Hotel Niwa Tokyo

I have been to Tokyo several times and I have to say I love this hotel the most. The hotel is conveniently located, it’s clean and the room is beautiful. I stayed there for 7 nights and I couldn’t be happier. I love that it’s located in a less touristy area where it’s peaceful and calm. But yet if you want some actions, walking to the Tokyo dome is around 5 mins, including waiting for the traffic light. There are many local restaurants near the hotel and if you decide not to have the breakfast at the hotel, then you still got choices there.
Some facts/​recommendations for those who wish to stay at this hotel:
1. Near JR Suidobashi station. Take east exit. Turn right and cross the street at the first crosswalk (to the opposite side of the street), then you will find sign of hotel niwa Tokyo.
2. If carrying heavy luggages and don’t feel like looking for the hotel, can get off at akihabara station and take a taxi. Cost around ¥1100. That’s what I did. If taking a taxi from Ueno I was told it’s around ¥2000-¥3000.
3. The walk to Tokyo dome is around 5 mins and to the shopping mall LaQua is around 10 mins. Same area.
4. Convenient store next to the hotel. And several more just around the corner.
5. Ramen, soba, udon shops around the corner.
6. Mos burger is 5 mins walk. Please Google.
7. A bakery café called Miyabi nearby. On the same street as 711 and yoshiniya. To your left when facing yoshinoya. They serve breakfast set for ¥650. Very nice spacious café.
8. Nice quiet and safe area. Away from the hustle bustle but yet very convenient.
9. Ask for higher floor when staying in the hotel. I was on 14 °F and got a nice view where I saw part of Tokyo tower.
10. Super clean and staff are helpful and courteous.
11. Breakfast buffet is ¥2500 but excellent quality. Highly recommended!
I overall highly enjoyed my stay at the hotel. Highly recommended!

Nice room, clean and modern and quite lovely; of course the service was great. We wound up with a smaller room but there was enough space to unpack and set up camp for a few days. The breakfast buffet is a little spendy, but the restaurant is lovely and it overlooks the garden courtyard.
Location-​wise; it’s close to the Tokyo Dome and a nice walk to the Imperial Palace, but as the area is home to universities and research labs, as well as what is probably the world’s longest used-​bookstore & woodblock-​print street, don’t expect many upscale shops or restaurants nearby.

I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at Hotel Niwa, and I would highly recommend it for a first-​time traveler or businessperson in Tokyo.
I stayed at Hotel Niwa in late March 2014 with a friend. We booked their Superior Twin Non-​Smoking room for 3 nights, costing us approximately $ 450 for the entire stay. Even though the hotel is close to the Tokyo Dome, it is tucked away on a relatively quiet and peaceful block. There is a train that runs near the hotel, but I never noticed any noise from the trains during my stay. The concierge were also fluent in English and were very helpful with booking reservations and recommending things to do around the city.
The room itself was fantastic in terms of amenities and comfort (mini-​fridge, free wifi access, free access to the Wall Street Journal), and it was also immaculately clean. However, the room was still a bit cozy for two people compared to western hotel rooms. If you and your roommate need a lot of space to feel comfortable, then you may need to book a room larger than their Superior Twin bedroom.
The hotel is conveniently located a few blocks south from the Suidobashi JR Station (5 – 10 minute walk away), which made it easy to travel to/​from the airport and to travel around the city. There are also many local restaurants in the neighborhood and a Starbucks/​McDonalds near Suidobashi Station for homesick Americans.
The next time I travel to Tokyo, Hotel Niwa is definitely going to be at the top of my list for places to stay. It’s affordable, clean, and conveniently located near food and public transportation. What more could you ask for?

Beautiful and affordable hotel near Suidobashi station!
This hotel has GREAT amenities and gorgeous rooms for the price. Especially enjoy the nice roomy bathrooms, coin laundry, workout room with treadmill, and «refresh room» with free massage
chairs…ahhh! Loads of restaurants a few blocks away, and Jimbocho station is a short walk south.
The hotel is quite stylish but not overdone. This could easily become my new home away from home!

Very well run hotel. Clean and modern rooms. Front desk staff speak good but not great English. Location is ok– a 5 minute walk from both suidobashi and jimbocho so obviously you can get to anywhere you need to go but we didn’t find ourselves hanging out in our immediate area too much during our stay. Wi-​fi is free and it’s ok but if there was one thing I would say needs to be improved upon I would say is this. It’s often slow and the connection drops frequently. I really expect more from a hotel in this regard when I come to tokyo. One really nice surprise and I’m not sure if this is common or not but there are two washing/​drying machines in the hotel where you can do your laundry for about $ 4 a load. Wish I had known this earlier as I could have downsized from a check-​in to a carry on only. I would stay again but only if hotels in other, better areas like shibuya or ginza were above my price limit.

Loved this hotel. This wasn’t available on Unilocal back when I traveled here in 2012, but I wanted to review anyway. The front desk didn’t speak much English, but checking in wasn’t a problem. The rooms are tiny (all Japanese hotels are) but had nice décor and the Japanesey feel you want. They had a pretty little garden area up on one of the higher floors outside the vending area that had massage chairs and washing machines. This hotel is a very close walk to suidobashi train station. The buses that transported from the airport did not come to this hotel, but you can take the ride to Tokyo Dome Hotel and walk right over to Niwa. There is a convenience store right up the block and a couple restaurants in walking distance, one of which was 24 hours.

