Hotel Palace Japan

The rooms are small but they've warned you about that, if you see on your booking website, the room is 5,5square meters. I stayed here 1 week, in a private room. There are the options of a double room (with a bunk bed) or dormitory. Since I don't like to share the room with a bunch of strangers I was looking for somewhere I could be close to everything and have my own room for an affordable price. So The room is small, but it has a good closet you can put your things in. The bed is ok, and there's a tiny tiny fridge you can keep your dinner/drink/breakfast things cold, but even a half litre box of milk will barelly fit in straight. its is very very small, if you're alone you can keep in there tops 2 meals. But you know, it's nice to be able to keep food refrigerated. There is also a shared kitchen in the lobby with a microwave and a stove, kitchen utensils etc, so you can use that. There's coin laundry available, It is well located, near train/metro station, 7eleven, lawson and otherconvenience stores right there. I'm very antisocial so I just heated the food and ate in my room, which is possible because there's a small table you can eat at, but you can also eat in the lobby. Even though the rooms face a mainstreet with much traffic, the windows are very good and isolate the sound very well. The walls are also good. I haven't heard anything from my neighbours, and from a side door in the hallway it is possible to see the tokyo skytree. In terms of cleaning, the shared bathroom could be cleaner, it could offer more things, so I'd advise you to bring flipflops for the shower. However, it is not so bad, but it could be much better. It is cleaned everyday. There's only one female bathroom stall for each floor but it's more than enough, I never had to wait to go. there are 3 showers per floor but I also never had to wait. The staff is nice. The cleaning ladies don't speak english but you know, just basic japanese greetings are enough. The reception people speak very good english. It's enough for a short period of time, and if you're willing to pay extra for your own room, then you'll be just fine. I've seen kids in the lobby so I also think families are welcome.