Japan's business capital, built for innovation and signature evenings
Japan's economic capital, where headquarters, conference hotels and spectacular evenings sit within a handful of perfectly connected districts.
Haneda (HND): the preferred gateway. Allow 20–30 minutes by private coach to Shinagawa, Toranomon or Marunouchi outside rush hour, and 30–45 minutes to Shinjuku or Shibuya. By rail, the Keikyu Line reaches Shinagawa in about 15 minutes and the Tokyo Monorail reaches Hamamatsucho in a similar time.
Narita (NRT): about 60 minutes to Tokyo Station on the Narita Express, or 75–90 minutes by private coach depending on traffic. The Keisei Skyliner reaches Nippori and Ueno in roughly 40 minutes.
Our approach: for groups we use private coaches with a bilingual greeter on arrival and separate luggage handling; above 40 participants we stagger transfers by flight. We avoid weekday group arrivals between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m., when traffic into the center slows markedly.
Tokyo covers every format. Tokyo International Forum (Marunouchi, opposite Tokyo Station) combines a main hall of more than 5,000 seats, several flexible halls and numerous meeting rooms; note that a renovation closure has been announced from January 2029 to March 2030. Tokyo Big Sight (Odaiba) is Japan's largest exhibition center, suited to trade shows and conventions with an exhibit floor. Nearby, Makuhari Messe (Chiba) and Pacifico Yokohama handle very large formats.
For most seminars and conventions of 50 to 500 people, Tokyo's major conference hotels — Grand Hyatt Tokyo, The Okura Tokyo, Imperial Hotel, Hotel New Otani, The Prince Park Tower, Hilton Tokyo — offer ballrooms for several hundred guests in plenary or gala-dinner setup, with breakout rooms and accommodation under one roof. Exact capacities depend on the layout; we confirm them room by room before any proposal.
The business district facing Tokyo Station: corporate headquarters, Tokyo International Forum, luxury hotels and direct Shinkansen departures. Ideal for executive seminars and roadshows.
Elegance, flagship stores and fine dining within walking distance of Marunouchi. Plenty of quality business hotels and restaurants with private rooms for sub-group dinners.
A business district transformed around the Toranomon Hills towers, with new hotels, innovation spaces and quick access to Haneda.
Contemporary art, international hotels and nightlife. Well suited to gala evenings, cocktails with a view and creative-industry programs.
Tokyo's young, tech-minded face: startups, new towers, rooftops and the famous scramble crossing. Perfect for an urban rally or a relaxed evening.
A major hotel hub in the west, with the world's busiest station, the izakaya of Omoide Yokocho and the bars of Golden Gai. Strong value for larger groups.
Tokyo Bay waterfront around Tokyo Big Sight: trade shows, conventions with exhibits, event venues and cruise departures.
Ambience · TokyoTokyo
赤坂プリンス クラシックハウス
A Tudor-style residence built in 1930 in Kioicho, which in 1955 became the first building of the Akasaka Prince Hotel and is now a Tokyo Metropolitan designated cultural property within Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho. It holds four function rooms of 69 to 250 m², four private rooms, a garden, a French restaurant, a café and Bar Napoléon. The Grand Garden Room (250 m², 3.9 m ceiling) seats 238 theater-style, 140 at dinner or 200 standing; the Royal Room (160 m²) takes 168 theater-style. Long focused on weddings, the house reopened on 1 October 2026 after conservation works, with an offer widened to corporate receptions, conferences and MICE events. The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho is in the neighboring tower.
Max. capacity 238 pax
Ambience · TokyoTokyo
幕張メッセ
Makuhari Messe, in the Makuhari business district of Chiba Prefecture, is one of Japan's largest convention and exhibition complexes: about 75,000 m² of exhibition space, an International Conference Hall with a 1,600-seat convention hall and 22 meeting rooms, and the Makuhari Event Hall for up to 9,000 people. The three buildings are connected at second-floor level. Its location between central Tokyo and Narita makes it a strong choice for international trade shows and conventions with many overseas delegates. Makuhari hotels (New Otani, APA, Springs) are a few minutes' walk away, which keeps daily logistics simple.
Max. capacity 1,600 pax · 3 hotels
Tokyo
パシフィコ横浜
PACIFICO Yokohama, on the Minato Mirai waterfront, is one of Japan's largest integrated MICE complexes. It combines the National Convention Hall (5,000 seats), a Conference Center with around fifty rooms, a 20,000 m² column-free Exhibition Hall, the Annex Hall and PACIFICO Yokohama North (2020), with a multipurpose hall of about 6,300 m² and 42 meeting rooms. InterContinental Yokohama Grand is directly connected. For conventions of several thousand delegates, Yokohama is a credible alternative to Tokyo, with a harbor setting that works well for evening events and hotel rates that are often lower.
