| For the coming a couple of nights, I'll be staying at Dormy
Inn PREMIUM Ginza (ドーミーイン PREMIUM 銀座), which is less than a
5-minute walk from Higashi-Ginza station (東銀座駅) on the Toei
Subway Asakura Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line; or Tsukiji
Shijô station (築地市場駅) on the Toei Subway Ôedo Line. It's about a
15-minute walk to JR Shimbashi station (新橋駅). There's a
FamilyMart (a 24-hour convenience store) directly across from
the hotel, so the location is very convenient. Dormy Inn hotels
are well-known for offering great value, and all hotels in the
chain have an onsen (hot spring bath) and serve ramen (noodle)
as a late-night meal. I booked through Dormy Inn's official
website with payment at check-in. |
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Entrance and front desk |
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| I booked a standard twin room, which is about 20 m2
(roughly 210 feet), which is quite decent for Tokyo. There's
also a two-seat sofa position beside the beds. In additional to
these standard rooms, there are more premium Japanese-style
rooms, which have slightly larger and come with a private onsen
bath. These rooms are about 1.5 times the price of a standard
room, but they're very popular – there are only 9 available in
total, from double to quadruple, so securing a booking can be
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I booked a 2-3 day stay (no housekeeping or breakfast included). For two
people, two nights, the total cost came to JP¥72,540. The hotel provides
personal care items like toothbrushes, combs and cotton swabs in the
room; and towels are changed every day, but there's no room cleaning. |
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Upon entering the room, the wardrobe is located behind the door. The
sink and toilet are separated, with the sink positioned directly in
front of the toilet door. There's a door separating the toilet from the
shower area, ensuring a dry and wet separation. However, the downside is
that the carpeted area around the sink can easily get wet or dirty if
you're not careful. The bathroom amenities are all from the POLA Aroma
Essential Gold brand. If you find the shower area too narrow in the
room, you can opt to use the public onsen bathing area. |
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There's a fridge, electric kettle, and tea set placed beneath
the sink. The fridge contains a welcome snack of each guest,
which is free to enjoy. The TV not only allows you to watch
programmes, but also shows the usage status of the onsen, and
every single washing machines and dryers. |
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| The hotel's rooftop is an outdoor communal area called Sky
Terrace (スカイテラス). It has one vending machine and seems to be a
place for guests to socialise and chat. You can also enjoy the
surrounding views, but with the current cold weather, I don't
think many people will be using it for socialising. |
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On the 2/F, there's a restaurant called Hatago (旅籠). It serves
breakfast from 06:30 to 09:30, which is chargeable unless you've
booked a breakfast-inclusive package. From 15:00 to 21:00, it
transforms into another communal spaces, offering free coffee,
tea, and soft drinks that guests to enjoy at any time.
Additionally, from 21:30 to 23:30, the restaurant offers free
ramen, known as 'Night Noodles' (夜鳴きそば), for guests to have as a
late-night meal. |
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Night Noodles, soy sauce noodle soup with seaweed and
baby bamboo shoot |
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| The public onsen bathing area, Shippô-no-Yu (七宝の湯), is
located on the B1/F and is separated into male and female areas.
The water is sourced from Sôsa City (匝瑳市) in Chiba Prefecture
(千葉県), and its natural composition is sodium carbonate, which
gives the water a black colour – hence the name 'Kuro-yu' (black
bath). The onsen is open from 15:00 to 10:00 the next day, with
a sauna available as well (closed from 01:00 to 05:00). Note
that towels are not provided in the public bath, so you'll need
to bring your own. |
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| Each shower cubicle in the bathhouse is separated by
partitions, so you don't have to worry about the awkwardness of
making eye contact with strangers while you shower. The changing
room has free washing machines, which automatically adds
detergent, so you don't need to any washing powder or liquid.
However, the tumble dryers are charged at JP¥100 for every 30
minutes. On the last night, I washed three set of clothes, dried
them for half an hour, and by the morning, there were completely
dry. Outside the bathhouse, there's a comic corner where you can
borrow comic, and they offer free ice lollies before 01:00. In
the morning, from 05:00 to 10:00, they provide free Yakult
(Japanese sweetened probiotic drink). |
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As for breakfast, I can't comment on that as I'll be heading to
Asakusa tasting street foods tomorrow morning, and then to
Toyosu Market for fresh seafood the day after, so I didn't book
the breakfast-inclusive option. Overall, Dormy Inn consistently
offers great value. The same group also operates the Japanese
inn brand Onyado Nono (御宿 野乃), which features more traditional
Japanese rooms, and the service are very similar. |
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