Tokyo hotels & more with an 8-year old
Feb 4, 2016, 6:21 pm
#16
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Just south of the station area (JR Ueno and Keisei Ueno are quite close together) is the Ameyokocho street market, which sells odds and ends that ordinary Tokyo residents might buy.
You are two stops from Akihabara south on the JR Line and a few subway stops west from Asakusa and the Kannon Temple (Sensoji).
On the northwest side of Ueno Park is Yanaka, one of the most traditional parts of Tokyo.
Because JR Ueno is on the amoeba-shaped Yamanote Line around the central city, you can easily access other areas of the city, either directly or by transferring.
The train to the Disney attractions leaves from what seems like the sub-sub-sub basement of Tokyo Station--which is on the Yamanote Line-- and I recommend leaving after the morning rush hour (when the Yamanote trains hold more people than should be humanly possible) and returning after about 7:00PM, so that you miss the worst of the evening rush hour.
I was unfamiliar with the hotel, but I looked at its website. The location is great, as I said, and the price looks very economical. The rooms are small, for sure, but I hope you will be out sightseeing instead of sitting around in your room.
Last edited by ksandness; Feb 6, 2016 at 9:36 am
Feb 5, 2016, 9:01 pm
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Ueno is an excellent neighborhood for tourists. You are 40 minutes from NRT via the Keisei Skyliner, and there are JR and subway stations nearby for easy access to the rest of the city. The park contains the National Museum and a couple of temples, and nearby is the hands-on Sh'tamachi Museum, which documents life in prewar Tokyo.
Just south of the station area (JR Ueno and Keisei Ueno are quite close together) is the Ameyokocho street market, which sells odds and ends that ordinary Tokyo residents might buy.
You are two stops from Akihabara south on the JR Line and a few subway stops west from Asakusa and the Kannon Temple (Sensoji).
On the northeast side of Ueno Park is Yanaka, one of the most traditional parts of Tokyo.
Because JR Ueno is on the amoeba-shaped Yamanote Line around the central city, you can easily access other areas of the city, either directly or by transferring.
The train to the Disney attractions leaves from what seems like the sub-sub-sub basement of Tokyo Station--which is on the Yamanote Line-- and I recommend leaving after the morning rush hour (when the Yamanote trains hold more people than should be humanly possible) and returning after about 7:00PM, so that you miss the worst of the evening rush hour.
I was unfamiliar with the hotel, but I looked at its website. The location is great, as I said, and the price looks very economical. The rooms are small, for sure, but I hope you will be out sightseeing instead of sitting around in your room.
Just south of the station area (JR Ueno and Keisei Ueno are quite close together) is the Ameyokocho street market, which sells odds and ends that ordinary Tokyo residents might buy.
You are two stops from Akihabara south on the JR Line and a few subway stops west from Asakusa and the Kannon Temple (Sensoji).
On the northeast side of Ueno Park is Yanaka, one of the most traditional parts of Tokyo.
Because JR Ueno is on the amoeba-shaped Yamanote Line around the central city, you can easily access other areas of the city, either directly or by transferring.
The train to the Disney attractions leaves from what seems like the sub-sub-sub basement of Tokyo Station--which is on the Yamanote Line-- and I recommend leaving after the morning rush hour (when the Yamanote trains hold more people than should be humanly possible) and returning after about 7:00PM, so that you miss the worst of the evening rush hour.
I was unfamiliar with the hotel, but I looked at its website. The location is great, as I said, and the price looks very economical. The rooms are small, for sure, but I hope you will be out sightseeing instead of sitting around in your room.
It looks like we may have one additional night in Tokyo on the way back due to the way mileage award seats are laying out - and the night happens to be 12/31, NYE. Confirming that fireworks aren't really a NYE thing in Japan, except at Disney...and that the pics I see of fireworks over Tokyo Bay, Tokyo Tower etc are from other times of year?
Feb 6, 2016, 4:51 am
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There're many countdown events (live concerts, parties, etc) around Tokyo.
Feb 6, 2016, 2:06 pm
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