Cover The Owner’s Suite at Trunk Yoyogi Park occupies the entire top floor of the Tokyo boutique hotel (Photo: Trunk Hotels)
The Owner’s Suite at Trunk Yoyogi Park occupies the entire top floor of the Tokyo boutique hotel (Photo: Trunk Hotels)
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Tatler takes you inside The Owner’s Suite at Trunk Yoyogi Park, which occupies the entire top floor of the sleek Shibuya hotel in Tokyo
Hotelier Yoshitaka Nojiri grew up witnessing the heyday of Shibuya during his teens. Today, he’s made it his mission to “reignite the neighbourhood’s creative embers”, and he’s doing it through a series of very cool hotels. His first was Trunk Hotel in Cat Street, which straddles the neighbourhoods of Shibuya and Harajuku. Opened in 2017, the design-led property was the first hotel of its kind in Tokyo.
In 2019, Nojiri turned a 70-year-old former geisha house in Tokyo’s historic Kagurazaka neighbourhood into an eclectic holiday rental—Trunk House—complete with a sento-style bathroom featuring a hinoki wood bathtub, and tea sets by New York-based artist Tom Sachs.
His third property brings Nojiri back to Shibuya, connecting his growing hotel empire with one of his favourite places: Yoyogi Park. Opened in late 2023, Trunk Yoyogi Park is a 25-room boutique hotel in Tomigaya, a refreshingly laidback pocket of Shibuya.
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Its raw concrete façade features balconies draped in greenery, behind which Tokyo-based architect Keiji Ashizawa and Copenhagen-based Norm Architects have dreamt up a light-filled, minimalist series of spaces. Keeping to a theme of softness, washi-paper pendant lights crafted by Kyoto-based Kojima Shoten fill common spaces with a gentle glow.
If you plan to book a stay at Trunk Yoyogi Park, we highly recommend Owner’s Suite—it's quite something.
Taking over the entire top floor of the hotel, it has an 8.5-metre floor-to-ceiling window that spans the entire length of the suite, framing spectacular views over the lush canopy of trees in Yoyogi Park.
The space feels more like a chic residential penthouse than it does a suite. Its sand-blasted concrete walls brighten and soften the space, while abstract artworks, the crafted and handcrafted ceramics give it the “Trunk” edge.
Separated into two spaces, the suite comprises a lounge area with a curved, Kvadrat-textile sofa and aYuri Suzuki-designed Ambient Machine providing a suitably edgy soundtrack, and a spacious bedroom with a king bed and armchairs positioned by the window.
The Owner's Suite at Trunk Yoyogi Park (Photo: Trunk Hotels)
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To further immerse guests in its green surroundings, the Owner’s Suite boasts two terraces—it’s quite the flex, as having even one is extremely rare in Tokyo.
The first is a hidden terrace tucked away by the entrance, featuring a large double sun bed facing Yoyogi Park—perfect for reading, resting or enjoying a cocktail delivered from the pool bar one floor below.
The second is attached to the chic, honey-toned bathroom, where an oversized soaking tub sits adjacent to the terrace, shrouded in plants for total privacy.
The Owner’s Suite sits just above Trunk Yoyogi Park’s rooftop infinity pool, which is heated year-round; on colder nights, when steam rises out of the water over the trees in a wispy cloud of smoke, it evokes the feeling of an onsen somewhere far away from the madness of Tokyo.
Coco Marett is a writer and editor who grew up between Hong Kong and Melbourne. She currently heads the travel section for Tatler Asia, and manages the Tatler Travel account on Instagram. She is known for her features on unique, under-the-radar properties and destinations. She's also known for her in-depth interviews that paint a refreshingly candid portrait of influential figures across various industries —from artists to political figures, CEOs to celebrity chefs. Follow her on Instagram @cocomarett