Max. capacity 5,000 pax · 2 hotels
Ambience · TokyoTokyo
高輪ゲートウェイ コンベンションセンター
TAKANAWA GATEWAY Convention Center is the new conference venue of Takanawa Gateway City, the district developed by JR East between Shinagawa and Tamachi. Its Convention Floor (B1–B2) houses the 1,640 m² LINKPILLAR Hall (up to 1,656 theater seats, divisible), complemented by a Conference Floor on level 6, for 20 rooms in total. Its key strength is a direct station connection, one stop from the Shinagawa Shinkansen hub and about 20 minutes from Haneda. It pairs naturally with the large Prince hotels in Shinagawa and Takanawa for accommodation.
Max. capacity 1,656 pax · 3 hotels
Tokyo
東京ビッグサイト（東京国際展示場）
Tokyo Big Sight is Japan's largest exhibition center, with 115,420 m² of exhibition space across the East, West and South Halls on Ariake, in Tokyo Bay. Its landmark inverted-pyramid Conference Tower houses the International Conference Hall (1,000 theater seats, interpretation for 8 languages) and more than twenty meeting rooms. It is the natural home of major trade shows and large association congresses. For corporate groups, we recommend combining hotels within walking distance in Ariake with Odaiba hotels on the Yurikamome Line, which avoids coach transfers at peak times.
Max. capacity 1,000 pax · 6 hotels
Tokyo
東京国際フォーラム
Tokyo International Forum is the flagship convention venue in the heart of Tokyo's business district, between Marunouchi, Yurakucho and Ginza. Its Rafael Viñoly glass atrium houses eight halls, including Hall A with 5,012 seats, one of Japan's largest auditoriums, and Hall E, a 5,000 m² exhibition space. For a corporate convention, it is the easiest venue to run in Tokyo: delegates can walk from hotels in Marunouchi, Ginza or Hibiya, Tokyo Station and the Shinkansen are five minutes away, and 31 breakout rooms (26 to 206 m²) cover every session format.
Max. capacity 5,012 pax · 9 hotels
Tokyo
東京ミッドタウン・ホール＆カンファレンス
Tokyo Midtown Hall & Conference, in Roppongi's Tokyo Midtown complex, combines two halls on the basement level of Midtown East (Hall A, 770 m² and up to 816 theater seats; Hall B, 540 m²) with a conference floor on level 4 of Midtown Tower, including an outdoor terrace. It works well for conferences, keynotes and product launches for 300 to 800 guests, with accommodation at The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo in the same tower or Grand Hyatt Tokyo in Roppongi Hills.
Max. capacity 816 pax · 1 hotels
Ambience · TokyoTokyo
虎ノ門ヒルズフォーラム
Toranomon Hills Forum occupies the 5th floor of Toranomon Hills Mori Tower, at the heart of Tokyo's new Toranomon business district. Its roughly 3,300 m² of column-free space offers a divisible Main Hall and Hall A (up to 792 theater-style) and 7 spaces in total, with high-capacity internet connectivity. It suits leadership meetings, client conferences and launches for 200 to 700 guests in a contemporary setting. Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills is in the same tower, and The Okura Tokyo is about ten minutes' walk away.
Max. capacity 792 pax · 2 hotels
Shiba Park
A 603-room hotel at the foot of Tokyo Tower in Shiba Park. Its 2,394 m² basement Ballroom / Convention Hall seats up to 3,600 theater-style, one of the largest hotel capacities in Tokyo, with 16 rooms in total.
Odaiba
An 882-room hotel facing Tokyo Bay in Odaiba. Its 2,580 m² Palais Royal seats up to 3,300 theater-style, one of the largest hotel capacities in Tokyo, with 17 rooms in total and quick access to Tokyo Big Sight.
Shinagawa (Takanawa)
One of Tokyo's largest hotel-based congress hubs: 908 rooms and the International Convention Center Pamir, whose 2,397 m² Konron hall seats up to 2,880 theater-style; the Hiten hall (2,013 m²) adds 2,400 seats. Five minutes from the Shinagawa Shinkansen station.
Shinagawa
One of Japan's largest hotels (3,521 rooms), opposite Shinagawa Station. Its 2,046 m² Prince Hall seats up to 2,400 theater-style, and 13 identical 330 m² rooms spread across the tower floors make parallel sessions easy.
