Hello all!!
Second time Japan tourist here. Spent 5 days in Tokyo in 2017 and it wasn’t enough. Last time we stayed in Ginza in an Airbnb and it was awesome.
This time we want to do a hotel.
We’re considering mitsui garden otemachi or the mitsui garden premier nihonbashi (two of us – a couple).
I’m a bit torn between this and staying somewhere in shibuya… I think the thing is we enjoy both the hecticness of Tokyo during the day but like to be able to leave it at night and are hoping our choices above will be quieter but not so far from transit options, with walking distance to some things. We do love shopping, aimless walking etc.
However I hope I’m not just trying to relive my past experience by staying on the same side of Tokyo as ginza even tho I loved it and we already did akihabara, asakusa and the imperial palace last time.
Despite booking this I’m still really scouting for different amazing hotel options for our 6 nights there (Y200,000 budget) or around $33,000 a night – which is what the first mitsui garden offers.
Any thoughts? Am I valid in my hesitancy to avoid staying in shibuya/shinjuku if we aren’t first timers and don’t necessarily see ourselves staying out late and partying?
General suggestions of where you stayed and why you liked it or restaurant suggestions (high end yakiniku??) welcome! We’re going in October.
by BClynx22