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Cerulean Tower - Great views, great hotel

If you can, try and stay at the cerulean tower hotel in Shibuya. It is the tallest building around and the bar is on the top floor (40 stories), which gives supurb views across Tokyo.

The rooms are also very good and the staff could not be more friendly or attentive.

Claska

The best hotel in Tokyo.

Perfect place to stay in Tokyo... BUREAU/B-SITE

If u need to stay mid to longterm in Tokyo a serviced apartment might be better than a hotel or else. The Apartments are perfectly located at main Yamanote locations and are almost luxurious, if that's what your after. My first stay was in Bureau Shinagawa and it was a dream :)

BUREAU is more for business people and B-SITE attracts a younger clientele but has very nice facilities and even better locations. I am NOT affiliated with this firm, just a big fan. Minimum stay is 2-4 weeks i think...add up 30 days of hotels and make the math..

Where to Stay

If you are in the mood for some old school time, I highly recommend you stay at Homeikan, it's a old style Japanese guest house. Great price, really comfortable, and excellent for pictures! (and for buying yakatas)

Good hotel w/ 100Mbit, great breakfast, well connected, near Haneda

Check out the Hotel Sunroute Shinagawa Seaside which is just a hop from Haneda Airport and with good connections to all areas of Tokyo and Yokohama. Small hotel rooms, but with computer and 100Mbit connection included. Good breakfast menu included if you book correctly.

Take a look at the Japan-only Hotel Sunroute group to find business style hotels.

I stayed at The Westin Tokyo located in Ebisu. It was a fantastic hotel, although very expensive. However, it is a part of the Starwood Preferred Guest hotel group, so if you are a member of that it can really help. We were on the 21st floor and had a gorgeous view of the Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge. The staff were incredibly friendly and the buffet breakfast was delicious and a superb way to start the day. It is about a 15 minute covered moving walkway walk from Yebisu Garden Place to Ebisu station where you can pick up the JR Yamanote line and the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, plus it only takes about 15 minutes by taxi to get to the Roppongi or Ginza areas. The concierge always recommended excellent places to eat and I suggest listening to him or her.

If you're on a budget, consider:

Weekly Mansion Tokyo http://www.wmt-tokyo.com/asakusa/roomrates.html

New Koyo http://www.newkoyo.com/prices.html

and Sakura http://www.sakura-hotel.co.jp/sakura-hotel_rates.html

I'm a fan of Tokyu Stay -- they give you a nice price break if you stay more than a week and there's usually an almost-new washer/drier combo unit in the room. It's nice to only pack 5 days worth of clothes for a two-week trip. The Tokyu Stay Aoyama Premier has stunning views if you get a room on the 25th floor and it's a 1-2 minute walk to the Gaienmae station on Ginza sen.

Conrad Tokyo is a place with crazy views of the city – especially at night. It's also located fairly close to the Tsukiji fish market. I have a few opinions abou this hotel, though. Read more here: http://www.guidebook.se/?p=220

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The Claska hotel in Tokyo is probably one of the best hotels I've ever stayed in. If you can live with the fact that it's not in the very center of everything, you will be more than amazed. Superb value for money as well. More here: http://www.guidebook.se/?p=5

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Just stayed here myself for ten nights, broken with short overnight trips to other cities. The staff are amazingly friendly, and most speak very good English. I stayed in a single room. The first room was quite small, primarily due to the L shape. [XX02 room] The second room, [XX01 room] was slightly more spacious. Initially on this trip I stayed in the Tokyu Inn Shibuya. Although the Tokyu Inn is billed as an affordable business hotel, the Granbell is about cheaper for a similar sized single room including breakfast. I will definitely choose this hotel again when staying in Shibuya. [Plus, as the Limousine Bus stops at the Cerulean, just 2 blocks away, you can easily ask the porter there to book you a seat for your return to Narita.]

Pros - room clean and reasonably comfortable, if fairly cramped - good price - free internet in lobby and free cable modem loan is available for use in the room, requires some messing sound to work. No Wifi.

Cons - poor location, but at about 10 minutes walk to JR Yamanote line most places are accessable - room was very small and cramped - window in room opened out onto a wall, so no natural light - room was next to communal area and launderette so it was very noisy - mini-fridge in the room but it's not stocked - very difficult to find, even with provided directions - furnishings old and tatty - no restaurant or breakfast but small kitchen available

all rooms are equipped with LAN facility (not Wi-Fi), public bath and sauna are available at the underground floor. Normally 8K yen/night but net booking may reduce cost.

Great hotel and fantastic staff. One of my all time favourites. As already mentioned it's not central but I actually enjoyed that - Meguro is a pleasant area and with the metro you're still only 15 minutes away from Shibuya or Harejuku.

Great hotel. I would totally recommend it.

I stayed several times at Andon Ryokan which is a very cheap though stylish way to stay in Tokyo. The staff is very friendly, speaks on a good level of English.

The hotel is located in the tower from 25th floor up so at least a decent view from every room is guaranteed.