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       Where to Stay

                           MINATO-KU: Hotel Arca    Price Guide
       Tokyo               Torre Roppongi   ¥¥  Prices are based on one night’s stay in
                           Business             high season for a standard double room,
       BUNKYO-KU: Homeikan    6-1-23 Roppongi   inclusive of service charges and taxes.
       Honkan           ¥¥  Tel (03) 3404-5111   Map 2 E5  ¥   up to ¥8,000
       Ryokan              ∑ arktower.jp/arcatorre/english  ¥¥   ¥8,000 to ¥20,000
       5-10-5 Hongo        Rooms have basic facilities at    ¥¥¥   over ¥20,000
       Tel (03) 3811-1181   Map 3 A3  this hotel near Roppongi.
       ∑ homeikan.com                           DK Choice
       One of the highlights of this   MINATO-KU: Hotel Roppongi  ¥¥
       stylish, wooden ryokan is a pretty   Capsules and Love Hotels  SHINJUKU-KU: Park Hyatt
       manicured Japanese garden.  7-19-4 Roppongi  Tokyo      ¥¥¥
                           Tel (03) 3403-1571   Map 2 E5  Deluxe
       CHIYODA-KU: Capsule    This attractive love hotel has    3-7-1-2 Nishi-Shinjuku
       Value Kanda       ¥  a range of differently themed   Tel (03) 5322-1234   Map 1 A2
       Capsules and Love Hotels  rooms, including Edwardian chic   ∑ tokyo.park.hyatt.com
       1-4-5 Kajicho       and traditional Japanese style.  This legendary hotel, the
       Tel (03) 6206-0724   Map 3 C5            setting for the well-known
       This no-frills capsule hotel has   SHIBUYA-KU: Hotel Villa    film Lost in Translation, is one
       English-speaking staff and offers   Giulia   ¥¥  of the most luxurious and
       a small range of free business   Capsules and Love Hotels  best-located hotels in Tokyo. As
       facilities, including computer   2-27-8 Dogenzaka  well as fine views of Shinjuku’s
       access and photocopy services.  Tel (03) 3770-7781   Map 1 A5  Chuo-koen Park and excellent
                           A love hotel with good-sized   pool and spa facilities, it also
       CHIYODA-KU:         rooms. Push a button, take a slip,   boasts the New York Bar and
       Imperial Hotel   ¥¥¥  then follow the spoken (Japanese)   Grill, a popular spot.
       Deluxe              instructions for payment.
       1-1-1 Uchisawaicho
       Tel  (03) 3504-1111   Map 5 B2  SHIBUYA-KU: Shibuya    TAITO-KU: Sauna and Capsule
       ∑ imperialhotel.co.jp/e/tokyo  Excel Hotel Tokyu   ¥¥¥  Hotel Dandy   ¥
       First opened in 1890, the    Deluxe     Capsules and Love Hotels
       Imperial is one of the oldest   Shibuya Mark City Building, 1-12-2,   Egg Bldg, 6F, 2-6-11 Ueno
       hotels in Tokyo – and one of    Dogenzaka   Tel (03) 3839-8100   Map 3 C3
       the most prestigious.  Tel (03) 5457-0109   Map 1 B5  Guests here enjoy excellent
                           ∑ tokyuhotelsjapan.com/en/hotel/  bathing facilities, including an
       CHUO-KU: Ginza Grand    TE/TE_SHIBU/    open-air bath and natural wood
       Hotel            ¥¥  Overlooking Shibuya’s famous   sauna, plus a good restaurant.
       Business            crossing, this high-end hotel is
       8-16-15 Ginza       comfortable and modern.  TAITO-KU: Hotel Marutani   ¥¥
       Tel (03) 3572-4131   Map 5 B3           Business
       ∑ ginzagrand.com/english  SHINJUKU-KU: Wakana   ¥¥  6-7-6 Ueno
       Perfect for the business traveler   Ryokan  Tel (03) 3831-4308   Map 3 C3
       staying in Ginza, this hotel offers   4-7 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku  ∑ hotel-marutani.com
       stylish “urban rooms” designed   Tel (03) 3260-3769  The Marutani offers its guests
       for functionality and relaxation.  This small ryokan in the old   the option of staying in either
                           geisha quarter is known as the   Japanese-style tatami rooms
       CHUO-KU: Mandarin    “writers’ inn,” since many Japanese   or Western-style rooms. With
       Oriental, Tokyo   ¥¥¥  authors have stayed here.  communal baths.
       Deluxe
       2-1-1 Nihonbashi-Muromachi               TAITO-KU: Asakusa View
       Tel (03) 3270-8800   Map 5 C1           Hotel            ¥¥¥
       ∑ mandarinoriental.com/tokyo            Deluxe
       Housed in a sleek high-rise, the        3-17-1 Nishi-Asakusa
       Mandarin Oriental is arguably           Tel (03) 3847-1111   Map 4 E2
       Tokyo’s most luxurious hotel,           ∑ viewhotels.co.jp/asakusa
       featuring a Presidential Suite          Comfortable rooms here have
       that truly is fit for a president.      views of both old and new
                                               Tokyo – from the Senso-ji
       MEGURO-KU: Meguro                       temple to the Skytree.
       Gajoen          ¥¥¥
       Ryokan                                   TOSHIMA-KU: The b
       1-8-1 Shimo-Meguro                      Ikebukuro         ¥¥
       Tel (03) 3491-4111                      Business
       ∑ megurogajoen.co.jp                    1-39-4 Higashi-Ikebukuro
       At this luxurious ryokan in             Tel (03) 3980-1911
       one of Tokyo’s more upmarket            ∑ ikebukuro.theb-hotels.com/en
       neighborhoods, guests can opt           This smart business hotel is
       to stay in the Western-style            located in lively Ikebukuro.
       rooms, which have a tatami   The high-rise building housing the   Rooms have comfortable
       seating area.       Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo hotel at dusk  furnishings and bright decor.
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