Crème, the Brooklyn studio led by Jun Aizaki, faced an unusual brief for 1 Hotel Tokyo: carry a brand built on reclaimed timber and raw naturalism into the sky above Akasaka, where the hotel fills floors 38 through 43 of the Akasaka Trust Tower within the mixed-use Tokyo World Gate development. The entry sequence answers that question immediately — reclaimed barn-board doors framed by Oya stone cladding and living plant walls establish a material warmth that feels genuinely rooted rather than applied. Oya, the porous volcanic tuff quarried in Tochigi Prefecture for centuries, appears throughout, its grey-green texture setting off the honey tones of live-edge timber at every scale. The 211 guestrooms, including 24 suites and three penthouses, frame direct sightlines to Tokyo Tower across a palette of pale plaster walls, exposed timber ceiling beams, tan leather headboards, and white oak floors — a composition that absorbs the city view without competing with it. The bar and lounge lean further into the biophilic premise: mature ficus trees rise through boucle seating clusters, rattan pendant lamps cast layered shadows across a sculpted backlit spirit shelf, and curved timber ceiling fins overhead suggest the interior of a forest canopy. The lap pool, lined in green mosaic tile and flanked by potted bamboo and specimen plantings, extends the same logic into the wellness floor. Holding Japan's highest CASBEE Rank S environmental certification, this is also one of the most rigorously green high-rise hotels anywhere in Asia, expected to open in 2026.

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