Originally Posted by railroadtycoon
Riot6, I'm a fan of the Yokohama Sheraton myself, however I only prefer to stay there if my plans call for visiting Yokohama/Kamakura or points south of Tokyo. However if my purpose is visiting Tokyo mainly, then I usually would opt for a hotel in Tokyo itself.
If you are a starwood person, since SPG aquired LeMeridian hotels, there is a LeMeridan across from Shinagawa Station (another stop on the Narita Express, and its also a Tokaido Shinaksen station). Its a SPG cat3 hotel so if you are redeeming points its the same for that hotel and the Yokohama Sheraton. There are also the Prince hotels (its like a whole complex of different prince hotels) in the Shinagawa Station area, that we've talked alot about here on the forums.
I had friends visit and stay at the Crowne Plaza, its not a bad hotel, its a hotel you often get as a priceline result, around 90-100usd if I recall.
The Crowne Plaza is definitely not bad, I mean, it's not a "high end" one neither but a straight up standard business hotel. I really am happy that Le Meridian is now part of SPG. It gives me more choices in Tokyo. Yey!
This Nov/Dec, I am staying at the Sheraton Yokohama and do plan on going south the Kamakura. Do you have any tips on getting there. I heard there's some kind of a local rail pass available? (No, not the JR Rail Pass, which I'm not getting this time around since it won't be worth it - I'm only around Tokyo/Yokohama instead of taking Shinkansen trips to Kyoto/Osaka) If so where do I buy it?
Yeah, for this coming trip, I did try to book award nights at Le Meridian but there was no room available that is confirmed as 2 beds. And since I'm travelling with a buddy, then one of us will have to sleep on the floor
