my loverly japan: Fabulous and cheap!

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Fabulous and cheap!

Lounge near elevators Oakwood©2007 Jannese Rojas

When we went in September to Tokyo we stayed at a very swank hotel/apartments. Oakwood Apartments in Shinjuku, the studio apartment comes with a full size bed, full kitchen, megascreen tv, cable, dvd player, bose radio, and the bathroom was amazing! Toilet and vanity/sink are separate from the traditional Tub/shower room, yes room! The toilet had a sorts of accoutrements to freshen your tushy and other parts. The tub is made so you have to have your knees up by your chin, but you are fully submersed in a temperture controlled tub, plus the shower is separate so you can shower pre-dip, which is the correct thing to do in Japan (just fyi if you ever go to a public bath or spring). The shower/tub room also acts a dryer for clothing if you need to hang stuff and dry, but you also have your very own washer dryer in the kitchen!!! You also have a balcony with a sweet view of Tokyo. They also have free internet in there lower level lounge and a beautiful 360 view of Tokyo from there Sky lounge. The hotel/apartment building is kept spotless, the front desk staff is super helpful, they will print maps out for you, tell you how much a ride from one train station to another will cost you, pretty much an entire staff of concierge service, just beautiful. The block is on is very quiet at night and there a bunch of 24hr restaurants right by the hotel. Shinjuku station which is THE main station in Tokyo is a 5 minute walk, and you are within walking distance of Kabuki-cho, major shopping area, there's a huge Kinokuniya bookstore, Takashimaya, Isetan, the Studio Alta building, and pachinko and karaoke galore. The rate there runs between $113-$125 a night which is amazing for a nice hotel in Tokyo. The one in Harajuku is awesome too but pricer but if within your buget well worth the stay.