Originally Posted by
jpatokal
So I'll be doing my yearly pilgrimage to Japan this March and am once again on the hunt for places to stay. Rough parameters for Tokyo:
- Budget 15000 yen-ish, can stretch if it's worth it (ended up at the Peninsula last time...
)
- Convenient access to Sobu-sen, Shinkansen & Narita (roughly in that order) is a big bonus; in practice this means somewhere around Tokyo-eki/Yurakucho or Akihabara
- jpatokal jr will be romping about, so a room slightly larger than the usual business hotel coffin is a plus
What I've found so far:
Grand Arc looks almost too good to be true pricewise (from under Y10000) and the 6-jo tatami rooms are intriguing, but the location is a bit awkward. I'm hearing good things about
Hotel Niwa (Y16000+) but the rooms seem a little small. mrs jpatokal's agitating for her business trip standby the
Century Southern Tower (also Y16000), which has generous rooms by Tokyo standards, but the Shinjuku location is a bit of a negative.
For Osaka, wife would prefer something around JR Osaka/Umeda, but location is not a huge deal. I'm currently looking at
ANA Crowne Plaza (Y14000+) or, in the "somewhat extravagant but still pretty good value" category,
Ritz Carlton (from Y24000/22000 with/without breakfast).
Anything else I'm missing?
Stayed in the Grand Arc last year, its way above expectation for a Tokyo Hotel. I guess I stayed in the single room (travelling on biz by myself) and it was ample, but not exactly spacious, so I would hope that the room you are looking for is bigger proportionally than that if you are travelling +1. There was a subway line within 7mins walk. Both Hanzomon and Kojimachi seem to be in the same sort of distance, whilst they aren't premium lines for my commute they are well connected so quick to get around..
Best room and value for money was the Sakura Tower - the Hotel is nowhere near Peninsular status but the room was MASSIVE- they list the Twin room at 500Sqft, which was larger than my apartment when I lived in Japan. It is a nice Hotel too, rooms are a touch older, still very nice and certainly high end and public areas are very nice.
It is close to Shinagawa station JR which means you can get to Akihabara quickly and Narita is direct link, I use the bus for this as it stops at the hotel.
Hotel is a little set back from the JR Station, so takes about 10mins walk (it is up a lovely tree lined hill). It has a very nice Sakura viewing and Japanese Garden.
I got a deal on a King for about 110 per night, but now its up higher to about 170 for a twin on Hotels.com - maybe you can get a better price shopping around.
http://www.princehotels.com/en/sakur...oominfomation/