Abutting Ebisu, Minami-Azabu, Nishi-Azabu and Minami-Aoyama, Hiroo is an upmarket residential and shopping neighborhood in central Tokyo.

Its important alumnae include the former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata and Empress of Japan Michiko.

Shibuya Board of Education [ja] operates public elementary and junior high schools.

While the hotel technically is located in Minami-Azabu, it is nearby the Hiroo subway station and Tengenji Bridge.

The large number of daily visitors to the hotel contributes to the international atmosphere in Hiroo.

In the Edo period, the area near present-day Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Keio Gijyuku Yochisha School, Tengenji Bridge, and Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo 5-chome Apartments was named Tsukushigahara.

Tsukushigahara was a popular strolling and play area and was recorded in the Illustrated Collection of Famous Places in Edo (江戸名所図会).

The Kogai River flows under Gaien-Nishi Dori upstream towards and past the east side of Aoyama Cemetery.