Originally Posted by jtopicz1

Can't help you with flights, since we didn't have the miles at the time and braved the 14 hours in coach from TPA!

As for hotels, we absolutely LOVED the Grand Pacific Le Daiba. We stayed 15 nights. Service was phenomenal (as it seems to be in most Japanese hotels), rooms were large, and everything was spotlessly clean. Several onsite restaurants, but the meals were as much as a night at the hotel!

The hotel is on the "island" of Le Daiba which involves taking a 5 minute monorail ride over the rainbow bridge. The Le Daiba area itself is very relaxed with numerous attractions (Toyota Museum) and three or four HUGE newer malls, as well as a large Ferris Wheel.

While the 5 minute monorail ride was not the most fun to do everyday, we loved the location overall, and would not hesitate to stay again. Looks like the current rates for June are about $140/nt.

Not sure if you have visited Tokyo before, but the best piece of advice that we got prior to our trip was to get a Suica (sp?) or Passmo card. Really takes much of the hassel out of public transit, and any remaining balance can be cashed out!

Jim