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Ryokan Sawanoya vs Andon Ryokan

Both properties are recommended by expert reviewers. Overall, Andon Ryokan is the choice of most writers compared to Ryokan Sawanoya. Andon Ryokan comes in at #20 in Tokyo with endorsements from 10 sources including Oyster, Rough Guide and Frommer's.

Ryokan Sawanoya
Ryokan Sawanoya
8 / 10
2-3-11 Yanaka, Taito, Tokyo Prefecture 110-0001
From $0 /night
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Laundry Service
  • Laundy Room
  • Multilingual
  • Air Conditioning
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Rough Guide Rough Guide
"Though nothing fancy, it offers good-value tatami rooms."
Fodor's 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 Planet Lonely Planet
Top 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 DK Eyewitness
"A great place to meet fellow travelers, this long-established ryokan is popular with foreign guests."
Time Out 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
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Andon Ryokan
Andon Ryokan
8 / 10
2-34-10 Nihonzutsumi, Taito, Tokyo 111-0021
From $70 /night
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Laundry Service
  • Laundy Room
  • Restaurant
  • Multilingual
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Rough Guide Rough Guide
"Creative types and clued-up travellers all gather at the Andon."
Concierge Concierge
"Designed by an architecture professor from Tokyo's Waseda University, Andon offers friendly Japanese-style accommodation at very low rates."
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"About 2km north of Asakusa in the Sanya area, the minimalist and modern Andon Ryokan is fabulously designed in form and function." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"Enjoy the free tea and coffee here while taking in the compact design of this ultramodern ryokan."
Time Out Time Out
"It bills itself as ‘Tokyo's first designer ryokan’, but you'd probably do better to think of Andon as a high-end backpacker hostel." Full review
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