Thursday, June 17, 2010

Tokyo - Accommodation 2

Hotel Nikko Tokyo
Situated in Odaiba (similar to our Marina area), the hotel may be the oldest there but it's still very posh.


Transport

  • the Airport Limousine Bus drop off & pick up at the hotel
  • a min walk to the Daiba Station along the private monorail line which we didn't use.
  • free shuttle bus to and from Tokyo Teleport Station along the Rinkai line which links to Shinjuku Station and also Shinkiba Station. At Shinkiba, just change to JR Keiyo to Maihaima Station which is Disneyland.
  • free shuttle bus to and from Tokyo Disneyland and Disneysea.

Facilities

  • the hotel room is huge. It could easily fit 3 double beds. Ours came with 2 so we joined them together. The toilet and shower is separate. There's a bathtub and a shower area with overhead and rain shower. The shower area has foldable windows that open up into the bedroom.
  • we took the sea view room so at the balcony we could see Tokyo Bay, Rainbow Bridge and the Statue of Liberty.
  • the hotel gave bath salts so Daren and the girls had a good time soaking in the bathtub.
  • the buffet breakfast cost around S$45/adult. It had a wonderful spread of Western/Japanese food - wide variety of bread, eggs done in different styles, assortment of cereals, lovely miso soup, fresh fruits with yogurt, etc.

Amenities

  • crossing over the Daiba Station is a 24 hr convenience store. It has danish pastries but only available after 7.30am. It also carries disney stationery.
  • the hotel is linked by a walkway to Aqua City mall which is linked to another mall Tokyo Decks. Aqua City has a basement foodcourt that serves decent Jap food plus Macs and Hobson's ice-cream. On the 5th level, there's a Ramen place that serves Ramen from 6 different stores. The concept is similar to the one at Safra Jurong. The mall also has Toys 'R' Us, Daiso, GAP and 2 gift shops selling all the Jap tidbits like Tokyo Banana, Odaiba Cheese Cake etc.

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