PRICE:
Frommer's Recommended

With four gleaming white buildings added at various stages (each with its own check-in), the Shinagawa Prince Hotel is the largest sleep factory in Japan. It's a virtual city within a city, with more than a dozen food and beverage outlets, a 10-screen cinema complex, a small aquarium with dolphin shows, a large sports center with nine indoor tennis courts, an 80-lane bowling center, an indoor golf practice center, a SEGA amusement/arcade-game center, indoor and outdoor pools, and a fitness center. It caters to Japanese businessmen on weekdays and to students and family vacationers on weekends and holidays. Rooms vary widely depending on which building you select: The 17-story East Tower has only very small singles, at the cheapest rates; the 17-story North Tower has singles, twins, and doubles in a medium price range; the 39-story Main Tower features renovated rooms (mostly twins) with the ubiquitous brown color scheme, Internet access, and duvet-covered beds (those on the highest floors have views of Tokyo Bay); the upscale Annex, with only doubles, has smart-looking rooms, Internet connections, and correspondingly high prices. Assuming you can find it, be sure to have a drink or meal at the 39th-floor Top of Shinagawa; its views of Tokyo Bay and the city are among the best in town. With its many diversions, this hotel is like a resort getaway, but is too big and busy for my taste. Facilities: 12 restaurants; bar; sports center (various fees charged: ¥1,050/$8.70/£4.40 for indoor pool, ¥1,100/$9.15/£4.60 for outdoor pool); children's day-care center; amusement arcade; tour desk; business center; 24-hr. Internet cafe; shopping arcade; convenience store; salon; same-day laundry/dry-cleaning service; nonsmoking rooms; cinema complex; aquarium.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Tokyo, 10th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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