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Cheap Accommodation in Tokyo until February, Advanced Booking Discount $30/Per Night

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Cheap Accommodation in Tokyo until February, Advanced Booking Discount $30/Per Night
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AssociatedL[Deactivated] on 06/11/2012 - 17:53 sakura-hotel.co.jp (542 clicks)
Last edited 06/11/2012 - 18:29 by 1 other user

Click on the special offer page to see the deal.

1 month advanced booking discount

Shared
Dormitory 2,940YEN > 2,550

Private
Twin Room 8.295YEN > 7,400
4 Bed Room Group 12,600YEN > 10,600
6 Bed Room Group 17,640YEN > 14,800
8 Bed Room Group 22,400YEN > 19,200

24 hour Reception, Early Check In, Late Check Out, No Curfew
Free Luggage Storage

Room Facilities

Air Conditioner
Linen
Private Locker
Power Outlet & Light for each bed

Free Wifi
Cafe and Shared Kitchen
Laundromat
Vending Machine for Soft Drinks and Alcohol

Located in Asakusa, Tokyo

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  • Elijah on 06/11/2012 - 18:01
    +4

    Heading to Japan ?, don't forget to checkout Airbnb

  • plmko on 06/11/2012 - 18:05
    +2

    Not exactly 'cheap', if you search around you can get 2 bedroom apartments right smack bang in the middle of Tokyo for around 10,000 yen.

    But I suppose this is more reassuring for some.

  • macharmaine on 06/11/2012 - 18:08
    -2

    so a hotel gives a discount becoz its advance booking?? isn't that normal!??! most hotels do that anyway. hardly a ozbargain item??? am gonna neg it.

    • Elijha on 06/11/2012 - 18:17

      Well most of the bargains here are discounted items … is it a bargain depends on how much it is and how it compares to others with equivalent offerings - right?

      Hotels / holidays are a bit tricky as many factors can come into apart from purely price - location for example, if they help contribute to your 'points' system, other features like views, pools, catering for pets. Makes it difficult to judge. If it doesn't suit you move on. If you see a problem with the offer or the business providing it add a neg and state why.

      I don't think 'some hotels can also discount prices in advance' is a good enough reason. But maybe that's just me.

    • ReSublimity on 06/11/2012 - 18:22

      Yeah it is normal to have sales if you book early lol. The prices are pretty damn high, i booked in advanced via hotels.com, got a nice hotel in nihombashi for $60 a night (usually like $110 double sized bed) including buffet breakfast lol.

    • m0nkeycheese on 06/11/2012 - 23:43
      -1

      Everything needs to be pre booked in Japan!!

      • INFIDEL on 06/11/2012 - 23:47

        Not necessarily in my experience of traveling there so many times. Often great walk-in deals.
        Of course during major events like Golden Week & some locations you do.

        • wackedupwacko on 08/11/2012 - 18:42

          If you consider the timing of this (now - feb) its going to be quite heavily booked out in alot of places. It is holiday season after all in Dec and January.

  • chris449 on 06/11/2012 - 18:46

    You can get shared dormitory in Asakusa for Y2000/night with Khaosan.

    • Elijha on 06/11/2012 - 18:47
      +17

      I heard he snores though.

      • StewBalls on 06/11/2012 - 23:30

        I heard that he snores both ends! :o

  • chickentaste on 06/11/2012 - 18:47
    +5

    Lived in Japan 6 years, even with a discount this is a very average price for a hotel room.

    You can get these prices year-round (or cheaper) if you stay at a Toyoko Inn: http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/index.html

    By way of comparison these are the prices for Asakusa Toyoko Inn this week (same area as Sakura Inn)
    https://yoyaku.4and5.com/reserve/html/rvpc_rfrncClndrDtl.htm…

    Toyoko Inn are literally everywhere in Japan. And you you get a free all you can eat buffet breakfast, so long as you can stomach endless rice, toast and coffee. I took the edge off of many a stinging hangover with a Toyoko Inn breakfast when I was living over there…

    The Toyoko Inn website is an absolute pig to get around though.

    • Fuzor on 06/11/2012 - 19:04
      -1

      Hi chickentaste would you mind telling me what you were doing in Japan for 6 years? I want to take a working holidays somewhere but not sure I have the skills. But I figured that by the time youre really skilled at a job, you're probably in mid 30's and gotten over the thought…

      • bargainhunter on 06/11/2012 - 19:25
        +5

        Geisha

      • infinity89 on 06/11/2012 - 19:29

        You can take a look at the JET program (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JET_Programme). The only skill u need is english and a uni degree of some sort.

        • moolah on 06/11/2012 - 20:27
          -2

          You'll need a passport from USA/UK/Canada/Australia/New Zealand and you should be white too. It's to project an image (they believe only white people can speak good English, even the ones from the Eastern Bloc) regardless of whether you have a PhD in Education/Linguistic but are not Caucasian.

        • INFIDEL on 06/11/2012 - 20:40
          -1

          Similar attitude in many countries. What at first seems racist or unjust can be just business…
          I was refused a teaching post in Australia because I did not meet that private college's image of a 'knowledgeable person'. Why - I looked too young. (Add a few years, a few wrinkles, a tweed jacket with leather patches, & maybe a pipe & you get the job?) My experience in designing & teaching University courses meant nothing. Perception is everything when education is big business.

          In schools, parents expect English to be taught by a stereotypical person (white) from English speaking countries. They will pay higher fees for certain accents (USA for example) as it is seen as the key to future success & business. Some teachers have to change their teaching name to a USA one, with a USA back-story to match. (And that was an example from France!) I have been told by UK teachers, schools in England more readily employ 'posh' speakers from South England. Little wonder private & some government schools in Asia want to meet the parents expectation - its good for profits.

