Accomidation

[JJay]

Jetstar have some deals running right now - 2 for the price of 1

and thinking of headin over to japan for a couple of days (fly out thurs, fly home mon/tues).

anyway... flying goldcoast to tokyo and just wondering what places are good for accomidation in Tokyo and the areas around it?

Also, what the prices, pref in YEN & AUD.

Cheers for any help

[sketchr32]

Jetstar have some deals running right now - 2 for the price of 1

and thinking of headin over to japan for a couple of days (fly out thurs, fly home mon/tues).

anyway... flying goldcoast to tokyo and just wondering what places are good for accomidation in Tokyo and the areas around it?

Also, what the prices, pref in YEN & AUD.

Cheers for any help

what sort of accommodation are you looking for. there are lots of choices from hotels to hostels. capsual hotels are good fun too. asakusa has a really good ew hostel.

[StinkyPoo]

Look for Business hotels, they are normally located near major train stations, have shower/toilets in rooms (not communal).

I found a few through JNTO (http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/) and Japanican (http://www.japanican.com/index.aspx).

Edited July 7, 2009 by StinkyPoo

[stylz7]

Look at either YASEU TERMINAL HOTEL ( 4 star ) - Which is a stones throw away from tokyo central train station, Have stayed here a couple times and is good, a little on the expensive side $180 AUS a night for twin share but your paying for the location.

Also have a look at HOTEL UNIVERSE NIHONBASHI ( 3 star ), have stayed here as well and is about 10 - 15 min walk from tokyo central train station. Is accross the road from MAZDA show room, Is fairly cheap $140 AUS twin share a night ,

Both have great staff and shops close by, would recomend either ! If on a budget then its obvious which one to look at.

Hope this helps

[JJay]

cheers for that bud

[JJay]

Also have a look at HOTEL UNIVERSE NIHONBASHI ( 3 star ), have stayed here as well and is about 10 - 15 min walk from tokyo central train station. Is accross the road from MAZDA show room, Is fairly cheap $140 AUS twin share a night ,

hey bud

would you have a link to these guys website?

heading over in dec now, so sourcing all the info i need to start making some bookings

[stylz7]

Here you go mate

hotel universe nihonbashi

http://www.hotelu-kayabacho.com/english/index.html

Yaesu terminal hotel

http://www.yth.jp/english/index.html

Was just there 2 weeks ago again, Personaly i would stay at hotel universe ( Nothing wrong with yaesu hotel its just personal choice !!) as its cheaper and the rooms are bigger ! It is a 10 or so min walk to JR tokyo station but is cheaper so yeah.

Hope this helps

[AGE]

I've stayed here and i found it very good for a base around Tokyo.

http://www.nshotel.com/english/index.htm

I'm staying there again in 2 weeks.

[d00dz]

Dunno about you guys but I stayed here for 2 days and it was really good and cheap.

http://kimi-ryokan.jp/ have to call up to book. Close to IKEBUKURO station, cheap and nice futons.

SINGLE

4,500 YEN

MEDIUM FOR 2 PEOPLE

6,500 YEN

LARGE FOR 2 PEOPLE

7,500 YEN

I was in the Large room, and was very good.

[Beer Baron]

my advice, don't stay near tokyo station. it's not really an exciting place to stay in the city. better to stay near shinjuku, shibuya somewhere like that if you want to be near a JR line, or even roppongi.

if you want to be near a transport hub you're far better off at shinjuku. many different lines meet there inc tokyo metro, JR, odakyu and on and on. and it's a busy, exciting place to stay. lots and lots of choices hotel wise in the area.

the place doodz recommends looks good too, very cheap for tokyo standards and being near a station that is on the yamanote line means easy transport access to the rest of central tokyo and beyond... and it's close to the Marunouchi subway line too which is very handy to get around tokyo quickly.

[AGE]

my advice, don't stay near tokyo station. it's not really an exciting place to stay in the city. better to stay near shinjuku, shibuya somewhere like that if you want to be near a JR line, or even roppongi.

if you want to be near a transport hub you're far better off at shinjuku. many different lines meet there inc tokyo metro, JR, odakyu and on and on. and it's a busy, exciting place to stay. lots and lots of choices hotel wise in the area.

^^^ Excellent advice Beer Baron!!

I totally agree (from my brief time in Tokyo )

I've stayed in Shinjuku, Asakusa and Ginza.... and Shinjuku was just so easy to get to anywhere from the train station. But be warned, the Shinjuku station is a little on the large size!

If you like a nice quiet Ryokan, try this one. It's in Asakusa and it's very easy to find.

http://www.andon.co.jp/index.html

well priced, cheap brekkie, good selection of DVD's at the front desk and there's a Nissan dealership about a 5 min walk away. (but i only saw a Micra in the window )

[d00dz]

One tip with accom. If you have a JR pass try and get accom close to JR stations like within 2-5min walk. Otherwise you'd be lugging luggage 2-5km away. Esp in a Large station and not know which way to go with 10000000's of people zooming by in peak hr.