Where to stay in TOKYO - Don't make THIS mistake! | Japan Travel Guide

Having been to Tokyo a number of times now and in my early 70's, I perfer to stay in Sugamo APA hotel. Close to train station with Yamamoto line, which is like a city circle line. Reasonably priced and close to a plenty of eateries.

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My daughter and I stayed in the Tokyo area last summer for two weeks! I always like to see other people's perspective of their travel to Japan. I look forward to more videos like this.

Update: I just noticed that every place you visited on your second leg in Tokyo, we also visited. As you can guess, we walked everywhere and took trains and subways to get around the different wards. The one thing I can tell you about travel in Japan is that you will burn a lot more calories on the trip as compared to say...backpacking in Yosemite :).

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Loving your Japan videos so far. Very informative. Keep up the great work 😊

For me I try and stay every time at the Shibuya excel as I did on my first trip.
I always come in via Narita Airport and take a limousine bus that will take me straight to the hotel and the hotel is across the road from the train station. If it’s raining you can always get to your train without getting wet. There is still a lot of construction going on at shibuya station but all the trains still run on time. Think the construction will be finished in 2027.

great video

As a person that’s been living in Japan for over 10 years I still fail to understand why everyone wants to see Shibuya crossing. In fact, Hatagaya, the placed you stayed at, is very Japanese. That’s true Japan, not touristy Japan.

With the strong dollar just book a car service from/to the airport. It is just too much hassle with baggage to go on super crowded trains and lugging suitcases up/down stairs or wasting time finding the elevators

We are from the UK and have just completed booking our trip to Japan for next September and like yourselves we are staying at Kyoto ,Hiroshima and Tokyo.
Thankfully I have reserved our accommodation within less than a 10 minute walk to train stations while staying at Shinjuku when in Tokyo and after viewing your video I am so pleased we chose there as I got 5 nights in a quite larger room with breakfast for £125 (pounds) per night and the area looks insane
Must congratulate you both on a very informative video which is a great help to first time visitors like ourselves and I am looking forward to viewing your trips to both other cities
BTW even though we are not American and know less than nil about baseball I really want to try to go to a game in Japan, did you do it yourselves and if so any advice would be greatly appreciated

stayed in Prince Hotel Shinjuku above the tran stations ..Fabulous ..stayed eight days and loved every minute

I can’t believe the mean spirited comments… tourists come to America and can’t pronounce certain words/places, but they do their best and are much appreciated for visiting and contributing to our economy! You guys did great!!

Wonderful !! Thank you for letting me know
Best wishes to you 😊

Thank you so much for your video and very well explained, will definitely help me on my 2nd trip next year !!

Great video! Really detailed and informative! Definitely going to help me with my Japan trip this coming March! 👍

For us ist best to stay near ueno station! Good access to trains (for example the JR circle line) and it's easy to go everywhere!

When traveling in Tokyo, the bus is actually more convenient than the train. Because there are many stairs in the station in Japan, and I'm tired. The bus time schedule is also roughly accurate, and it is rare to be delayed by 10 minutes even during rush hour, and you can check the location of the bus on the web and you will not be irritated.

Absolutely no need to think about it because there’s only 1 place for me to stay in Tokyo and it’s Kabukicho

I have visited Japan 3 times so far and found Shinagawa ( Shinagawa Prince and Shinagawa Tobu) very nice and conviniently located hotels.

How is the Ginza area? We booked the Hyatt Ginza based on others' recommendation. It will be our first time visiting Japan. TIA.

FYI, APA hotels are owned but ultra-right nationalists who rationalize the rape and slavery perpetrated by the pre-war imperial government.

I always go there month of April because I like Sakura and the weather is not that cold and not that hot. Onsen is also one thing to consider , very relaxing specially after a lot of walks

Don't stay in Japan, period.

Staying at those APAs in Shinjuku gets annoying when you want to get food delivered. They always go to the wrong one.

Sweets Hotel is a love hotel.

Great Tokyo guide.

Try the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, across from JR Shinagawa station. Good connections from airports, Shinkansen and all of Tokyo. Also, go outside the big cities. Nara is great.

Wait, 186k points for 2 people one way itinerary? That’s 93k points one way for premium Econ. I booked Ana flight from jfk to hnd round trip in business class for only 75k points. How can premium Econ cost 93k for one way when business class round trip is 18k points less ? How did u guys book this? Via United? I’m pretty sure Ana doesn’t charge that many points for premium Econ.

i stayed in setagaya and it was a straight shot to shibuya. it was 15-20 minute ride but it really helped me learn my directions and station stop names.

Based on my experience, the best places to stay in Tokyo on a budget are within Shinjuku Station or Ueno Station, depending on your tolerance with crowds. Just be sure to study your Google Maps carefully, or you'll end up on the wrong train.
Shinjuku has the busiest train station in the world, and you can access multiple points in Tokyo with just one or two trains. You can also access the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, which has a free skyline observation deck.
Ueno is more laid back and has access to more parks, plus Senso-ji Temple and the Ameyoko Shopping District. In addition, Ueno is closer to Akihabara and Central Tokyo than Shinjuku.
I didn't mention Shibuya because hotel rates there are notoriously high, compared to Shinjuku.
If you're landing at Narita Airport, you have an advantage with transportation. The JR Narita Express has direct lines to Tokyo Station, Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Yokohama. The Keisei Skyliner is faster and cheaper, but is limited to Nippori and Ueno; all connecting lines to Shinjuku and other parts of Tokyo require a stop at Nippori Station.

