Toyoko Inn Shinagawa Oimachi — Hotel in Tokyo

This is our first stay at Toyoko Inn Oimachi but not our first in the Toyoko Inn Chain as we have used this chain all over Japan!||||Over all the hotel matches the quality of other hotels in the chain.||||Rooms are not large but then you are mainly just sleeping in them so they work perfectly for this and include both internet and breakfast.||||2 items though that this specific hotel needs to improve.||||Breakfast: Some form of meat should be added to the daily menu. I know I love the mini sausages but seems these are only offered every other day and some hotels also mix in some fish chunks every now and then to mix things up but most Toyoko Inn's offer some form of meat on the morning breakfast so this should be considered for this location as well.||||Also Eggs need to be reconsidered as they are way to watery making me think they are powdered eggs so this should be reconsidered as this is the only location I have seen eggs so runny or mushy!||||The other item is the Washer Dryers for guests. Larger capacity dryers should be considered as it took me 2 hours to get most our clothing dry and even then the jeans for a little damp as these dryers are not good at all for drying laundry as we have seen these before at another chain and same thing they just do not dry clothing very well.||||Toyoko Inn over at Tennozu has large capacity dryers and these do much better job at drying clothing within an hour making it easier for more people to wash their clothing when needed!||||Other then these 2 items the rest is good. Only a short walk like 5 minutes or less and has a couple of places near by for shopping and getting food and of course the train to other ares of Tokyo or Japan! You can also catch a bus that takes you directly to Haneda Airport or arrive from...

This is a pretty basic hotel, we chose it because it was close to several locations we were visiting on our last days in tokyo, because it had parking, and because it was inexpensive. The room itself is clean, of course, but small. The bedding is the hardest we experienced in Japan, which is saying something...but by this point we were used to it. The air conditioning worked well however and there was a fridge and kettle. ||||My two main complaints about this hotel is that there is only one, tiny elevator, and it is the ONLY way to go downstairs, there are no stairs. This makes trying to escape with luggage during checkout time an interesting experience lol. ||||Our second complaint is that the cold water in the shower and sink (which are actually the same), is not cold. I showered with ONLY the cold water tap turned on, and it was still warm enough to steam up the bathroom...something strange going on there.||||What's the best thing about this hotel? For $5 you get UNLIMITED video on demand for your television...yeah, you heard that right. Have you ever heard of a hotel that offers unlimited movies (yes, that also includes adult films) for $5? I sure haven't. We took full advantage of that, let me tell you lol. This rivals the hotel we found in Venice that had a free, stocked daily mini bar. We're made happy by the little things in life haha.||||The breakfast here is free, but be aware that it is mostly Japanese food and it gets very busy, very quickly.||||All in all a pretty good value, and probably your best option if you have a reason to stay in this particular area, but I would not base myself here for exploring Tokyo; there are better, reasonably priced hotels much closer to the heart...

This is a pretty basic hotel, we chose it because it was close to several locations we were visiting on our last days in tokyo, because it had parking, and because it was inexpensive. The room itself is clean, of course, but small. The bedding is the hardest we experienced in Japan, which is saying something...but by this point we were used to it. The air conditioning worked well however and there was a fridge and kettle. ||||My two main complaints about this hotel is that there is only one, tiny elevator, and it is the ONLY way to go downstairs, there are no stairs. This makes trying to escape with luggage during checkout time an interesting experience lol. ||||Our second complaint is that the cold water in the shower and sink (which are actually the same), is not cold. I showered with ONLY the cold water tap turned on, and it was still warm enough to steam up the bathroom...something strange going on there.||||What's the best thing about this hotel? For $5 you get UNLIMITED video on demand for your television...yeah, you heard that right. Have you ever heard of a hotel that offers unlimited movies (yes, that also includes adult films) for $5? I sure haven't. We took full advantage of that, let me tell you lol. This rivals the hotel we found in Venice that had a free, stocked daily mini bar. We're made happy by the little things in life haha.||||The breakfast here is free, but be aware that it is mostly Japanese food and it gets very busy, very quickly.||||All in all a pretty good value, and probably your best option if you have a reason to stay in this particular area, but I would not base myself here for exploring Tokyo; there are better, reasonably priced hotels much closer to the heart...