Hi all --
In my travels to Japan, one of the highlights for me is the nice Japanese buffet breakfasts you find at some even simple/medium tier hotels. The kind where there's miso soup, grilled salmon, rolled egg, curry rice, maybe some chawanmushi + other local dishes, maybe a pork/veg stew. I try to find these ideal price point + breakfast hotels for my stays, if it's not too expensive (<$100-120 is ideal). I mean, I love this stuff and I can skip lunch all the way to a nice dinner after that in the morning.
I struggle to find one of these on an upcoming trip for cherry blossoms, in the Tokyo area, at the beginning of April. Many hotels are already sold out solid, I don't know why? Could it be the cherry blossoms?
Would you have any suggestions for what Tokyo hotels offer this kind of breakfast for that reasonable a price? For reference, in the past, I've found this at:
- Hotel Hokke club chain hotel (Fukuoka, many other cities) -- but closest with breakfast buffet is Fujisawa
- APA hotel (though not quite as extensive a buffet, still good quality)
- Hotel Sunroute (sometimes, and then generally simpler buffet)
I'm just unfamiliar with what hotel chains / names to start looking in Tokyo area for aside from above. Or I guess in the worst case, I can go out and find such a breakfast and pay 2000Y in a restaurant. It's not a dealbreaker but would be really nice. I'm willing to stay up to like 30 min train ride outside Tokyo central area.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
-- edit: alternatively, if I'm thinking about the cherry blossom season in the wrong way and would be advised to just leave Tokyo for somewhere else in Japan, I'm glad to hear those suggestions too!