When planning our visit to Tokyo last year, I discovered our go-to hotel underwent renovations, and they no longer had a triple / double connecting room that was suitable for our family of 5. After searching online, I discovered the Mimaru brand of aparthotels, which turned out to be ideal.
They have various room configurations as well as themed rooms in each hotel throughout Japan. We got a 2-bedroom family suite at the Mimaru Tokyo Ikebukuro.
Our room had a mini kitchen, living and dining area, a room with 4 beds (2 floor, 2 bunk), another room with 2 beds, and 2 full baths (water closets separate from the shower). It was still small compared to 2 bedroom suites in the US, but I loved that we were in a single suite and there were separate bathrooms.
They provide hand soap in the kitchen and bathrooms, as well as detergent. The AC cooled us off nicely during the summer heat!
There was also a combo washer and dryer in the room, which is ideal for very small loads. We ended up trying to use it, but it would take hours to dry, and ultimately we went to the laundry room, which also had a lounge area and manga library, to do laundry.
The hotel was ideally located - just a 9-minute walk from the train station, and Family Mart was literally just steps away (numerous other konbini were also nearby, as well as great shopping and eateries).
Check-in hours are only available until a certain time, after which a security guard will conduct the check-in process.
We stayed at Mimaru Tokyo Ikebukuro twice last year, and would definitely stay there again.
The employees were super friendly and we had no problems communicating (they did use a translating machine when necessary).
Highly recommend Mimaru for families!
Mimaru Tokyo Ikebukuro2 Chome-61-1 Ikebukuro
Toshima City, Tokyo 171-0014, Japan
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