This hotel is located in Ikebukuro, north east of Tokyo. Some staff speaks English. It looks like it’s a family run business. Breakfast is a choice between western or Japanese. Unfortunately, it’s almost the same menu everyday. The rooms not extremely small as I had initially feared but at a reasonable size. There is an elevator in the hotel. Check in is 3pm while check out is 12pm. The ladies who clean your rooms are extremely polite. The toilets come with those butt spray gadgets. There is a large wide screen LCD TV in every room. All channels are in Japanese. 2 adults only channels which you have to pay if you want to watch more than the 5 seconds auto preview. There is no safe nor is there a DVD player. Japanese pyjamas are provided daily. There is a small fridge under the table, a telephone and a hot cup water heater. The air conditioning can also act as a heater during winter. The rooms with the best view are the twin rooms. The internet requires you to use a LAN cable but there is also wireless internet which requires some configurations. There is a large convenience store right next door to the hotel and a hardware store a few blocks away. There are many places to eat here such as KFC and McDonalds. I recommend First Kitchen which is opposite KFC because it is less crowded there and the fries are fantastic. The location of this hotel is not too near or too far from the JR Ikebukuro station. It’s about a 5 minute walk. My advice when in Tokyo is to always stay in a major city so that you can enjoy the express trains like the Saikyo lines. Avoid staying in Shinjuku and Shibuya which is way too crowded and uncomfortable for some people. Ikebukuro is more manageable and less madness.

It's a not-too-expensive, standard hotel with not-too-bad interiors. It's a convenient 10-minute walk from Ikebukuro JR Station. It's clean, but my room was rather small-- however, Japanese homes are typically very small too, especially in Tokyo. The reception desk was helpful when I had to ask them for directions.

There are lots of convenient stores around for a quick bite late at night.