Ambience · TokyoMakuhari (Chiba)
A giant hotel with more than 2,000 rooms facing Makuhari Messe, combining business-hotel pricing with genuine congress capacity: the 2,070 m² Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall seats up to 2,366 theater-style.
Ambience · TokyoToranomon
An icon of Japanese hospitality rebuilt in 2019, The Okura Tokyo has 508 rooms and 19 function rooms, including the 1,968 m² Heian Room (up to 2,300 theater-style). One of the few luxury hotels in Tokyo able to host a large plenary on site.
Ginza
A 266-room business hotel in Ginza 1-chome, fully renovated and reopened in 2026 as Daiwa Roynet Hotel Ginza PREMIER. Contemporary Japanese design, a central location and good value for housing a group in Ginza.
Marunouchi (Tokyo Station)
An upscale business hotel on floors 27 to 34 of Sapia Tower, directly connected to Tokyo Station. Modern rooms with city and Shinkansen views, plus a small meeting room open to non-guests.
Yaesu (Tokyo Station)
A 135-room hotel descended from a ryokan founded over 120 years ago, on floors 8 to 15 of a Yaesu tower, three minutes from Tokyo Station. Western rooms and tatami junior suites, plus a meeting room for small groups.
Shinjuku (South)
A refined business hotel from the JR Kyushu group, three minutes from Shinjuku's South Exit. Quiet, well-designed rooms, premium twins with view baths on the top floors, and a restaurant showcasing Kyushu produce.
Ginza
A premium business hotel in Ginza 8-chome, with a 16th-floor lobby overlooking Tokyo Tower. High-floor rooms, some with view baths, plus a bar and restaurant: upscale comfort at a business-hotel price.
Asakusa
A business hotel a few minutes from Senso-ji Temple and Kaminarimon, in the heart of historic Asakusa. A range of room types (single, double, twin, triple) and direct train access to both airports via the Toei Asakusa Line.
22 restaurants
Shirokanedai · 八芳園
A Shirokanedai event estate built around a Japanese garden of roughly 33,000 m² dating back to the Edo period. It holds around ten banquet halls, including the Hakuho-kan pavilion with its 144-tatami main room, and the Kochuan ryotei, set in the former villa of industrialist Fusanosuke Kuhara, where every private room looks onto the garden.
Groups up to 450 paxKochuan: seasonal kaiseki at ¥22,000, ¥27,500 or ¥33,000 per person
Nishi-Azabu · 権八 西麻布
A large Japanese restaurant in Nishi-Azabu set in a traditional timber-house interior, internationally famous for inspiring a scene in Kill Bill. Soba, yakitori, tempura and sushi are shared in a lively atmosphere, open late into the night. The venue seats around 260 in total.
Groups up to 204 paxBanquet courses: ¥4,950, ¥7,700 and ¥13,200 per person, tax included
Yokohama – Chinatown (Kanagawa) · 華正樓 新館
The annex of Kaseiro, a Peking-cuisine house founded in 1939 and one of the historic names of Yokohama's Chinatown. The Shinkan has a ground-floor 'grill' dining room serving à la carte and set courses, and upstairs banquet rooms in Chinese décor, from small rooms to a hall for 160. House-oven Peking duck and Kesennuma shark fin are among the specialities.
Groups up to 160 paxCourses from ¥4,180 to ¥33,000 per person
Kita-Shinagawa (Shinagawa) · 屋形船 船清
An operator of yakatabune, the traditional covered boats where dinner is served on the water, based in Kita-Shinagawa, once the first post town on the Tokaido. Its charter fleet runs from 32 to 120 places, on chairs or sunken-kotatsu seating, all with an observation deck. The roughly 2.5-hour cruise moors off Odaiba, then heads up the Sumida River to around Eitai Bridge, facing the Skytree.
Groups up to 120 paxCharter boat: from ¥13,000 to ¥22,900 per person, including cruise, meal, free-flow drinks and tax
Toranomon
An all-day restaurant on the 45th floor of Toranomon Hills Station Tower, next to the Arrival Hall of TOKYO NODE, Mori Building's event center. Classic Italian cooking with regional Japanese produce, an open kitchen and a natural wine list; 70 seats, open 11:00 to 22:30.
Groups up to 70 paxLunch: ¥2,800 to ¥5,500 per person
Nagatacho / Tameike-Sanno (Sanno Park Tower 27F) · 春秋 溜池山王
A contemporary izakaya from the SHUNJU group on the 27th floor of Sanno Park Tower, directly connected to Tameike-Sanno and Kokkai-gijidomae stations. Seasonal Japanese cooking and charcoal grilling in a 210-seat space with a window counter, tables and sunken-kotatsu private rooms, plus a private floor with a city view.
