Asakusa View Hotel vs HOSHINOYA Tokyo
Both Asakusa View Hotel and HOSHINOYA Tokyo are recommended by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, HOSHINOYA Tokyo ranks slightly higher than Asakusa View Hotel. HOSHINOYA Tokyo has a TripExpert Score of 80 with praise from 7 reviews like Frommer's, Wallpaper and Departures.
Asakusa View Hotel
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3-17-1 Nishiasakusa, Taito, Tokyo 111-0035
From $79 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Rough Guide
"Asakusa's grandest hotel... the rooms are less memorable than the public areas. but are reasonably spacious and boast great views from the higher floors."
Frommer's
"It's a good place to stay if you want to be in Tokyo's old downtown but don't want to sacrifice any creature comforts."
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Lonely Planet
"If you’re not into ryokan, the Asakusa View is the ritziest Western-style hotel around."
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Travel + Leisure
"Overlooking one of Tokyo's most famous shrines, the Asakusa View is a classic downtown Tokyo hotel, complete with an impressive marble lobby and crystal chandeliers."
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DK Eyewitness
"As the name suggests, the views of neighboring rooftops and nearby Senso-ji Temple from the comfortable Japanese-style rooms are of an older Tokyo."
HOSHINOYA Tokyo
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1-9-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda 100-0004, Tokyo Prefecture
From $0 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Time Out
"Hoshinoya Tokyo is one of the capital's very few luxury ryokans...it promises to present a serious challenge to Tokyo's glut of luxury hotels, though a night's stay sure doesn't come cheap here."
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Wallpaper
"Set among the straight-laced skyscrapers in the city’s financial district, the property might not be one the loftier hotels in Tokyo, but what it lacks in height it makes up for in clever design."
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The Telegraph
8.0
"The city’s first luxury five-star traditional ryokan inn."
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Departures
"It’s in its own 17-story building with 84 rooms. There are guest lounges on every floor and the top floor actually has a hot spring."
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Michelin Guide
"The concept here is ‘a pagoda-like Japanese inn’ and there are just six guest rooms per floor."
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