Japan has 145 hotels in the Michelin Guide's Key selection — 7 Three Keys, 23 Two Keys and 115 One Key — across 64 places, led by Tokyo with 25. 32 can be booked with points: 15 through Marriott Bonvoy, 5 through IHG One Rewards, 4 through World of Hyatt, 3 through Hilton Honors, 3 through Small Luxury Hotels of the World and 2 through ALL – Accor Live Limitless. The rest are cash-only independents, listed so the map is complete.
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On pointsMedian points per night and cents-per-point value from AwardClaw's award tracking. Value is the cash rate divided by the points price, so higher is better; green means the redemption beats the program's usual value by a wide margin.
| Hotel | Keys | Program | Points / night | Value |
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| Park Hyatt Kyoto Kyoto Prefecture, Japan | Hyatt · Park Hyatt | 41,000 | 3.2¢/pt | |
| HOTEL THE MITSUI KYOTO Kyoto Prefecture, Japan | Marriott · The Luxury Collection | 104,000 | 1.1¢/pt | |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto Kyoto Prefecture, Japan | Marriott · Ritz-Carlton | 110,000 | 1.1¢/pt | |
| W Osaka Osaka, Japan | Marriott · W | 58,000 | 1.1¢/pt | |
| The Ritz-Carlton Osaka Osaka, Japan | Marriott · Ritz-Carlton | 73,000 | 0.9¢/pt | |
| ANA InterContinental Appi Kogen Resort Hachimantai, Japan | IHG · InterContinental - ANA | 81,000 | 0.7¢/pt | |
| Shisui, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Nara Nara, Japan | Marriott · The Luxury Collection | 76,000 | 0.7¢/pt | |
| The Ritz-Carlton Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan | Marriott · Ritz-Carlton | 82,000 | 0.7¢/pt | |
| InterContinental Osaka Osaka, Japan | IHG · InterContinental Hotels | 118,000 | 0.6¢/pt | |
| InterContinental Yokohama Pier 8 Yokohama, Japan | IHG · InterContinental Hotels | 50,000 | 0.6¢/pt |
64 places in Japan have at least one Key hotel. Cities with three or more get their own page.
Ritz-Carlton 7 · The Luxury Collection 4 · JW Marriott 2
~0.7¢ per point · Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards and Bilt all transfer to Bonvoy at 1:1, so Marriott points are the easiest to top up in a hurry.
InterContinental Hotels 2 · InterContinental - ANA 1 · Six Senses 1
~0.6¢ per point · Chase Ultimate Rewards and Bilt transfer to IHG at 1:1.
Park Hyatt 3 · Andaz 1
~1.7¢ per point · Chase Ultimate Rewards and Bilt Rewards transfer to World of Hyatt at 1:1, which is why Hyatt is the program most award travelers build around.
Conrad 1 · LXR 1 · Waldorf Astoria 1
~0.5¢ per point · Amex Membership Rewards transfer to Hilton at 1:2, with 1:2.
SLH 3
~0.5¢ per point · Amex Membership Rewards transfer to Hilton at 1:2, with 1:2.
Banyan Tree 1 · Fairmont 1
fixed at 2¢ per point · Capital One and Citi ThankYou points transfer to ALL at 2:1.
145: 7 Three Keys, 23 Two Keys and 115 One Key. They are spread over 64 places; Tokyo has the most with 25.
32 of the 145: HOTEL THE MITSUI KYOTO, The Ritz-Carlton, Nikko, Park Hyatt Kyoto, The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto, W Osaka, The Ritz-Carlton Osaka, ANA InterContinental Appi Kogen Resort and Shisui, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Nara and more. By program: 15 through Marriott Bonvoy, 5 through IHG One Rewards, 4 through World of Hyatt, 3 through Hilton Honors, 3 through Small Luxury Hotels of the World and 2 through ALL – Accor Live Limitless.
Three Keys is the highest rating held in Japan, by HOTEL THE MITSUI KYOTO, Amanemu, Asaba, Bvlgari Hotel Tokyo, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi and Gora Kadan and others. HOTEL THE MITSUI KYOTO is bookable on points.
Park Hyatt Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture, at a median of about 41,000 World of Hyatt points a night — 3.2¢ per point against the cash rate.
Every loyalty program, Key rating, country and city has its own page with points prices, value per point and a map.
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