Historic luxury tokyo hotel with panoramic skyline views 3 minutes to the subway imperial hotel is 10 minutes by car from tokyo station and there are handy public transport links with the subway less than 3 minutes away on foot its less than 10 minutes on foot to the imperial palace gates for long tranquil strolls in the surrounding gardens from boutiques to kabuki the designer shops of the ginza district are a 15 minute walk away as is kabuki za the citys main stage for traditional japan