Juyoh Hotel - Tokio

Overall good hotel with friendly staff, clean rooms, good a/c. Would have given this hotel 4 stars for the price but the futon bed was thin, hard and uncomfortable. Could not get a good nights rest and it pretty much sabotaged my stay in Tokyo. By my third day, I had sores and aches on my lower body and had to use tylenols, muscle lotions/pads. I pretty much ended doing less than half what I wanted to do in Tokyo cos I couldn't walk with my cramped, sore feet/legs. Might be okay for short stays. They also offer the western style room with bed so I'd recommend that option. Other minor complaints: -My room didn't have a window screen and so I couldn't open the window too much cos pigeons would otherwise fly in. -There's no soap in the toilet sink area. I don't feel comfortable washing hands without soap. -Neighborhood isn't the greatest - quite a few homeless and old, poor folks roaming about. It's not a safety concern, just kinda like a depressor of your supposed happy tour mood. There was one young homeless punk that bumped into me hard on purpose at the coin laundry nearby and gave me a threatening dirty eye but he looked mentally ill so I let it slide.

The room is very small, needed renovation. Other facilities are good. But the price is a bit high comparing to other similar hotel.

Simple yet nice little comfortable room. But there was only 1 cramp toilet on my floor. Only 300yen for a 60 minutes relaxing private bath. Few of the staff wasn't very friendly. Overall, it was a pretty pleasant stay with good facilities and cozy area on the ground floor.

This hotel is good value for money and a nice base from which to explore Tokyo. The staff at the front desk were friendly and helpful and they make an effort to make your stay comfortable, i.e. by providing an English translation of the air conditioner remote control. I made use of the laundromat and the free use computers. The showers were always very clean. The toilets were relatively clean but the men's on the 10th floor had a bit of an odour. Overall, the hotel is old and a bit tired. The room was clean but a bit beat-up. And there is a gross problem with pigeons roosting on the building facade - my window had smears of bird feces on the outside of the glass, which discouraged me from opening it. The bedding is comfortable. Although I think the soundproofing is generally good, my last night I was kept awake by the periodic thumping of some mainland Chinese tourists across the hall. Not really the fault of the hotel. The neighbourhood is a little rough but I never felt unsafe. If you have any trouble, there are two koban (police posts) between the hotel and the railway station. It's not a good area if you're interested in nightlife.

I rarely had any problems came up with the hotels I stayed but just with this very single one. A problem came up while my stay there and when trying to solve it, the front desk staff were not only unhelpful but also very rude and disrespectful to the point that I decided I would rather lose my one night deposit than staying there for another night. The room condition was acceptable but the blanket had a small faded bloodstain on it. Besides, the hotel is in a remote red light district which gets very quiet late at night. I didn't feel comfortable going back alone so I had to ask my local friend to escort me back to the hotel every night. I would say for a single female traveler, this hotel may not be a very good choice for you. Come to think of it, this may explain why I didn't see any female guests in the hotel beside the staff.