Hotel Niwa is probably out of the way for an average traveller in Tokyo. In amongst some hefty corporate towers it’s obvious as you enter the lobby that it’s a hotel designed for the #roadwarrior and business traveller.
But this also means it’s out of the main tourist traps of Tokyo and offers a curious traveller the opportunity to explore another side of this diverse city.
Hotel Niwa gets my two thumbs up for reasons including:
+ Proximity to Sudobashi station (about a 5min walk)
+ Streets of cheap eats including ramen, Japanese curry and sushi one block over.
+ A small gym and garden courtyard
+ Free WiFi
Now grab your Suica card and go forth to explore!

Hotel Niwa is centrally located in Tokyo and is about three blocks from the JR (Japan Railway). That means you can easily get around once you get to know the train system.
The hotel is impeccably clean, the rooms are ample for Japanese hotel sizes. The bathrooms are awesome, the towels are immaculate and the bedding, sheets clean. What can I say, they’re just clean all around, almost to the point of sterile.
If you stay at the hotel, opt for the breakfast buffet. For the price, it’s a great deal. Lots of restaurants and convenience stores within walking distance.

Excellent service. After checking in, they actually tell you about how to turn on your main lights through your key holder inside the door. The special attention to space with in is very nice and the beds are soft but firm, hope you understand that. They know the area well, and being next to 3 different rail lines is a plus. And also down the road is Tokyo Dome. With baseball, and a huge amusement park, there are other things to do if you want to.
Like getting to the grave site of the 47 Ronin, was a small adventure and worth it. There are many eateries, but ask the staff and they pointed us to a couple local spots… and all good.
The night light in the rooms were situated just right next to each bed. Well thought of.
Will come back…

Hotel Niwa Tokyo was perfect for our needs. Comfortable, quiet, inviting. The price was very reasonable. Consider what you typically pay in other large cities and the true value of this lovely hotel goes even further.
By US standards the rooms are small, but know what? You should be out experiencing the city not sitting in your room! Use this place to sleep and enjoy how restful it can be after a day running around. Close by rail and subway stops makes it easy to get around town. We found a number of great restaurant options nearby. The staff are friendly and helpful and the room was always perfect when we came back each day.

Hotel Niwa is a great little hotel in the Suidobashi area of Tokyo. It’s easily accessible off of the JR Chuo-​sen (line), which is just 2 stops and a line change from Toyko station.
I chose this hotel for one visit to Tokyo because its essentially in the middle of the city, so it’s very easy to use this area as a base to see all of Tokyo. Suidobashi is very convenient as well. You could literally walk 15 – 20 mins and get to Kanda, Akihabara, or even west to Shibuya. It’s near a ton of universities and the Tokyo Dome. And who doesn’t love the announcement at the JR Station when you arrive at Suiiiiidobashi! ^_​^
But I digress, back to the hotel info:
The hotel is literally 2 blocks from the JR station’s east exit, heading south-​east, so super convenient if you’re lugging a ton of luggage around Japan. (about 10 min walk max). The name «Niwa» means «garden», and there are plenty of them on this property. Small fountains and impromptu gardens surround the property and are on many of the floors of the building. The lobby has a beautiful bamboo and lighting core and the entryway is full of wood accents. Pretty place!
The service at the hotel is friendly and professional. English is certainly spoken here, so tourists don’t need to be afraid about communication.
The hallways to the rooms are very typical of what one would see in a Japanse-​style inn, or ryokan; it’s a really nice touch.
Room sizes were standard for Japanese hotels. They have all the typical Japanese business-​hotel amenities (slippers, toothbrush/​toothpaste, shampoo, ear cleaners, etc etc etc). One of the previous reviewers commented that the amenities were amazing and that the rooms were small, but both of these things are standard in just about every Japanese-​style business hotel in Japan. No extra-​points for having standard amenities! The hotel is also standard for Japanese-​style, as they don’t allow check-​in before 2pm but do hold your bags both before and after check-​out. There is free-​wifi in all rooms and in the lobby, etc, but can be spotty.
The other nice thing about this hotel is that it does have a small gym, which was well-​kept, as well as a relaxation room, which featured two massage chairs, some magazines, and a view of their balcony garden. The garden had a sitting area and some bamboo/​water effects. Nice little garden in the middle of the urban jungle that is Tokyo. The massage chairs were a nice end to a day of hiking around town, where my sore tootsies were so happy to settle into that chair and get pampered.
Here’s the score:
Ambience/​Service: ⁵⁄₅
Rooms/​Amenities: ⁴⁄₅
Location: ⁵⁄₅ — perfect for those who use JR to get around Tokyo/​Japan
Price: 3.5÷5 — a bit pricey compared to similar hotels, even using discount sites, with no breakfast included; breakfast offerings looked nice but were quite pricey ($ 16 – 20 per person)
Overall: ⁴⁄₅. Nice job, Hotel Niwa! I’ll definitely recommend you to friends!

Visits: 1^st
Rating: 5*
Service: Above & Beyond
Very nice hotel. So clean with beautiful décor. The rooms aren’t huge but good enough. We don’t need living room size space to sleep. You get all the amenities like a safe, blow dryer, an iron with ironing board, shoe horn, closet & refrigerator.
THE REASON WHY WE LOVE THIS HOTEL?
The complimentary items they give you. Yes, some of these are the usual but some are not & they’re ALL FREE!
Here’s what you get (complimentary):
Shampoo, Conditioner, Body Wash, Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Floss, Comb, Hair Ties, Deodorant, Shoe Freshening Spray, Disposable Slippers & some others I forget. Whoa!