17 November 2017
Nice Hotel for business and leisure in central Tokyo, Courtyard by Marriott, Tokyo Station
The Location is the Best.
Courtyard by Marriott, Tokyo Station is located near to Tokyo Station, opposite side of Marunouchi area, near to Nihonbashi area. These areas are the core part of the financial or economy of Tokyo. A lot of foreign or global companies have placed their office around this area.Tokyo Station is also the hub of transportation in Metropolitan Tokyo and Japan. Bullet train will arrive and leave every two minute, commuter train will also serve you short comfort journey around Tokyo, as Yokohama or Kamakura. Several underground lines served by Tokyo metro are available at Otemachi station hub.
The room is also simple.
The room of Courtyard have very simple furniture and bathroom. I love the writing desks which have large space for note taking or writing articles. The dimension of single bed rooms is also larger than that of other hotels in the same range of price. The rooms have bath tub and toilet with wash-let.
From the window, you will have view of small path among old Showa style building. Though the entrance faced to the main street, Chuo dori, you will escape from the crowded Tokyo in your room.
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| Flat TV is available with overseas programs. |
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| bath room |
The typical Courtyard style service as US
Courtyard by Marriott served as their style as US. They opened their hotels in the nice location near to train station or motorway junctions. At the reception desk, they will provide some foods or drinks like convenient stores. Frequent users of Marriott reward will receive some privilege as free alcohol drinks at reception or happy hour benefit at ground floor restaurants.
The staff is questionable on their skills at Hotel. They have few information about the currency exchange, transportation around Tokyo metropolitan or some restaurant spot. But you will get those on your mobile instead of the staff.
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| The view from window. |
Access and location
Courtyard Marriott Tokyo Station is located near to JR Tokyo station and next to the underground Kyobashi station on Ginza line (orange line). Ginza and Nihonbashi shopping area and Marunochi and Yaesu area is accessible on foot for 5 minutes. Around Tokyo station, there are Otemachi station which is the hub of Tokyo metro (underground) lines, bus terminal for north or east bound high way buses and bullet train station and JR commuter lines station.
From Narita Airport, buses to Tokyo station will bring you directly to this area. From Haneda Airport, Tokyo monorail and Yamanote line, which is one of the most classical transportation combination to or from Haneda, takes around 30 minutes and Limousine bus will also be convenient.
15 November 2017
MOXY Tokyo Kinshityou, public space
The new style hotel, room is simple and public area is exciting, came to Japan.
The hotel of Moxy brand has simple studio type bed rooms for visitor and some exciting items around public space. The young generation, twenties to thirties, like communication, parties and night life, using photo SNS as Instagram or Twitter was the targets of this hotel. The pink purple is iconic colour of this hotel chain in Marriott hotel.
The article about room was here
At the entrance, some art designed balloons will welcome you. And there are several bicycles with helmets for customers.
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| strange art? at entrance |
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| you can borrow sport bicycles |
Reception facility was placed on Bar counter
The reception desk was combined with Bar counter and shop register. The lobby area has huge space for the visitors and customers and was placed various type of chairs and sofa couch with table around the bar. On some table, you will find small toys or games for communication with your friends or other customers.
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| relax area in front of the bar counter |
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| Bar counter. Enjoy some drinks or food at this area. The bartender will serve some coffee or tea. |
Library and lounge space
The library and lounge space show the concept of this moxy brands. Modern, millennium, pop cultural things were placed and exhibited around the space.
On your travelling Japan, you will find new friends or some SNS followers at this atmosphere, beyond your mobile or computers.
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| The wall of Lounge and library. Various typography show a sentence. |
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| In front of the fireplace, the customer can enjoy some game or chatting with relaxed atmosphere. |
How to get
Kinshicho station is very convenient for your business or leisure in Tokyo metropolitan area. There were two JR lines (Japan railways company) and one underground service (Hanzomon, Tokyo Metro) and several bus route, give you the nice access around Tokyo.
From NARITA airport, Sobu line will directly send you to the Kinshicho JR station. And From HANEDA airport, Limousine bus will take you to the Kinshicho station area. You also get Tokyo station on JR Sobu line service and Omotesando with Tokyo metro Hanzomon line (purple line).
The Tokyo sky tree area or Asakusa area are very near from here, just taking five minutes from these lines.
12 November 2017
MOXY Tokyo Kinshicho, your room for sleep
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Marriott
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Moxy
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The new style hotel, room is simple and public area is exciting, came to Japan.
The hotel of Moxy brand has simple studio type bed rooms for visitor and some exciting items around public space. The young generation, twenties to thirties, like communication, parties and night life, using photo SNS as Instagram or Twitter was the targets of this hotel. The pink purple is iconic colour of this hotel chain in Marriott hotel.
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| Bar counter and front desk |
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| Moxy Tokyo Kinshicho building, former typical office building of Japan |
Chaotic? international and Japanese, a little bit historic downtown, Kinshicho
The former office building in Kinshicho was renovated to the modern simple hotel, Moxy. Kinshicho was chaotic town in East side of Tokyo, located between business area, Marunouchi or Kanda, and traditional downtown area, including Asakusa. There were old bar or restaurant (as almost classified stands) for white colour people. Cheep, strong and industrial drinks were filled in this town. Fast, salty or oily, carbonate-rich foods were served around this area. All things, brown spots on Itamae’s white coat, smooth edge of wood counter at the stand or black shop name letters on white plastic board shows half century history growth-up of Japanese economy. Japanese will feel some nostalgia of Showa era.
public spaces
More photos of public spaces is here.
