Hyatt Regency Yokohama: the night we opened champagne for no reason

The two of us stayed at the Hyatt Regency Yokohama. Sea-view room, and we opened a bottle of champagne for no particular reason.

The sea is in the window

The room is done in muted colours and the window is large.

One thing worth getting straight, because the hotel is often filed under Minato Mirai: it is not there. The Hyatt Regency Yokohama is at 280-2 Yamashita-cho in Naka-ku, about three minutes on foot from Nihon-Odori Station on the Minatomirai Line, between the prefectural government offices, Chinatown and Yamashita Park. It opened on 23 May 2020 with 315 rooms — 297 of them 36 square metres, and 18 at 72.

Outside the window was the harbour. Cranes, ships at their moorings, and the water opening out behind them. Yokohama is a city where the sea is never far from wherever you happen to be standing.

We sat on the sofa and looked out for a while. When it is the two of us, that stretch of time gets long. Time moves differently on a stay with children in it.

It was not an occasion

We opened the champagne. Not a birthday, not an anniversary.

There is a way of thinking where you save the special thing for a marker on the calendar. There is another where you can simply open it, no reason required. This was the second kind.

When you drink to celebrate, the drinking becomes a means to something. With no reason attached, what is left is only the taste and the hours. Sometimes that is the version that stays with you.

Notes from this stay

• Hyatt Regency Yokohama, 280-2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama — about 3 minutes on foot from Nihon-Odori Station (Minatomirai Line). Not in Minato Mirai proper
• Opened 23 May 2020. 315 rooms: 297 at 36 m², 18 at 72 m²
• Harbour-side rooms look out over the port and the water
• This stay was the two of us. The shape of the day is different from a stay with children
• Room types and rates change. Confirm when you book

Written from a stay in 2025. Facilities and pricing change over time.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Hyatt Regency Yokohama in Minato Mirai?

No, and it is often filed there by mistake. It is at 280-2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, about three minutes on foot from Nihon-Odori Station on the Minatomirai Line, in the block framed by the prefectural government offices, Chinatown and Yamashita Park.

When did it open, and how many rooms does it have?

It opened on 23 May 2020 with 315 rooms: 297 of them at 36 square metres and 18 at 72 square metres.

What can you see from a harbour-side room?

Cranes, ships at their moorings and open water beyond them. From my window the Yokohama Bay Bridge was straight ahead, with the Hikawa Maru moored at Yamashita Park in the foreground.

Is it a good hotel for a stay as a couple?

It was for us. The room is quiet in colour with a large window, so the time spent on the sofa looking out gets long on its own. It felt nothing like a stay with children in it.

Do you need an occasion to open champagne?

We did not have one: no birthday, no anniversary. Drinking to celebrate turns the drinking into a means; with no reason attached, only the taste and the hours are left. The bottles in the photo were labelled ESPACE.

How much does a room cost?

Room types and rates change, so confirm the current ones on the hotel’s official site when you book. Everything here is as of my 2025 stay.

What pairs well with a stay here?

Chinatown and Yamashita Park are on foot. Breakfast at the Hotel New Grand, also in Yamashita-cho, is an easy addition (see the links below).

More Yokohama hotels

• [Yokohama] Breakfast at Le Normandie, Hotel New Grand: A Monte Cristo With the Harbor in View
• The Westin Yokohama club lounge: the steak was the thing
• Unhurried Days in Yokohama