Groups up to 40 paxPlans with free-flow drinks: from ¥10,000 to ¥17,000 per person
Tokyo · Kyoto · Osaka · Fukuoka
A master calligrapher introduces the group to shodo: holding the brush, stroke order, then writing a kanji chosen to express a team value.
60 to 90 minutes · 6–150 pax
Tokyo
Hakone's great classic, arranged for a group: crossing Lake Ashi aboard one of Hakone's three "pirate ships", in the special-class cabin or on a private charter, then a ropeway ride above the steam vents of Owakudani, with Mount Fuji as a backdrop on a clear day.
2.5 to 3.5 hours (cruise, ropeway and stop at Owakudani) · 10–300 pax
From ¥15,000 per person
Tokyo · Kyoto · Osaka · Fukuoka
A dinner in an izakaya reserved for your group, with a sharing menu, free-flow drinks and light entertainment: Japanese conviviality without the constraints of a crowded restaurant.
2 to 2.5 hours · 15–150 pax
Tokyo · Kyoto
An introduction to Japanese sword arts in a dojo, led by an experienced practitioner: etiquette, handling a training sword, kata and a reflection on bushido.
90 minutes to 2 hours · 6–80 pax
Tokyo
A team rally through Shibuya and Ginza, run via tablet or smartphone, combining puzzles, encounters, photo tasks and cultural challenges, on foot and by subway.
3 to 4 hours · 12–300 pax
Tokyo
Watch the morning practice (asa-geiko) of a Tokyo sumo stable, then share chanko nabe, the wrestlers' hot pot: a rare immersion arranged through our partners and subject to the tournament calendar.
About 3 hours, early morning, meal included · 4–30 pax
7 days · Tokyo · Kyoto
This 7-day executive committee trip combines three nights in Tokyo and three nights in Kyoto: business meetings and company visits subject to availability in Tokyo, then strategy sessions and private cultural experiences in Kyoto. Designed for 8 to 25 executives, it includes private transfers, Green Car Shinkansen, interpreters and a dedicated coordinator available at all times. Arrival at Haneda or Narita, departure from Kansai International Airport.
From €8,900 per person, excluding flights
5 days · Nagoya · Tokyo
A 5-day programme for a group of fans, a creative studio or a costume and character company, built around Japan Meeting of Furries (JMoF), the largest furry convention in Japan. The 2027 edition runs from 8 to 10 January at Aichi Sky Expo, next to Chubu Centrair airport and about 30 minutes from Nagoya. Three nights in Nagoya with the Osu district, two convention days, then Tokyo for mascot and character culture at Sanrio Puroland and in Akihabara. Fursuits travel by courier or on reserved oversized-baggage seats on the Shinkansen. A version outside convention dates covers the rest of the year.
From €2,600 per person, excluding flights
8 days · Tokyo · Hakuba · Kyoto · Okinawa
This 8-day trip for top performers brings together four sides of Japan: Tokyo, the Japanese Alps in Hakuba, Kyoto and Okinawa's west coast. Transfers are realistic: Hokuriku Shinkansen to Nagano then coach to Hakuba, Shinkansen and Thunderbird train via Tsuruga to Kyoto, and a domestic flight from Itami to Naha in about 2 hours. Designed for winter, from mid-December to March, with skiing in Hakuba and mild weather in Okinawa, for 15 to 60 participants.
From €9,600 per person, excluding international flights
5 days · Tokyo · Osaka · Fukuoka
This 5-day Japan roadshow runs three stops in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka to present a product or meet clients or investors, with 50 to 300 guests per city. The Shinkansen links Tokyo to Osaka in about 2.5 hours and Osaka to Hakata in about 2.5 hours, making one event per day achievable. SHINOGI DMC coordinates venues, equipment moving between cities, bilingual invitations, guest reception and interpretation.
From €3,400 per team member, excluding flights
5 days · Tokyo · Kyoto · Osaka
This 5-day incentive follows the thread of Japanese video games from Tokyo to Osaka, by way of Kyoto, Nintendo's home town. It combines a talk with a Japanese industry professional, the gaming floor of Shibuya Parco, game centres, a retro stop in Akihabara, an inter-team esports tournament, a game-soundtrack karaoke night and a day at Super Nintendo World before a gala evening in Osaka. Built for 20 to 100 people from a publisher, a studio, a tech company or an esports team.
From €3,900 per person, excluding flights
6 days · Tokyo · Kyoto · Osaka
This 6-day luxury incentive program travels through Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka for 10 to 40 guests: 5-star hotels, Green Car Shinkansen, private access and exceptional tables booked in small groups. It suits a high-end incentive, a top-client club or an executive trip with partners. Arrival at Haneda or Narita, departure from Kansai International Airport.
