7th Jun, 2007

Where to stay in Tokyo

I travel frequently for business and am a bit ashamed to admit that after a long journey, I often get that home-sweet-home feeling when I walk into the Hyatt.
The Grand Hyatt Tokyo combines everything you’d need for your business stay. It has fantastic rooms (although you could spend 10-15 minutes trying to figure out all the knobs and still don’t know how. The hotel is a high rise in an area convenient to restaurants, shopping and night life. There is no central business district per-se in Tokyo.
I recommend the Hotel New Otani too. You’ll be pleased with your room, a large (by Japanese standards) king-sized bed, seating area, dressing area with walk-in closet. The staff at the hotel were amazing, always there when needed. The food at the hotel is good, except overpriced. There’re in the bar at Trader Vics where most drinks cost at least 1900 yen. But they were good! One night we ate there (we’ve eaten at one in Atlanta) and it was good, but portions very small. We did eat the breakfast buffet in the main hotel twice, also good and a big variety.

Our room was in the main building which is older than the tower, but still very nice. Very convenient to the subway station which made it easy to get around. The hotel sent our luggage to the airport as we were traveling to another destination with just a couple of smaller bags. This was very inexpensive. To store 2 large bags for 3 days only $54.

Had a room in the Tower which, although a little smaller than those in the main part of the hotel, had outstanding views of the Tokyo skyline and the 400 year old garden on the property. Other advantage is it’s closer to Akasaka and the subway station. Joining the New Otani Club gave us access to a complimentary continental breakfast each morning. Japan as a whole had a level of hospitality and graciousness I have never seen in either North America or Europe. The New Otani was definitely part of this tradition.

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