around $129) — roughly half what the surrounding 5-stars charge. Best suited to families and couples on a budget who still want the bay view.

Ranked #7, Hotel JAL City Kannai Yokohama is a 4-star run by JAL Hotels (Okura Nikko group), scoring 8.7/10 from 489+ reviews. It sits in Kannai, Yokohama's old business district, a 5-minute walk from Yokohama Stadium — home of the DeNA BayStars and a regular concert venue — plus 10 minutes on foot to Yokohama Chinatown and another 10 to the 106m Marine Tower. There are 170 rooms starting at 23 sqm, one restaurant (Silk) and a lobby lounge. Rates open around $116 a night, roughly half what the Minato Mirai 5-stars charge. Good fit for a mid-budget traveler who wants the Kannai–Chinatown–Stadium triangle without paying for a bay-view tower 1.7 km away.

Coming in at #8, Daiwa Roynet Hotel Yokohama Kannai is a 3-star business hotel from Daiwa Roynet, a Japanese chain with branches all over the country. It scores 8.5/10 and sits in Kannai — a 3-minute walk from JR Kannai Station, 4 minutes from Yokohama Stadium, and 12 minutes from Yokohama Chinatown. The 13-floor building holds 246 rooms starting at 18 sqm (standard Japanese business-hotel size), plus a ground-floor American Diner and free Wi-Fi in every room. Rates open around $82 a night — the best price in central Yokohama's mid-range 3-star bracket. It suits backpackers, solo travelers, and budget-minded business travelers who want a clean room in a good location and don't need a pool or spa.

Ranked #9, Hotel Plumm Yokohama (the former Cosmo Y) is a 3-star boutique with 101 rooms and the highest score here — 9.0/10, though from only 85+ reviews because it is a boutique, not a chain. It sits in the Yokohama Station West area, a 7-minute walk from the station. The standout is the underground onsen: the hotel drilled 1,500 metres down and hit real natural mineral water, which it now opens free to guests, alongside a café, the Tobago bar and a banquet hall. Rooms start at 18 sqm and rates begin at roughly $71 a night — the best value on this list. It suits backpackers and couples who want an in-city onsen and a boutique feel rather than another standard chain room.

Closing out the list at #10, the Sotetsu Fresa Inn Yokohama-Higashiguchi is part of the Sotetsu Fresa Inn chain — 30+ branches nationwide, run by Sotetsu, Yokohama's own local railway. It's a 3-star, 246-room business hotel scoring 8.7/10, sitting right at the East Exit (Higashiguchi) of Yokohama Station — a 2-minute walk, the closest hotel on this list to the station. Rooms start at 16 sqm and come with free Wi-Fi, plus there's a small cafe-lounge downstairs. Rates open at $65 (about $65) a night, the lowest of all 10 Yokohama hotels we picked. It's the obvious call for backpackers, budget-minded business travelers, and anyone doing a transit overnight between Kanto stops.