TAIPEI, July 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On July 16 American Specific (NYSE: AXP) opened a brand new Centurion Lounge at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND), the busiest airport in Japan and one of many busiest airports on the earth. The Centurion Lounge at HND marks the thirtieth to open worldwide and the 4th to open in Asia, becoming a member of lounges at Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport (DEL) in Delhi, Hong Kong worldwide Airport (HKG) in Hong Kong, and Chhatrapati Shivaji Worldwide Airport (BOM) in Mumbai. The brand new lounge in Tokyo options domestically sourced decor and paintings that celebrates Japanese philosophy, craftsmanship, and artistry, a dwell, open kitchen the place company can watch the cooks cook dinner, a buffet providing a wide range of Japanese and Western meals and drinks, a devoted sweets bar nodding to Japan’s snack tradition, and personal cellphone rooms which are additionally outfitted with a curated audio program for meditation. Situated in Haneda’s Terminal 3 close to Gate 114, company can get pleasure from sweeping views of the airfield whereas they relaxation and refuel earlier than their flights.
“The Centurion Lounge at Haneda Airport celebrates Japanese tradition, that includes customized paintings, an thrilling menu that showcases the flavors of Tokyo, and my private favourite – non-public meditation cubicles that will help you recharge and discover some calm earlier than your flight,” stated Audrey Hendley, President, American Specific Journey. “We’ve seen unbelievable demand for journey to Japan, it is among the locations the place we’ve seen the best progress just lately. We sit up for showcasing the impeccable service Centurion Lounges are recognized for in a vacation spot we all know is so vital to our Card Members.”
“Lengthy awaited by our eligible Card Members, we’re thrilled to open Japan’s first Centurion Lounge at Haneda Airport,” stated Yasuhiro Sudo, Senior Vice President, Japan Nation Supervisor at American Specific. “We sit up for offering a best-in-class expertise with high-quality meals, a beautiful environment, and native attraction to eligible Japanese Card Members and eligible Card Members from all around the world. We’re dedicated to delivering the distinctive buyer expertise American Specific proudly provides and is thought for.”
Choose Dishes by Chef Satoshi Ogino, Plus Specialty Drinks and Sweets Bar
Acclaimed Chef Satoshi Ogino is thought for his mastery of basic Japanese delicacies with an emphasis on seasonality and has helmed the kitchens of a number of Michelin-starred eating places in Tokyo, together with his personal Akasaka Ogino. Along with a particular lounge menu by Chef Ogino showcasing native flavors in his signature fashion, the kitchen may even provide Japanese favorites together with sushi and ramen, and a buffet will serve each native and international delicacies. A full bar will provide a premium menu of wine, domestically impressed cocktails, and a choice of Japanese beers, sake, and shochu[1], whereas a devoted sweets bar will characteristic a choice of teas and conventional Japanese Wagashi sweets, plus a rotating menu of further treats.
Artwork and Design Impressed by Native Craftsmanship and “Japan Blue”
Designed by OnBrand, American Specific’ in-house inventive company, the lounge is impressed by the philosophy, craftmanship, and artistry of Japanese tradition and “Japan Blue”. Produced by the Japanese dyeing strategy of Aizome, “Japan Blue” is a deep indigo hue that represents tranquility and stability and is ubiquitous in Japanese artwork, structure and trend. The colour is woven all through the lounge and complemented by pure supplies and textures, together with slatted wooden, stone, and refined walnut and black ash accents. The bar options elegant Uroko ceramic tiles and a dramatic ceiling cover, whereas an Edo-Kiriko-inspired customized chandelier hangs in the primary seating space and domestically impressed textiles and wall coverings might be discovered all through the house.
The lounge options commissioned paintings from a number of native artists, together with a customized American Specific-inspired mural by Shu Kuroki, and Saki Matsumoto’s textile reimagining of the American Specific bulldog, Sir Charles Frosty Blue, as Komainu — a guardian of Japanese shrines symbolizing belief and safety. The paintings additionally consists of ceramics by Ryuji Iwasaki, ink work by Ryohei Sasaki, and a standard Japanese Wajima Nuri lacquerware set up by Miho Yokoyama. The items for the set up had been sourced from Ishikawa — residence of the Wajima Nuri lacquerware custom — to help restoration efforts following the 2024 earthquake that devastated the Noto Peninsula.
At practically 7,500 sq. ft, The Centurion Lounge at HND will characteristic luxurious facilities and several other areas for vacationers to work, chill out and recharge earlier than boarding their flights, together with:
Personal cellphone rooms with curated audio programing for meditation: Personal cubicles that can be utilized for cellphone calls or meditation present performance and tranquility with acoustical cloth panels, conventional Japanese paintings, and a curated audio program of calming water, forest, hen, and wind sounds.
Comfy seating areas for all sorts of vacationers: Friends could have a variety of seating choices to select from together with armchairs, excessive tops and eating banquettes, cozy couches, and a personal room with seating to accommodate households and small teams, full with a tv.
Centurion VIP Room: Centurion Members have entry to a VIP space that includes elevated-yet-comfortable furnishings and finishes, together with Kumiko fashion woodwork, a personal beverage station, and a curated show of Japanese paintings and images that captures scenes from the nation’s energetic pageant tradition.
Signature Centurion Lounge facilities for all sorts of vacationers: Friends may even discover signature Centurion Lounge facilities, together with devoted workstations and cellphone cubicles, premium bathe suites and restrooms, considerable shops and USB ports, entry to complimentary high-speed Wi-Fi, and extra.
Assembly Extra Card Members in Extra Locations
With extra airport lounge choices than every other bank card issuer[2], the American Specific World Lounge Assortment™ is simply one of many some ways American Specific helps Card Members whereas they journey. Eligible Card Members have entry to greater than 1,550 lounges worldwide, together with 30 Centurion Lounges.
American Specific continues to increase and improve the Centurion Lounge Community with plans introduced to open new lounge places at Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport (SLC) in Salt Lake Metropolis in 2025 and Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport (EWR) in New Jersey and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) in Amsterdam in 2026.
