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Ryokan Sawanoya vs Hotel Asia Center of Japan
Both hotels are recommended by writers. Overall, Ryokan Sawanoya scores significantly higher than Hotel Asia Center of Japan. Ryokan Sawanoya comes in at #22 in Tokyo with endorsements from 7 sources including Time Out, Frommer's and The Telegraph.
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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Hotel Asia Center of Japan
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8-10-32 Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo Prefecture 107-0052
From $59 /night
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
- Restaurant
- Smoking Rooms
Rough Guide
"The small, neat rooms are Western-style... A bargain for the area."
Fodor's
"Established mainly for Asian students and travelers on limited budgets, these accommodations have become popular due to their good value and easy access... to the nightlife of Roppongi."
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Lonely Planet
"The Asia Center covers the basics of a business hotel – the decor is generic and forgettable but the rooms are decently sized and staff are old hands at helping foreign visitors."
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DK Eyewitness
"Well served by subways and in the heart of fashionable Aoyama, the Asia Center has all the facilities of a business hotel at affordable rates."
Time Out
"This has long since outgrown its origins and offers comfortable, no-frills accommodation to all visitors on a budget."
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