Hotel InterContinental Tokyo Bay

A 24-story waterfront hotel that opened in September 1995 at Takeshiba Pier, overlooking Tokyo Bay with 339 guest rooms.

Use

Office tower

Area

Minato City

Completed

1995

Floors

24 above ground, 3 below

Developer

Takeshiba Regional Development

A Waterfront Hotel at the Edge of the Bay

Hotel InterContinental Tokyo Bay opened on September 1, 1995, on the waterfront of Takeshiba Pier in Kaigan, Minato Ward — a 24-story, three-basement tower rising beside Tokyo Bay. The building was developed by Takeshiba Regional Development, a semi-public corporation backed by Tokyo Metropolitan Government and private investors, as part of a major push to transform the post-industrial port area into a destination waterfront district. Its 339 guest rooms, many facing the open expanse of Tokyo Bay, established the hotel as one of the first major luxury addresses on the city’s inner harbor.

Takeshiba Pier has long served as the departure point for ferry routes to the Ogasawara Islands and Izu Oshima. The hotel’s placement at this confluence of urban and maritime life gives it an atmosphere quite unlike a typical city-center business hotel. The proximity to Hamarikyu Gardens and the Shiodome district adds cultural and commercial depth to the immediate area. Since opening under the InterContinental Hotels Group brand, the property has hosted corporate gatherings, international conferences, and leisure stays drawn by the bay views and easy access to central Tokyo.

Evolving with the Waterfront

The broader Takeshiba district gained fresh momentum when Tokyo Port City Takeshiba, a major mixed-use tower, opened nearby in 2020. Renewed investment in waterfront promenades and public plazas has made the shoreline between Takeshiba and Hinode more welcoming for pedestrians. The hotel has been part of this gradual awakening of Tokyo’s inner waterfront, occupying the same footprint for thirty years while the city around it transformed from a working port to a lifestyle destination.

Summary

Hotel InterContinental Tokyo Bay opened in 1995 as a 24-story hotel at Takeshiba Pier, with 339 rooms overlooking Tokyo Bay. Developed by Takeshiba Regional Development and operated under the InterContinental brand, it was an early anchor of the inner Tokyo waterfront revival. Today it stands as a landmark of the bay shoreline, inviting visitors to combine a stay near the water with easy access to Hamarikyu Gardens, Shiodome, and Odaiba.