Sequence hotels are a cheapo favorite. They are no-frills stylish and found in excellent locations — a Japanese business hotel but for hipsters if you will. Apart from a frustrating self check-in experience (if your name isn’t Japanese just ask the apologetic staff to do it for you), there’s little to fault about Sequence Miyashita Park.
![view of shinjuku from sequence hotel miyashita park](jpg/view-of-shinjuku-770x578.jpg)
The very tastefully decorated rooms are as comfortable as they are compact. Typical of Japanese interior design, there’s well thought out use of space, so even with three-star sized rooms you’ll feel like you’re in a four-star room. But the real sense of spaciousness comes from the views from the floor-to-ceiling windows in each room. Since the hotel is on top of the Miyashita Park development, even the lowest rooms are equivalent to at least the 7th floor. There’s also a large buffer of space around the building, so there aren’t any office workers staring into your room — you can comfortably leave the curtains open all night and day.
The check-in/check-out times are quite novel. Check-in is unusually late — it opens at 5pm —- but you can leave your luggage with the concierge at anytime earlier in the day, so no problem unless you’re just arriving on a red-eye flight. With late check-in comes the benefit of a luxuriously late check out time of 2pm. So handy if you’re out until the early hours enjoying the Shibuya night life, or if you just fancy a sleep-in.
![night view of shibuya skyline](jpg/night-view-of-shibuya-skyline-770x578.jpg)
The amenities are perfectly adequate, and apart from the tooth brush, which you have to collect for yourself in the hotel lobby. You could interpret this as either eco-friendly or cost cutting.
Prices vary depending on availablity and season, but if you can book for around ¥12,000 or less, you’ll be getting great value.
- 0.6 km from Meijijingū-mae Station Chiyoda Line (C3)Fukutoshin Line (C15)
- 0.7 km from Shibuya Station Fukutoshin Line (C16)Ginza Line (G1)Hanzomon Line (Z1)Yamanote Line (JY20)Keio Inokashira Line (IN1)Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line (DT1)Tōkyū Tōyoko Line (TY1)
- 0.7 km from Harajuku Station Yamanote Line (JY19)