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blade
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 Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:50 am Post subject: Anyone know a hostel close to Ginza station in Tokyo? |
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| Anyone know the name of a good place to stay for a night or two in that general area? |
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Toon Army
Joined: 12 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:05 am Post subject: |
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not familiar with hotels in that area but I`m guessing they`d be more expensive than in other areas.
If you don`t get an answer on here it might be worth posting on gaijinpot.com |
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lawyertood
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul, Incheon and the World--working undercover for the MOJ
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| The New Koyo is reasonably priced located near Minowa Station on the Hibiya Line www.newkoyo.com |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| lawyertood wrote: |
| The New Koyo is reasonably priced located near Minowa Station on the Hibiya Line www.newkoyo.com |
Thanks but I think I may have stayed at this hostel a few years back and while the hostel itself was mostly fine the bathrooms were a little bit on the disgusting side. |
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davai!
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visitorq
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:04 am Post subject: |
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| ^ I used to work about a 10 minute walk from there, seems like a decent deal really (tiny single room, but only $80 is reasonable for the area). It's not actually that close to Ginza though, you gotta walk about 20 minutes past tsukiji and over a few bridges to get to the main shopping part (but it's a nice walk). Any hotels in the main area will be very pricey though (like the Seiyo etc). |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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$80 seems about right, on the low low end.
There is Khoa San Hostel in Akasuka for $20/night...but you are in a hostel, and its not that close to Ginza.
Why Ginza anyways? I went there recently and it seems to just be a overpriced shopping district of the world's most expensive brands. Not much else going on there, from what I could tell.
It also seemed real quiet at night (at least everywhere I explored), so seems like your hotel could be just about anywhere else, and you could do whatever you wanted to do there during the day. |
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visitorq
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
$80 seems about right, on the low low end.
There is Khoa San Hostel in Akasuka for $20/night...but you are in a hostel, and its not that close to Ginza.
Why Ginza anyways? I went there recently and it seems to just be a overpriced shopping district of the world's most expensive brands. Not much else going on there, from what I could tell.
It also seemed real quiet at night (at least everywhere I explored), so seems like your hotel could be just about anywhere else, and you could do whatever you wanted to do there during the day. |
Ginza's really nice if you got cash, there's lots of high end shopping and that, but also top notch restaurants. It's not so much on the main Ginza street (with the silver paint on it) I'm interested in, but the side streets and surrounding neighborhoods like closer to Shimbashi.
One of my favorite places to eat in Tokyo is at nearby Yurakucho, there's a whole bunch of yakitori and other restaurants under the train tracks. Very good.
The Ginza area also has a lot of good izakayas and expensive hostess clubs (been to the latter a few times with my ex-boss, couldn't really afford it on my own). Not really meant for the younger clubbing crowd though.
Above all it's a clean part of town. Much nicer than Ueno or other parts of the old downtown. |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks everyone for your replies. I've decided to stay with a friend who lives close to that area.
I also found a bar in Ginza called 300 Yen bar and every drink there is only 300 Yen. From what I can make out this looks like a really good deal.http://gaijintonic.com/2007/04/08/300-yen-bar-in-ginza/ |
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RyanInKorea
Joined: 17 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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I am pissed I didn't know about this bar before I went on my trip last week. Hopefully, it's still there as it was posted over a year ago. There were a few bars I searched out that were no longer there.
In any event, have a great trip,
Ryan |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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| RyanInKorea wrote: |
I am pissed I didn't know about this bar before I went on my trip last week. Hopefully, it's still there as it was posted over a year ago. There were a few bars I searched out that were no longer there.
In any event, have a great trip,
Ryan |
Thanks Ryan, I had a fantastic time in Japan and am I'm only sad that I couldn't have stayed in Japan a bit longer. There really is so much to see and do in Japan that I think I'd need a few years at least to see everything.
The bar in Ginza that I mentioned above is still going strong and beer really was only 300 (+15yen tax)yen a bottle. |
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A2Steve
Joined: 10 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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go for one of those coffin hotels, or whatever they're called. Live a little, as it were.  |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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| blade wrote: |
Thanks everyone for your replies. I've decided to stay with a friend who lives close to that area.
I also found a bar in Ginza called 300 Yen bar and every drink there is only 300 Yen. From what I can make out this looks like a really good deal.http://gaijintonic.com/2007/04/08/300-yen-bar-in-ginza/ |
There is another one of those in Shibuya, kinda near Wendy's Restaurant. |
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