Oak Hotel

Oak Hotel is a good, cheap hotel for budget travelers. For a 2-twin bed room with private bath, we paid about $35 per person/nite. They provided free internet, kitchen use, and w/d (200Y for washer, 100Y for dryer 30min). Our room was small, but I didn't expect any bigger anyway. The bathroom is way small but again, I wasn't expecting anything bigger. The room provided all comforts except it got a bit tooooo hot during the day. The room had a heater but for some reason we could not turn it off, even unplugging, the heater was still running. The AC was not strong at all. We opened the window, but it wasn't much help for a breeze esp since the next building was only like 3 feet away. It did cool down at night though.

All in all, I think the hotel was a great price. The room was always clean. The staff was very friendly and spoke English. They helped us with maps and directions.

Good location in Ueno (between Ueno and Asakusa). Can get to any area in Tokyo via the JR Yamanote line. It's about a 10 min. walk to the JR station but maybe like 3 min. or less walk to the Tokyo Metro subway. Asakusa (Kappabashi-dori) is a walk away and there's a 99Yen store two blocks away. There's also plenty of cheap restaurants to eat around there.

Decent location. Normally the price of this place would be considered expensive but this is Tokyo and for this city it is good value. The only trouble with this place are the thin walls. You can hear everything on your floor.

Remember this is Japan. The rooms are small and the beds are equally small. You get a small TV. The rooms kind of reminded me of my college's dorms. They are very clean though and the service is basic but very friendly and knowledgeable. The staff here speak a number of different languages and are a mixture of Japanese and foreigners.