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paul9856 Says: April 17th, 2009 at 2:04 pm edit Is the New koyo really as cheap as people say? Ie im told that its actually about the same price as a Saki and rice for one night?!
Established in 1937 and redesigned 17 years later some might say that this is a very old fashioned hotel and others maybe outdated. However i would contend thats its still a very authentic way to stay while your in Japan and even though it is slightly old fashioned in the way they do things its an experience all the same.
This is a backpackers hotel the centre of Tokyo and is very proud of the fact that is probably the cheapest hotel in the city. Given this fact you will not be surprised to hear that is a little cramped but it does have toilets and kitchens on every floor. You really cant go wrong with this type of place if you are looking for something cheap and cheerful.
· Rooms from 2,500 yen (£11). Bicycles can be rented for 500 yen (£2) a day
Claska just manages to tip its hat to Tokyo chic while staying on the right side of pretentious. Not so much a hotel as a party venue and art gallery that just happens to have a few rooms upstairs. Booking well ahead is recommended: just nine rooms, all different and with wildly varying rates. Longer stays possible. Highlight is the spacious rooftop terrace. Claska will undergo renovations from January 15 2008; the owners don’t expect to open again until next spring. It should be worth the wait.
· Rooms from 10,500 yen (£46) for a single, 18,900 yen (£83) for a double. You may also want to check out Lodging in New Orleans if you are thinking of visiting anytime soon.
What factors do you consider when you think about booking a hotel anywhere? Well for me one of the most important things is and always has been the location of the hotel. So many people these days book a hotel outside the city centre because it is so much cheaper than one closer to the main amenities. However they don’t factor in that they will have to travel into the city centre almost every day to visit the attractions they want to see. The cost of commuting into the city centre can vary from city to city but it is always something you should consider before you book as the cost of taxis and even public transport can really mount up and what started as a cheap break can quickly turn into a very expensive holiday with travel being the main culprit.
Another thing to factor is that they you should not be paying for services that you do not intend to use such as leisure facilities like the gym or swimming pool. You may think that because it is free it doesn’t really matter but you can be that the price of these so called free services has been factored into the overall price of your stay.
Ok so i often think that it can be very hard to visualise how hotels are spread though-out a city and this is especially true if you have never been there before. Tokyo is very densely packed and the same is true when it comes to hotels but there is a very wide variety of places to stay and price ranges. Have a look at the map below, the bigger markers represent larger hotels.