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Nara hotel with hot spring baths by imperial palace site is a reason to remember the prefecture
- SoraNews24
Oct 23, 2023 - Tweet
Hardly anyone stays in Nara while traveling, but this hotel shows how they’re missing out.
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Keio Plaza Hotel Hachioji to serve adorably delicious Hello Kitty and Little Twin Stars buffet
- Dale Roll
Oct 22, 2023
And on one day only, you can even share a table with Hello Kitty herself!
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Private open-air bath is the crowning gem at this Japanese-style hotel in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Oct 21, 2023
Luxury accommodation in Tokyo at budget prices.
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Multiple nights in Tokyo? Dormy Inn “Residential” room adds amenities, great bath view in Asakusa
- Casey Baseel
Oct 3, 2023
Beauty and comfort that you and your wallet will appreciate.
How should you use the small hiroen in a Japanese ryokan hotel room?
- Oona McGee
Sep 20, 2023
Answering a question that’s puzzled travellers for decades.
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Japanese prison will become luxury hotel managed by country’s premier resort company
- Casey Baseel
Sep 19, 2023
Hoshinoya Nara Prison’s guests’ stays will be shorter and more comfortable than Nara Prison’s occupants’ were.
Wear samurai armor while playing video games? That’s an option at this Japanese inn【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2023
Hokkaido ryokan lets you suit up in lamellar to play Dance Dance Revolution and Out Run.
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Stay in a Japanese hotel room…with a train inside it!
- Oona McGee
Sep 15, 2023
Train, uniform and a glorious view of Mt Fuji make this a very Japanese place to stay.
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- (accommodation • COK • cool • Fuji • fuji-q • fuji-q highland • hotels • Japanese accommodation • Japanese trains • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mt. Fuji • SNJO • themed hotel • trains • travel • weird • wow • Yamanashi Prefecture)
Resol Poshtel: Cheap capsule hotel in Tokyo is a hit with overseas visitors, and we find out why
- Oona McGee
Sep 4, 2023
Poshtel really lives up to its name in more ways than one.
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- (accommodation • Asakusa • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • cheap stays • COK • hostels • hotels • Japanese accommodation • Resol Poshtel • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Tokyo)
Grids Tokyo: Cheap hotel + hostel near Ueno Station is a convenient, stylish place to stay
- Oona McGee
Sep 3, 2023
A sweet deal for around US$25 a night.
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- (accommodation • business hotels • capsule hotel • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • COK • hostels • hotels • P.K. Sanjun • review • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • travel • Ueno)
Osaka hotel reveals the top five things guests leave behind in their rooms
- Oona McGee
Sep 1, 2023
This checklist will save you from forgetting some common items.
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- (accommodation • hotel • hotels • Osaka • ranking • TikTok • travel • travel tips • videos)
All-you-can-eat sashimi from Tokyo’s fish market, convenient location make this budget hotel great
- Casey Baseel
Aug 30, 2023
And the free ochazuke makes it even better.
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- (breakfast • business hotels • COK • food • hotels • negitoro • sashimi • SNJO • sushi • Tokyo • tourism • Toyosu fish market • travel)
Five things you can do to make hotel staff happy in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 24, 2023
TikTok video shows us how to be a good guest.
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- (accommodation • etiquette • hotel • hotels • Japanese accommodation • manners • Osaka • TikTok • tourists • travel • videos)
Spend some time off the grid at the self-sufficient hotel Corrugated House
- Master Blaster
Aug 23, 2023
A one-of-a-kind stay at a one-of-a-kind house.
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- (Aichi • architecture • Corrugated House • corrugated pipe • hotels • nature • self sufficiency • Toyohashi • travel)
Is this Japan’s best hotel breakfast buffet? With unlimited beer and steak, it’s hard to say no
- Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2023
Sister property to Japan’s best business hotel-breakfast chain lets you start your day the beer, steak, and ice cream way.
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- (all you can drink • all-you-cab-eat • beef • beer • breakfast • breakfast buffet • buffet • COK • hotels • meat • Okinawa • SNJO • steak • travel)
Japan’s best-amenity budget hotel chain gets extra-affordable with “Global Cabin” rooms
- SoraNews24
Jul 25, 2023
Spending a night in Dormy Inn’s quasi-capsule hotel rooms still gets you access to all the great stuff the facility offers.
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- (affordable • business hotels • capsule hotels • cheap • COK • Dormy Inn • hotels • Korakuen • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
This budget hotel near Tokyo Dome has one of the best breakfast buffets in the city
- SoraNews24
Jul 23, 2023
An affordable luxury that’s a great way to start your day of Tokyo travel.
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- (breakfast • buffet • business hotels • COK • Dormy Inn • food • hotels • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
Tokyo Central Youth Hostel: Low prices, great location, and especially great for morning people
- SoraNews24
Jul 7, 2023
One of the low-key best neighborhoods to stay in when traveling in Tokyo will have you seeing the city right away and maybe very early too.
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- (budget travel • cheap • COK • hostels • hotels • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • travel • youth hostels)
1 Night 1980 Hostel Tokyo offers cheap accommodation for US$14 a night but is it any good?
- Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2023
A cheap place to stay that’s particularly popular with foreign travellers.
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- (accommodation • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • cheap stays • COK • hostels • hotels • Japanese accommodation • Masanuki Sunakoma • review • SNJO • Tokyo)
Artificial sea of clouds made by luxury hotel in Tokyo during summer
- Master Blaster
Jun 4, 2023
Hotel Chinzanso has the foggiest idea!
- Japan
- (beautiful • clouds • COK • gardens • Hotel Chinzanso • hotels • sea of clouds • Tokyo • travel • unkai)
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