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Sakura Hotel Jimbocho vs Ryokan Sawanoya
Sakura Hotel Jimbocho and Ryokan Sawanoya are both rated highly by expert writers. Overall, Ryokan Sawanoya is the choice of most writers compared to Sakura Hotel Jimbocho. Ryokan Sawanoya ranks #22 in Tokyo with recommendations from 7 publications including Time Out, The Telegraph and Fodor's.
Sakura Hotel Jimbocho
Rough Guide
Frommer's
DK Eyewitness
Time Out
Lonely Planet
2-21-4 Jimbocho Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo Prefecture 101-0051
From $17 /night
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Laundy Room
- Smoking Rooms
- Multilingual
- Air Conditioning
Rough Guide
"With both dorm bunks and private rooms, this member of the Sakura group falls somewhere between a cheap hotel and a hostel."
Frommer's
"Popular with backpackers, this inexpensive property in central Tokyo offers dormitory beds and sparsely furnished tiny singles, doubles... and twins with bunk beds."
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DK Eyewitness
"Ideally located in the center of the Kanda-Jimbocho book quarter... this small hotel is geared towards accom modating foreign guests."
Time Out
"Of all the budget hotels and ryokan in Tokyo, this is the most central, located in the Jimbocho district just a mile or so north of the Imperial Palace."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The Sakura Hotel is a great budget option with a sociable atmosphere."
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Ryokan Sawanoya
Rough Guide
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
DK Eyewitness
Time Out
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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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