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Ryokan Sawanoya vs Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel
Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel and Ryokan Sawanoya are both endorsed by travel writers. On balance, Ryokan Sawanoya ranks marginally higher than Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel. Ryokan Sawanoya comes in at #30 in Tokyo with praise from 7 reviewers like Time Out, Lonely Planet and DK Eyewitness.
Ryokan Sawanoya
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2-3-11 Yanaka, Taito, Tokyo Prefecture 110-0001
From $0 /night
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Laundy Room
- Multilingual
- Air Conditioning
Rough Guide
"Though nothing fancy, it offers good-value tatami rooms."
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."
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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."
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DK Eyewitness
"A great place to meet fellow travelers, this long-established ryokan is popular with foreign guests."
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."
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Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel
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26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo Prefecture 150-8512
From $212 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Rough Guide
"A ritzy affair... Some rooms have bathrooms with a glittering view of the city."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Sprawl out on the huge beds and drink deeply of the big views, because there’s room to breathe in these enormous rooms."
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Travel + Leisure
"The hotel is set in Shibuya's tallest skyscraper, just west of Harajuku."
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DK Eyewitness
"Shibuya’s only high-end luxury hotel boasts huge rooms, stylish interiors, kaiseki restaurants, bars, a jazz club, and Noh Theater."
Time Out
"It may be outshone in the luxury market by the myriad new entrants, but the Cerulean is Shibuya’s lone top-end establishment."
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