From €7,900 per person, excluding flights
4 days · Tokyo
This 4-day incentive starts with one night in Tokyo, then reaches Hakone in about 85 minutes on the Romancecar from Shinjuku. It features a Lake Ashi cruise, the ropeway up to Owakudani and two nights in a Gōra ryokan with hot-spring baths and kaiseki dinners. Designed for 20 to 40 award winners, it is built around Hakone G-tei, a 23-room property opening on 30 October 2026; beyond about twenty rooms, part of the group stays at Gora Kadan (42 rooms), a few minutes away in the same district.
From €4,200 per person, excluding flights
5 days · Tokyo · Hakuba
This 5-day incentive pairs two nights in Tokyo with two nights in Hakuba, in the Northern Alps, for 30 to 100 participants. The group rides the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Nagano (about 1 h 20 from Tokyo Station), visits Zenko-ji temple, then reaches the mountains by coach for a snow day with a choice of skiing, snowboarding or snowshoeing. The contrast between the capital and snowy peaks shapes the whole trip, from January to March.
From €3,600 per person, excluding flights
4 days · Tokyo · Kyoto
This 4-day Japan incentive trip combines two nights in Tokyo and one night in Kyoto, linked by the Nozomi Shinkansen in about 2 hours 15 minutes. Designed for sales challenge winners or top partners, from 30 to 150 guests, it includes a Tokyo Bay cruise, a team treasure hunt in Kyoto and a private tea ceremony. Luggage travels separately, train cars are reserved and bilingual staff accompany the group throughout.
From €3,400 per person, excluding flights
4 days · Tokyo
This 4-day Tokyo incentive is built around manga, anime and video game culture, for teams of 20 to 120 people from gaming, tech, media or retail. It includes a team exploration of Akihabara, a drawing workshop led by a professional manga artist, the Kadokawa Culture Museum at Tokorozawa Sakura Town, a cosplay studio photo shoot in Ikebukuro and a "cosplay night" gala with a costume contest and a photographer. Guests stay at Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo in Shinjuku, with bilingual staff throughout.
From €2,700 per person, excluding flights
3 days · Tokyo
This 3-day program stages a product launch or customer event in Toranomon and Azabudai Hills, Tokyo's new business district 25 minutes from Haneda. Keynote and demo zones at Toranomon Hills Forum (up to 792 theater-style), a press conference, dinners spread across TOKYO NODE DINING, Apothéose and the Azabudai Hills tables, then a gala in the Heian Room of The Okura Tokyo. The format works for 100 to 600 guests: clients, press and partners.
From €2,600 per person, excluding flights
3 days · Tokyo
This 3-day Tokyo corporate seminar brings 40 to 120 participants together in a conference hotel in Shinjuku or Minato, with a full day of plenary and breakout sessions, a half-day urban team building and two group dinners. SHINOGI DMC handles Haneda or Narita transfers, the meeting room, interpretation and the split of dinner venues into smaller groups.
From €2,400 per person, excluding flights
3 days · Tokyo
This Tokyo corporate seminar focused on tech and innovation hosts 20 to 80 participants over 3 days, combining working sessions with company and showroom visits, subject to availability, in Shibuya, Toranomon, Odaiba or Marunouchi. Robotics, mobility, smart retail and the startup ecosystem are explored with local speakers and an interpreter. Visits are confirmed case by case and do not represent partnerships.
From €2,500 per person, excluding flights
Allow 6–9 months for a seminar of 30 to 100 people, and 12 months or more for a convention of several hundred participants or for cherry-blossom and autumn dates. Major conference hotels and restaurants available for buyouts are the first elements to secure.
Marunouchi, Ginza and Toranomon suit business seminars and executive committees, with fast access to Haneda and the Shinkansen. Shinjuku offers the best value for large groups, while Roppongi and Shibuya bring a more creative setting for incentives. We recommend keeping the whole group in a single district.
The budget depends mainly on hotel category, season and the number of private evenings. As an indication, a quality business hotel is often around ¥20,000–35,000 per night, with major conference hotels well above that. We build a detailed budget range from your brief.
Citizens of many countries, including France, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, are visa-exempt for short unpaid business stays in Japan. Rules vary by nationality, so we check the participant list early and provide invitation letters where needed.
Yes, but many of the best tables seat fewer than 20. For large groups we combine one buyout (large izakaya, hotel restaurant, boat) with sub-group dinners at several nearby addresses, coordinated by our team.
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