Hotel Seaside Edogawa — Hotel in Tokyo

We arrived in the second week of April and were worried that we weren't in time to catch the annual sakura season since blooming started earlier this year. Was pleasantly surprised that the hotel gave us a room that was facing two blooming sakura trees right outside our room's balcony. Absolutely wonderful to wake up to the view of the sakura flowers and playful chirping birds against the clear azure blue skies.||Besides that wonderful morning moment described above, here are the main reasons we chose this hotel:|1. LOCATION, TRANSPORTATION:|It is near Tokyo Disney Resort at Maihama, Tokyo. Just one railway stop away but it was about half the price of our (Ambassador's) hotel at Tokyo Disney Resort. Transportation-wise, we just hopped onto the affordable hourly bus from Narita Airport to Tokyo Disney Resort, then took a 5-minute cab ride to this hotel. Easy.||2. KANSAI-RINKAI PARK:|"Rinkai" literally means seaside in Japanese. It's true that this hotel felt a little "secluded" especially since we arrived at night, when there was almost nobody at the park. But early in the morning, we saw numerous families and elderly people streaming out of the Kansai-Rinkai Park subway station to admire the last week of sakura blooms that were still available at this seaside park, before proceeding to stroll along the beach. The wonderful Tokyo Marine Life Park and the Diamond and Flower Ferris Wheel are also in this park. ||3. RESTAURANT:|The hotel's restaurant served up a pretty decent buffet breakfast in the mornings, and a simple range of Japanese, Western and Chinese food for lunch and dinner. Their most expensive item is the sumptuous Japanese bento at 5500jpy and the average price of other items were around 2000yen (~15usd). ||4. ONSEN, VENDING MACHINES:|An indoor onsen is available for guests to relax at the end of the day. There were also plenty of vending machines selling cup noodles, snacks and drinks on the same floor. Convenient for those who felt hungry after a relaxing soak in the onsen, even after midnight.||5. ROOMS:|Our room was very spacious and value-for-money by Tokyo's standards, with two beds, a sofa bed and plenty of space for the kids to run around. They also have Japanese-style rooms where you get to enjoy the "ryokan" experience of sleeping in a futon (thick and warm Japanese sleeping bags) on their tatami mats.||One of the most underrated hotels near Tokyo Disney. You'll love it if you...

Stayed here one night using travel promotion so it was cheaper than usual price of 9,000jyp per person.

Negatives: A bit remote due to location in the middle of a park, and the closest convenience store at Kasairinkaikoen Station in not open 24/7 so make sure to buy everything you need on the way to the hotel. Design and atmosphere is a bit old. Japanese breakfast was nothing to write home about and I saw their lunch offerings are a bit expensive, so better eat elsewhere.

Positives: Above all else our western-style room for two adults was huge, especially considering hotel rooms in Tokyo are notoriously cramped (I still remember that room in Shinjuku Washington Hotel with the tiny window and once you've put your luggages in you'd have to jump over them to get to the bed lol.) The rooms in Hotel Seaside Edogawa were resort huge, big twin beds too. Add to that the huge windows and it felt even bigger. Being located in the middle of a park the view from our room was nice, I could've spent hours just looking through the window at the surrounding foliage, it was raining which is kind of a bummer but it was good atmosphere wise. Despite the age of the building, equipments are quite good, automatic washlet, jacuzi with built-in TV, rain shower head. It's one station away from Tokyo Disney at a fraction of the price of Disney affiliated hotels. The park surrounding the hotel itself has a ferris wheel, bird sanctuary, small beach, barbeque place and aquarium, perfect for families with small kids. The hotel is not very well-known even among locals, making it one of the best kept...

We spend time here for one night. The location is great if you plan for visit Rinkai park and TDL (one station from the hotel). The room is a little bit date as we found some part of the carpet is a little bit dirty, but the toilet and bathroom seems renovated recently. The line for breakfast is limited and the staffs were a little bit solid. I think it is “ok” if you do not mind that much about the hotel service and facilities (included breakfast). It is a business level hotel with extended some services. The hotel have a limited space for parking, which is a little bit small (for a family car) but you can also park at the park side, which is...