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Hilltop Hotel vs Ryokan Sawanoya
Both properties are recommended by professionals. On balance, Ryokan Sawanoya scores slightly better than The Hilltop Hotel. Ryokan Sawanoya comes in at 80 with recommendations from 7 reviews like Rough Guide, Fodor's and Time Out.
Hilltop Hotel
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1-1 Surugadai, Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-0062
From $192 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
- Meeting Rooms
Rough Guide
"Its rooms are far from Tokyo's grandest, but there are Art Deco touches and a friendly welcome - and oxygen and supposedly refreshing negative ions are pumped around the premises."
Frommer's
"This is a delightfully old-fashioned, unpretentious (some might say dowdy) hotel with character."
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Avoid the cheaper, more boring rooms in the 1954 annex.
Concierge
"Service is thoughtful and attentive—the staff even promises to pump fresh oxygen into your room."
Insight Guides
"Five minutes southwest of JR Ochanomizu Station, this secluded hotel has genuine period charm."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This grand old place from the 1930s exudes personality and charm, with antique wooden furniture and a wood-panelled lounge."
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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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