Booking with APA Hotels in Shinjuku may be confusing at first, as they have five branches in Kabukicho alone. I stayed at the Kabukicho Chuo branch last May. Room was very comfy and the Indian restaurant by the entrance has some great food other than the breakfast buffet. The only downsides are that the hotel has only one elevator and there is no laundry room; instead, you have to walk a few blocks north to the coin-op laundry, which is beside the two northernmost APA Horel branches.

Wait a minute - it now costs 1,500 yen to use the Magnet observation deck? Last May, you just had to buy a drink for 550 yen (1,000 yen for a beer) and you could pay in cash. And I see they switched from Suntory/Pepsi to Coca-Cola.

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crossing just look out station window?

Please pronounce the places more correctly

Are you butchering the pronunciations on purpoise?

I prefer Ueno , stay close to the JR station and used the Yamanote loop line to travel around Tokyo or the Shinkansen bullet train for sight seeing outside Tokyo . Ueno is the best area in Tokyo . Ueno Parks , Tokyo zoo , , national museum and famous Ameyoko market street food where you can see hundreds of different restaurants where local Japanese enjoy theirs drink and eating.

Get these nerds out of Japan... immediately!!!

Kabuki cho was great. I stayed for a week right in the center as a visiting trainee. The sights, shopping, and food are amazing. I never felt unsafe as with other countries' red districts.

wow very helpful experience friend

I went a month ago and stayed in Ueno (Inaricho) in an APA Hotel. 15 minutes from Ueno Station and 5 minutes from Inaricho Station (Subway). I had views of the Skytree and it was a 35 minutes walk from Senso-ji. I spent roughly $50 a night for 5 days. One of the best locations honestly. Never had I used a public transportation system in my life and with Google maps I managed not to get lost and it only took a 1hour 10 minute trip from the Airport (Monorail to Tokyo Station then transfer to JR Line to Ueno). The area is very peaceful and out from the hustle and bustle of the main roads. Overall a very quiet place with a ton of accessibility.

I later stayed in the Shinjuku Prince Hotel in Kabukicho (large Brick Building near Shinjuku Station). Great place also but a bit more pricy. Overall the Ueno hotel and area was way better for me.

I am 7 min into the video and already so much misinformation and just ignorant details. You all clearly don't know much about Tokyo. You know where all the tourist are....but you don't know Tokyo or Japan. You made a ton of mistakes and instead of just not posting because you don't know the actual answer you just chose to post misinformation. DO NOT do the Karts, they are despised by the locals and such a horrible problem. We need to put a stop to that as a thing to do. It's not a thing to do. Spending a few minutes to learn how to pronounce the locations and names would have been nice. You murdered half the places you describe and unless you know all about Tokyo it would be hard to follow your video and know where the hell you are. On the train filming and talking is a HUGE NO NO! If you go to Japan and all you do it the thing in Tokyo and Osaka that every other tourist is doing then you failed to see Japan. You saw the Japan that tourist have created and it all started after WWII. Tokyo and Osaka are nice, but that's not Japan. Staying in the areas you suggested are OK but it's just filled with tourist and you don't get to see Tokyo or Japan. I think it's sad when people go to Japan, stick to the major tourist areas, do all the "Instagram" things and go home and tell everyone they went to Japan....you didn't and this video just pushes that tired narrative. Stop being tourist in a country and try to go some place and learn about it and how it is what is it.

Just spent five weeks in Japan. We stayed eight nights in Tokyo in Shimbashi. It is on the Yamanote line so very easy to get around.

Try to avoid APA in the future. They are well priced but have a myriad of problems. One of the worst companies you can give money too in Japan. (It will take 1 min of research to figure out why)

The place I always stay now is Shin-Ōkubo, it's a neighborhood in Shinjuku but on the edge so on a night is a lot quieter. I enjoy punk shows and underground idol scene so it is a location that I can go to these shows with little travel but still get back for a good rest. It also has a large Korean community so there is a lot of Korean food (chicken, bbq etc). A 3* hotel for 2 weeks will cost around £580. Not as fancy as APA but clean and friendly staff.

Congrats for your way of travelling. "Happy to leave, happy to come back home". We live in south of France.
We travel every year for two or three month . Our target is always the far-east as we feel the world is too big to be seen as a Whole and we love Asia.
We are 70 and 73 and are still backpakers :No plan, no booking, we stay in small clean hotels. A few years ago we stayied in a small hotel in Yunan, China.
The name of the place was (in french) : Auberge de la couleur du vent" - Guest house colored like the wind This is about our philosophy of travelling.
Wish you all the best.

Good lord, there are now photo lines for the Hachiko statue? 😰 I remember not that long ago when ppl could just walk up for random photos

Enjoying this series very much and am sharing with our daughter and grandsons who are planning for their trip in 2024!

We loved staying in Asakusa as well, just down the street from the temple. We were able to take a direct train from the airport to the station and then a five minute walk to our hotel.

Judy, do you have a link for the ebike tour ?