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Hotel Asia Center of JapanvsRyokan Sawanoya
Both hotels are recommended by writers. Overall, Ryokan Sawanoya scores significantly higher than Hotel Asia Center of Japan. Ryokan Sawanoya comes in at #22 in Tokyo with endorsements from 7 sources including Time Out, Frommer's and The Telegraph.
Hotel Asia Center of Japan
Rough Guide
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
DK Eyewitness
Time Out
Frommer's Lonely Planet
8-10-32 Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo Prefecture 107-0052
From $59/night
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
- Restaurant
- Smoking Rooms
Rough Guide "The small, neat rooms are Western-style... A bargain for the area."
Fodor's "Established mainly for Asian students and travelers on limited budgets, these accommodations have become popular due to their good value and easy access... to the nightlife of Roppongi." Full review
Lonely Planet "The Asia Center covers the basics of a business hotel – the decor is generic and forgettable but the rooms are decently sized and staff are old hands at helping foreign visitors." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Well served by subways and in the heart of fashionable Aoyama, the Asia Center has all the facilities of a business hotel at affordable rates."
Time Out "This has long since outgrown its origins and offers comfortable, no-frills accommodation to all visitors on a budget." Full review
Frommer's "Reasonable rates for Western-style rooms have made this a favorite domicile for everyone from business travelers and educators to youth groups...it has the atmosphere of a college dorm" Full review
Lonely Planet "Staff are old hands at helping foreign visitors at this pleasant hotel in a quiet location within walking distance of Roppongi and Akasaka" Full review
Ryokan Sawanoya Rough Guide Fodor's Lonely Planet DK Eyewitness Time Out
The Telegraph 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
