Where to Stay in Tokyo, Japan for the first night?
Upon booked my flight ticket to Japan, I had this burning question. Where to stay in Tokyo, Japan for the first night?
Planning for the right accommodation to stay in Japan was a more tedious question than itinerary planning. Anyone can’t agree more with me?
It was quite a challenge to decide on the right accommodation to stay in Japan. Having to consider the price, the size of the hotel room and the location of the hotel. Ideally near the train station for more convenience! Usually, hotels with a strategic location or with reputable hotel brands cost a bomb!
Hotels near Tokyo station
If you have just landed in Tokyo and plan to take a bullet train early on the next day, I would recommend you to stay near the train station. As the Shinkansen is very punctual so it’s definitely wise not to miss your train. If it’s your first time travelling to Japan, read my First Impression of Japan to prevent any culture shock.
✔ Travelereve Tip for Smart Budget-conscious travellers: To avoid overspending on accommodation, highly recommend to research a few hotels of your preferred locations, compare the prices and finally choose the right fit!
Hotel Unizo Tokyo Ginza-Itchome
For our first night, we stayed at Hotel Unizo Tokyo Ginza-Itchome. The nearest station stated on the website is Ginza-Itchome Station.
However surprisingly, the next nearest station is Tokyo station, reachable by foot in 10 minutes. The entire walking journey doesn’t really feel like a 10 mins walk as we were doing people watching along the way. Highly recommend alighting at Tokyo station without needing any train transfer.
With its strategic location which is near Ginza, Ginza-Itchome and Tokyo station. It’s a perfect hotel to stay near Tokyo station asI was taking Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto the next morning.
✔ Travelereve Tip for Smart Budget-conscious travellers: Advisable to purchase your Shinkansen ticket or JR Pass before travelling to Japan. It’s so much cheaper as compared to purchasing them in Japan so you can save more to spend more on other useful things.
Ginza area turns into a dazzling and buzzing shopping district with neon light lighted up in the night. There are several Ginza attractions to explore even in the night, Things to do in Ginza Tokyo with less than 24 hours? Got to taste Godaime Hanayama Udon (五代目 花山うどん), the Wining-award authentic handmade Udon noodle in Ginza!
Have a quick Hotel tour of Hotel Unizo Ginza-Itchome & experience Ginza [Eng Sub]
UNIZO Hotel Company is a hotel chain upholding 3 different kinds of brands such as Hotel Unizo, Unizo Inn, Unizo Inn express. Hotel Unizo is located in the heart of Tokyo so it’s more pricer than the rest of the brands providing more elegance facilities with premium amenities.
✦ Travelereve Tip Exclusive for Ladies only: Hotel Unizo has an exclusive ladies floor as per requested during booking, only for female guests enabling female travellers to stay in the hotel comfortably. Ladies floor also includes ladies-only cafe and aroma-oil sample corner. Brownie points for Hotel Unizo!
Additionally, I also love how Hotels in Japan have vending machines at the lobby even when there are convenience stores like 7eleven, Familymart and Lawson nearby the hotel. It’s just so convenient and vending machines are Japanese culture!
Hotel Unizo Tokyo Ginza-Itchome Twin room
We have booked a twin room and 2 double rooms. Double rooms will include 1 double bed with smaller room space, a night cost ¥15,860. However, the twin room includes 2 single bed with a larger room space cost ¥20,220 for a night.
✔ For Smart Budget-conscious travellers: A Twin room has more room space as compared to Double room so it’s easier to move around and able to lay down your luggage to pack comfortably. Psst, a twin room can actually fit in 3 people if you keen in sharing room.
Hotel Unizo Tokyo Ginza-Itchome has a clean yet stylish look with a little Japanese fusion. This Twin room is more spacious as compared to the standard Japanese Hotel double room which tends to have a narrower walking pathway that makes unpacking of luggage totally inconvenient.
Hotel Unizo Tokyo Ginza-Itchome Bathroom
To top things off, Hotel Unizo Tokyo Ginza-Itchome also provides ample of amenities as promised. It’s amazing how smart Japanese is by optimising the small bathroom constraint yet still manage to have a bathtub and a shower in the bathroom to let you enjoy both.
Overall, our experience at Hotel Unizo Tokyo Ginza-Itchome was really a comfortable night after long hours of flight and chasing transportation for a day. Hotel Unizo Tokyo Ginza-Itchome tried to make guests feel like home. The extra touch which increases our experience while staying with Hotel Unizo is they tried to customise their pillow with 2 kinds of texture, the hard and the medium one. Allowing you to use whichever side of the pillow according to your preference!
HOTEL UNIZO Tokyo Ginza-itchome
Address: 1 Chome-9-5 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan
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