So here I am starting yet another Tokyo hotel thread. But I've read the others (thanks to
Search), and nothing immediately jumped out at me as 1) current, and 2) offering quite the sort of thing I'm looking for.
I'm planning travel that includes a few days in Tokyo in early April. Two people, one bed preferred ("double"). Don't need anything too fancy -- we'll have fancy accomodations on other stops on the trip. Suggested hotels?
Last time I was in Tokyo for leisure, I used UA 50% off hotel certs to stay at a New Otani at a rate <$90/night as I recall. (See discussion in
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/000049.html and elsewhere.) But these certs are no more, leaving me looking for good alternatives.
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/000302.html recommends the Dai-Ichi Annex, but
http://www.daiichihotel-annex.com/info/english reports no availability for my travel dates (early April).
http://www.izuhotel.co.jp/roomrate.htm looks pretty appealing, at 8000-9000 yen/night for a double room, and a good location near Ueno (easy airport transfers). This is probably the best I've found so far, but it does look a bit run-down...
In the home-turned-ryokan family there's
http://www.idiom.com/~turner/tamaryokan.html and other suggestions from
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2029.html .
The listings on
http://gojapan.about.com/cs/tokyoacc...kyo_lowidx.htm look pretty appealing at first glance, but that list gets to be a bit daunting and, upon closer examination, doesn't obviously offer any incredible bargains.
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/000123.html suggests a Clarion, perhaps
http://cl.worldexecutive.com/directo...els/jp001.html , but I'm getting a 14000+ yen/night rate quoted there, nto the $100 quoted by
thezipper (admittedly 16 months ago and at a different USD-JPY exchange rate).
Other ideas? Google searches for "tokyo hotels" and similar are getting a litle old!...