Expert Reviews of Tokyo Hotels

Editorial Tonkosti

In Tokyo, there are no old grand hotels - such as, for example, Peninsula in Hong Kong or Raffles in Singapore. However, the lack of elegance or grandeur of antiquity Tokyo hotels successfully compensate for the excellent service that the Japanese are famous around the world, as well as the purity and efficiency of service.

Unfortunately, in Tokyo, there are almost no first-class hotels in the traditional Japanese style. To enjoy the style of Ryokan, you will have to leave the capital. However, several hotels in the upper price segment offer rooms with tatami, a Japanese bath (deeper and narrower than Western versions) and cotton mattresses. Although these rooms are expensive, they are comfortable enough to accommodate up to four people. In fact, if you are very limited in budget, accommodation in a traditional Japanese hotel is your salvation

On the other hand, if you are looking for luxury, then Tokyo will not disappoint you. First-rate Japanese hotels have always been proud of the quality of service, plus the recent emergence of hotels owned by foreigners, including The Peninsula Tokyo, Mandarin Orienta and Ritz-Carlton, has just raised rates.

The new trend in the Japanese hotel industry is a boom in business-oriented hotels.

Service in hotels in Tokyo

Be prepared for small room sizes. The space in Tokyo is in short supply, so with the exception of apartments in the most expensive hotels, rooms are usually of three sizes: tiny, small and almost normal.

There are rooms with kitchen and washing machine, as well as reduced rates for guests living more than a week. All rooms are air-conditioned (in Tokyo, this is simply a must) and a shower room More and more hotels provide free Internet connection, although Wi-Fi is still not so ubiquitous. As in the USA, hotel rooms can not be smoke-free, except for the cheapest hostels or traditional Japanese hotels

The cost of accommodation in Tokyo hotels

The recent economic downturn has affected the hotel industry in Japan, forcing almost all hotels to reduce prices as much as possible. Until recently, booking a discounted room was quite problematic, whereas now more and more hotels publish such information on the Internet

The price spread for a night in a double (double room), including taxes and service charges, is as follows: very expensive hotels will cost from 50 000 yen, expensive hotels - ranging from 32 000 to 50 000 yen, the average price is 16 000 - 32 000 yen, you can find quite inexpensive housing for less than 16 000 yen.

Seasonality of visiting Tokyo

Although Tokyo does not suffer from the lack of hotel rooms in the high (when most Japanese spend time in the mountains or on the coast), there may be difficulties due to conferences and other business events.

If possible, do not visit Tokyo in mid-February, when the entrance exams to universities and crowds of ambitious schoolchildren begin and their parents fill the city.

In summer, when most foreign tourists visit Japan, cheaper numbers end first, so take care of booking the hotel in advance so as not to have problems with finding a hotel by after a long flight.