          In general, some Asian countries have too high a view of European looking people. I am often embarrassed by their respect for a stranger, based only on my looks. I get gifts, easy lifts when hitch-hiking, etc - which is usually not the experience of other Asian travelers in an Asian country.

          My friend is a South Korean diplomat (so can't say much), whose job was to vet people applying to teach in that country. When I said it sounded like a good way to get to know the locals, she laughed & suggested many people would not get the conditions they thought their contract gave them. Meeting teachers there, I was appalled by some of the treatment. An intelligent lovely overweight Black American graduate was sacked as a 'poor role model' for her students. (You can guess which two attributes offended the parents.) Teachers during the H1N1 virus time had to be put on display in front of the student assembly having their temperature taken. Usually they only have to sing/dance/entertain at those events! You are there to justify high fees & keep the kiddies entertained. (But I have been told my role was the same in teaching undergraduates, by the Dean at an Aussie Uni.)

        • hectic3 on 06/11/2012 - 21:35
          +1

          I was on the JET Program for a couple years and it is by far the most eye-opening and exciting experience I have ever had. Highly recommended for people who are keen on teaching and living there but you will be most likely be posted to a rural prefecture like I was (Fukushima).

        • INFIDEL on 06/11/2012 - 22:14

          I consider any time spent in Japan a valuable experience. Getting to know locals is even better. So a job there is a way in. I love the rural areas - so lucky you!

          As a constant traveler, it is difficult to peer under the formal covers to experience the real Japan. But have made good friends hitch-hiking. It is an in between space in the formal lives of most Japanese, so lacks the usual customs except the desire to help Foreigners. Once you are in their car, you are introduced to their friends as 'my new friend'. Naked together in the Onsen (spa) or lots of drinking & laughter helps break down barriers. Most years I revisit my friends and am in constant contact. (My closest one is a rice farmer in a mountain village of 200 people with a fantastic Onsen perched on top of a hill) Pity I am crap at any language except English!

        • chickentaste on 11/11/2012 - 01:21
          +1

          JET program is being wound down year on year. What few permanent positions there are in schools are increasingly being filled locally or covered by education dispatch companies. And you really, really don't want to work for a dispatch company. I'd bet heavily on there not being a JET program in any form within 5-10 years.

      • chickentaste on 11/11/2012 - 01:16
        +1

        Teaching, training and hiring teachers mostly. Don't bother trying to make a go of teaching in Japan anymore.. the bottom was falling out of the English teaching gig more than a decade ago when I first went over there and things are even more dismal now.

  • gabon on 06/11/2012 - 19:26

    Yep agree with most posters here - shop around plenty of deals to be had in Tokyo - I stayed in ueno for $60 a night great room albeit small but heaps available around that price or less.

  • shmahoo on 06/11/2012 - 19:43
    +1

    I thought this might have been one of those "hole in a wall" hotels

    • INFIDEL on 06/11/2012 - 21:10

      Capsule hotels can be dearer than having own room. Some do not like Foreigners - as they don't know how things operate & 'disturb' their usual clientele of drunk but polite office workers. Not that I have stayed in 1.

  • INFIDEL on 06/11/2012 - 19:46
    +1

    For same price as a Dormitory room (6 to 8 people per room) you can get your own basic Tatami room, aircon, TV, etc in nearby Inns. Twin/double room for 400Yen more than this Dorm deal. All without booking ahead.

    As others say, this is no bargain!
    Try sites like Hostels.com & Hostelworld.com with free 6 month membership deal I posted & still available http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/72674

    Stayed in Aizuya Inn just north of Asakusa for $20/n last year (about only person in Inn after earthquake).
    Own room (a/c, free WiFi/PC use, & TV) is currently ¥2550 (au$30) (same price as Sakura's advance purchase Dorm room deal - without need for advance booking discount). Gets 85% review on Hostelworld. Only downside was 100Yen coin showers & small kitchen, all on ground floor. Usual trade off between price & facilities. Friendly helpful staff. A good base for travels in region & left bag while visited spa towns for a week or so. Stayed there 3 weeks.

    A tip for cheap hotels in other areas - ask at the tourist information for that city. Found 1/2 price deals at Business Hotels (from $20/n) - basic to good at a reasonable price - needed to arrive before a certain time), when the business people arrive (so can't book ahead. Also ask about free discount vouchers - some places are 1/2 price if you are lucky. Have been given free gifts & passes.
    Outside of major tourist spots, Western style hostels like Sakura do not exist & Japan Youth Hostel dorms are expensive ($50!) but can be an amazing experience as they see few Foreigners in some locations. I often take a tent & sleep on beaches, by rivers or in parks with no problems - keeps the costs way down outside city areas. Hitchhiking is amazing in rural areas - usually a lift by the 3rd car.

    • INFIDEL on 06/11/2012 - 22:10

      Just looked up reviews of Aizuya Inn (4 out of 5) on TripAdvisor - a handy travel resource with free city apps that can be used without expensive internet connection. Great up to date information from people who have just been where you are going. Handy lists of top rated sights/ different accommodation by price range, etc
      http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g1066461-d658151-Rev…

  • [Deactivated] on 06/11/2012 - 21:07

    stayed in Sakura the first time I ever went to Ikebukuro, this is not a bargain, but a general yearly priced deal. It's not bad as it's just out of West Gate Park (IWGP!!) but there are better cheaper hotels, much better. Try the other side of 'Bukuro, Sunshine City you can get for the same price (Prince Hotel) it's inside the shopping centre.

    be warned the West Gate side of Ikebukuro is the side of shady business, when the sun goes down Yakuza galore, prostitutes, shady characters. You'll likely never come into trouble there though, but just a forewarning.

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