The Four Seasons Tokyo at Otemachi sells a €51 Ecuadorian chocolate star for Christmas 2026

At the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi, pastry chef Michele Abbatemarco’s Christmas 2026 collection has been on sale since 1 October: an Étoile de Chocolat at 9,000 yen, or about €51, and four sweet treats with European roots. Orders run until 22 December, for collection at the hotel from 1 to 25 December, overlooking the Imperial Palace gardens.

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1. An Ecuadorian chocolate star for €51
2. Chocolate bears, Berawecka, brioche: €15-26
3. Michele Abbatemarco, a Lucas Carton alumnus
4. A pop-up pastry shop on the 39th floor
5. When is the last day to order?
6. 190 rooms facing the Imperial Palace gardens

An Ecuadorian chocolate star for €51

The centrepiece of the collection is shaped like a star. The Étoile de Chocolat is built around a single-origin chocolate from Ecuador, worked into a mousse and a cream, with orange, blackcurrant and cocoa pulp. The cake measures 14.5 cm by 5 cm and costs 9,000 yen including tax, about €51.15 at the European Central Bank reference rate of 27 October 2026 (€1 = 175.97 yen).

Chocolate bears, Berawecka, brioche: €15-26

Around the star, four creations can be ordered separately. The white chocolate bears are sold in pairs for 3,000 yen (about €17.05): one with chocolate, black tea and raspberry, the other with apple, cinnamon and gingerbread. The gingerbread, at 3,600 yen (about €20.46), blends cinnamon, ginger, anise, clove and ripe banana.

The chef also takes a detour via Alsace with the Berawecka, an Alsatian Christmas bread packed with nuts and dried fruit (apricots, raisins, figs, prunes, pear), spiced and scented with Armagnac and rum, at 4,500 yen (about €25.57). The cinnamon and orange brioche wreath, baked every morning by the hotel’s baker, is the most affordable: 2,600 yen, or about €14.78.

Michele Abbatemarco, a Lucas Carton alumnus

Born in Monferrato, Italy, Michele Abbatemarco has been with the Four Seasons since 2020. The hotel’s executive pastry chef, he also creates the desserts for its French restaurant, “est”. Before Tokyo, he worked at Lucas Carton in Paris, with Gualtiero Marchesi, at the Café de Paris in Monaco, at the Chantecler in the Negresco in Nice and at Cuisines Michel Troisgros in Tokyo.

Trained at the École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona and the École Lenôtre, he was named best pastry chef by Gault & Millau in 2024. According to the hotel, the restaurant “est” has held a Michelin star for the fifth year running.

A pop-up pastry shop on the 39th floor

From 15 to 23 December 2026, 11am to 7pm, THE LOUNGE, on the 39th floor, hosts a pop-up Pastry Shop. Unlike the Christmas collection, some treats can be bought there without pre-ordering, in limited quantities each day, from a changing selection. The lounge seats 60.

When is the last day to order?

Orders have been open since Thursday 1 October 2026 and close on Tuesday 22 December, at least three days before your chosen collection date. Collection is at the hotel, from Tuesday 1 to Friday 25 December 2026. Bookings are taken on 03-6810-0655 (+81 3 6810 0655 from abroad), a dedicated line separate from the hotel switchboard, or via the official online shop. Prices include consumption tax.

Other grand hotels are also betting on Christmas pastry: in London, The Dorchester runs a train through a chocolate village, and in Paris, The Peninsula Paris serves its Christmas tea time.

190 rooms facing the Imperial Palace gardens

Opened in September 2020, the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi occupies the top six floors of the 39-storey Otemachi One tower, with direct access to Otemachi station. It has 190 keys including 20 suites, a 20 m indoor pool, a five-room spa, the French restaurant “est”, the Italian PIGNETO and the VIRTÙ bar.

To stay over during the festive season, we found 203,167 yen a night, or about €1,155, including 15% service charge and taxes, in a 49 m² Superior room with skyline views, for two adults, on the night of 2 to 3 December 2026 (checked on 28 October 2026). For comparison, see our pick of the best luxury hotels in Tokyo.