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Ryokan SawanoyavsCerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel
Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel and Ryokan Sawanoya are both endorsed by travel writers. On balance, Ryokan Sawanoya ranks marginally higher than Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel. Ryokan Sawanoya comes in at #30 in Tokyo with praise from 7 reviewers like Time Out, Lonely Planet and DK Eyewitness.
Ryokan Sawanoya
Rough Guide
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
DK Eyewitness
Time Out
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Frommer's
2-3-11 Yanaka, Taito, Tokyo Prefecture 110-0001
From $0/night
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Laundy Room
- Multilingual
- Air Conditioning
Rough Guide "Though nothing fancy, it offers good-value tatami rooms."
Fodor's "The shitamachi area is known for its down-to-earth friendliness, which you get in full measure at Sawanoya.... it is very popular with budget travelers." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"The Sawanoya is a budget gem in quiet Yanaka, with very friendly staff and all the traditional hospitality you would expect of a ryokan." Full review
DK Eyewitness "A great place to meet fellow travelers, this long-established ryokan is popular with foreign guests."
Time Out "One of the few ryokan in Tokyo to cater almost exclusively for foreign visitors, Sawanoya has a small library of English-language guidebooks and provides its own map of the old-fashioned Yanaka area." Full review
The Telegraph8.0
"One of Tokyo’s most charming family-run traditional ryokan inns – clean, friendly, comfortable and quintessentially Japanese." Full review
Frommer's "This is a great place to stay thanks to Sawa-san's enthusiastic devotion to his neighborhood... Highly recommended." Full review
Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel Rough Guide Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure DK Eyewitness Time Out
Star Service Fodor's
Afar Magazine
Michelin Guide
Oyster Show All Reviews
26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo Prefecture 150-8512
From $212/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Rough Guide "A ritzy affair... Some rooms have bathrooms with a glittering view of the city."
Lonely Planet "Sprawl out on the huge beds and drink deeply of the big views, because there’s room to breathe in these enormous rooms." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The hotel is set in Shibuya's tallest skyscraper, just west of Harajuku." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Shibuya’s only high-end luxury hotel boasts huge rooms, stylish interiors, kaiseki restaurants, bars, a jazz club, and Noh Theater."
Time Out "It may be outshone in the luxury market by the myriad new entrants, but the Cerulean is Shibuya’s lone top-end establishment." Full review
Star Service "This property is within a five-minute walk southwest of Shibuya Station, a major commuter nucleus for the Yamanote Line and trains to Yokohama and other outlying areas." Full review
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Staffers are equally out of touch, often forgetting special requests.
Fodor's "Perched on a slope above Shibuya's chaos, the Cerulean Tower has a cavernous yet bustling lobby filled with plenty of attentive, English-speaking staffers." Full review
Afar Magazine "Interiors mix Western and Japanese aesthetics. Simple, unfussy guest rooms have calming colors; some have unobstructed views of Mount Fuji in the distance." Full review
Michelin Guide "This 40-storey tower comes into view as soon as you leave the station and is one of the landmarks of Shibuya."
OysterUpscale
"Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel is an upscale business hotel situated in the towering Cerulean Tower skyscraper, just a short walk from Shibuya Station." Full review
