There’s a huge number of hotels that operate in Tokyo – not surprising of course given that it’s a huge city – and the prices of stays range from very budget capsule hotels to five-six star properties commanding obscene heaps of money. One particular trait we noted, and again it shouldn’t be a surprise, was that the closer you are to a central train station, the more expensive the property’s room rates quickly become. We were initially seriously looking out for properties that would be near the major train stations, particularly Shinjuku, but gave up after our week-long search came up with nothing that was in our price range and with a room that could accommodate the four of us.
So, we expanded our search to look for properties that would be near any train stop, and for that, Hotel Mystays Haneda fitted the bill. The property is a five-minute walk from the Anamori-Inari station – easily walkable – and Mystays Haneda also had one additional benefit: it was very close to Haneda Airport where we’d be coming to/from Singapore and also Sapporo. One might be thinking: surely you can’t be choosing a hotel based on its proximity to the airport, since you’re only going to embark/disembark to/from the airport just once or twice each stay. True, but in our case, of our four flights, two were fairly early in the morning, and the other two very late in the afternoon. The thought of being stuck for an hour or more in slow-moving Tokyo traffic just to get to our place of stay was unappealing.
Our stay in this hotel twice this trip: a four-night stay upon arrival into Japan followed by a single night after we returned eight days later from Hokkaido. Comments and pictures!
The hotel has a complimentary shuttle bus service that runs between the hotel, domestic and international terminals of Haneda Airport – but it only runs during specific hours. Our arrival into Japan on Day 01 was in the late afternoon and a couple of hours before the first bus started for the evening, so we had to make our own way from the airport to the hotel. On that; there are three options: the subway but you’d need to decide whether it’s fun to drag luggage along the five-minute walk along small side roads from the subway stop to the hotel – but it’s doable. There’s also the airport limousine bus, but the schedule and route we received were confusing – we couldn’t determine with confidence if our hotel was going to be on the route. So, that left the final option: a cab, and the fare was just ¥1,040, just somewhat higher compared to if we were to take the limousine bus or subway and way more convenient.
Pro-tip: the hotel has a back entrance. It doesn’t make your walking distance to the Anamori-Inari station shorter by any significance, but it does mean you can stay out of the cold for an additional minute or so in winter.
The hotel is right beside the main road, rather small, and has perhaps just seven floors of rooms. Our double room was small, and decor and styling again were bland. But the room was clean and looked somewhat modern. Not dissimilar to what we got next at Vessel Inn Sapporo Nakajima Park – but the rate at the Sapporo hotel was higher than what we forked out for Mystays Haneda, so I’m willing to give this Haneda hotel a pass here.
We opted not to have breakfast included for our stay, and there’s really no reason to. Tokyo is built up, and coupled with the fact that the hotel is located near a subway stop meant that there were at least a dozen small diners and restaurants sprinkled around the hotel. And that’s not even counting the ubiquitous convenience stores too, of which there are three that we’d pass on the five-minute walk to/from the subway stop and hotel: a 7-11, a Family Mart, and a Lawson.
There are in-house laundry facilities – washer and dryer – and they are free to use, unlike Vessel Inn where they were coin-operated. Hooray for free stuff!
Beware: this is an ‘eco’ hotel i.e. there is no daily housekeeping. You’d need to pay extra if you want that.
In-room Internet access was reliable and speedy; no issues at all in this regard.
So, in all, I had no criticisms for our stay at Hotel Mystays Haneda, especially considering we had to find a room that could accommodate all four of us, and also the low rate we paid. Just be mindful that its closest subway stop is some distance away from the main stations of Shinagawa, Shinjuku and Tokyo.
My review of Vessel Inn Sapporo Nakajima Park next!
Recent comments