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Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo – a landmark luxury hotel in Shinjuku Tokyo

September 29, 2017 By James Clark

Hotel Review: Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo

Hotel Name: Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo
Address: 2 Chome-2-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan

I stayed at Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo in Tokyo. I was a guest of the Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau who provided the accommodation for my trip.

The Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo is in Shinjuku, which is one of best known areas of Tokyo. It’s a short walk from Shinjuku station which is on the Yamanote Line – the circle line that connects the major districts of Tokyo.

The hotel is in the part of Shinjuku known as the skyscraper district. The building takes up a whole city block with two towers as part of the property.

The Keio Plaza Hotel is a hotel chain in Japan, and this is their flagship hotel. It was opened in 1971 and it was the first high-rise hotel in Japan. The original tower is 178 metres tall and it was the tallest building in Tokyo from 1970 until 1974. While the city has since grown up around it, the hotel still remains as a landmark of Shinjuku.

Even with such a huge amount of hotel rooms the check in process was efficient and the staff were great.

Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo

My room was spacious, especially by Tokyo standards. I had a twin room and the beds were a decent size and very comfortable. Each bed had a personal light and accessible power outlets.

Keio Plaza Hotel room

The work desk shared the space with the TV set. They would have been better to mount the TV on the wall to free up more space here.

Work desk

The room included a “Travel Buddy”, which is a mobile device you can take with you outside the room. This is a brilliant idea if you have just arrived and haven’t set up a sim card, or you are just visiting for a few days. I didn’t need it for my trip but I appreciate that such a service is there.

Travel Buddy

A nice bathroom with a Japanese toilet (of course).

Toilet

A good selection of branded toiletries.

Toiletries

There are three breakfast restaurants open in the hotel, serving Japanese and western breakfasts. I opted for the western style and it had an excellent choice of breakfast favourites on offer.

Breakfast

I noticed that the hotel got crazy busy around 9am, probably due to tour groups assembling for the day. Being such a big hotel it is popular with groups. There was a line to get into one of breakfast buffets at this time, so I was glad to be an early riser and have a reasonably peaceful start to the day.

Tour group

There is free wifi in the hotel which I was able to log in from anywhere in the hotel.

Other facilities include fitness room/gym, swimming pool, massage / beauty centre, garden, karaoke, salon, spa and wellness centre.

Overall this was an excellent place to stay in Tokyo. The location was ideal, and being in such a spacious hotel was a delight, especially having experienced the Tokyo capsule hotels.

Check their deals page for special offers, or if you want to make a more memorable experience then try out the Easy Kimono (Yukata) Experience.

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About James Clark

James Clark is the founder of Nomadic Notes. He has been a digital nomad since 2003, and Nomadic Notes features trip reports, train travel articles, and where to stay guides. He writes about transport and urban development at Future Southeast Asia. Subscribe to the weekly travel newsletter.

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