Public area was designed as the punk or pop cultures for making the customers relax. Football game on desk or traditional Japanese toys were placed around the bar, lounge or library space. These items will occur the communication among the travellers.
Public area was designed as the punk or pop cultures for making the customers relax. Football game on desk or traditional Japanese toys were placed around the bar, lounge or library space. These items will occur the communication among the travellers.
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| The entrance They also served the bicycle rental with helmet |
The Bar space will also work as the check-in counter. The staff has served the Moxy high ball (gin cocktail with soda and grapefruit juice) as welcome drink. All glass of bar was high quality with thin glass for nice feeling to your lip. We can also have some break fast or sapper at this bar area.
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| On arrival, they have served welcome drink. |
When I visited, unfortunately the staff has not trained well on the check in process. I hope they will be nice attendant and lovely bartender or cast at this hotel.
rooms
The room of Moxy is very simple. A bed, a folding table, folding chair, leather chair, side table, and shower and toilet space were simply placed in one room.
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| The hotel is located next to the apartment. |
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| look back to entrance. |
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| The Queen size bed |
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| Toilet has Japanese high technology, washlet! |
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| For ladys, the amenities will not be enough? They had just shampoo with conditioner. |
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| dryer is also pink!!! |
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| Amenity kit were in the can |
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| side table. authentic looks phone and toy |
All things were simple but enough for just staying. All thing will be enough for the traveller who were targeted by this hotel brand as the customer. For several hotel geek or luxury traveller, this hotel will not be enough.
How to get
Kinshicho station is very convenient for your business or leisure in Tokyo metropolitan area. There were two JR lines (Japan railways company) and one underground service (Hanzomon, Tokyo Metro) and several bus route, give you the nice access around Tokyo.
From NARITA airport, Sobu line will directly send you to the Kinshicho JR station. And From HANEDA airport, Limousine bus will take you to the Kinshicho station area. You also get Tokyo station on JR Sobu line service and Omotesando with Tokyo metro Hanzomon line (purple line).
The Tokyo sky tree area or Asakusa area are very near from here, just taking five minutes from these lines.
2 November 2017
Chewy Grilled beef tongue, Sendai Gyutan, Ara, Yaesu, Tokyo station, (仙台牛タン 荒 八重洲), Tokyo, Japan
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Gyutan
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Difficult for tourist to find your dinner, on Chaotic and typical Japanese street
This restaurant is located along the busy and chaotic, long street
in the Yaesu side of Tokyo main station. Hotel Ryumeikan was located near this
street. This area was very convenient for both business persons and tourists. For Business persons, Marunochi area is opposite side on Tokyo station. For tourists, you can get great access to Tokyo main station where you can go somewhere in Japan or Tokyo with your Japan rail pass.
I found the foreign tourists were walking along the street but they already lost
themselves due to jetlag and parallel universe of Baymax. The foreigner seemed
to have never been able to identify what restaurant was or what food was going
to be served there. They were just walking around this area with missed
identity. There were also Japanese business men and the staff from the bars or
restaurants. The business persons had already been drunk a little bit and
looked for the next bars or pubs (Izakaya). The staffs from the pubs (Izakaya)
or Karaoke centre were touting the customers. The nervous foreigner, good mood
business persons, noisy staff from Izakaya and neon-lit of the izakaya or
Karaoke centre shows chaotic scene of Tokyo. The similar situation will be
shown in several busy area as Shinjuku, Ikebukuro or Shibuya.
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| The street in Yaesu, covered with Cherry broom on April |
Fast, good price and hot meal for dinner, with Japanese style
The Ara, gyutan restaurant, is very reasonable and useful
for the tourists. The atmosphere is like as the fast food restaurant around business area but the interior is also old style of set-menu restaurants (called as Teishoku-ya 定食屋). They will serve the Sendai style gyutan in this restaurant. Though I
had no idea about if there is English menu in this restaurant, they may have some English menu card. The area around Tokyo station is one of the most popular spot for the foreign tourists.
Overview of Gyutan set
Traditionally, the gyutan set in Sendai was served the main plate for the several styles of beef tongue (Gyutan), pickled vegetable, ox tail soup and bowl of barley and rice. Almost all restaurants specialized into the gyutan may have this type of sets on their menu.
Roasted Gyutan
The beef tongue was roasted or grilled. The meat was cut with thick. A piece
of meat was including rich beef juice and butter like flavour. The texture, the
most important parts of this dish, is nicely chewy and lovely.
Ox tail soup
barlay and rice
This set was served as the traditional Teishoku (定食 including rice, soup, main dish, and pickles) style.
The restaurants which served the gyutan (beef tongue) were
located anywhere around Tokyo. The thickness of sliced beef tongue is including
chewy texture and red meat juice. Sendai has more legend and famous restaurants
around in the city centre. If you have the plan to visit to Sendai with Tohoku
Shinkansen (high speed railway, Tohoku line), it will take just for two hour and half, please enjoy the gyutan at
Sendai.
former 6th Feb 2016
Re-write on 2017 2nd Nov.
former 6th Feb 2016
Re-write on 2017 2nd Nov.
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