Daiichi Inn Ikebukuro - Tokyo, Japan 

Good Little Hotel
Posted: Sat, Jun 21 2008
Good hotel for business. There's internet service in the rooms and fairly quiet. If you feel like walking to it, there's a supermarket about 5-7 blocks away if you don't want to spend extra money in restaurants. There's also an underground market with a large array of prepared foods that you can refrigerate. You're near plenty of restaurants and stores if you need anything and near the subway for traveling. I'm not sure of the phone situation since I didn't make any calls. The staff is helpful but unobtrusive.

Christy
Posted: Sun, Mar 26 2006
I stayed here over winter vacation and had an excellent time. The staff was wonderful at helping me out in English although it really wasn't needed. It is located in Ikebukuro less than 5 minutes walk from the West Exit of the train station. There is no wonderful view, but the location is worth it.

perfectly good
Posted: Tue, Mar 29 2005
I booked this hotel cheaply (for Tokyo) through Expedia. The guidebooks made the Ikebukuro sound like a grim, out-of-the-way working class nowhere, but really it's not much different from the better-known areas of town that are equally easy to reach on the same hyper-efficient train lines. The hotel is about 100 feet from the northeast exit of the Ikebukuro station. There are several big department stores with food halls etc right nearby. There's also a convenience store next door that I believe is open 24/7. I had some train noise in my room, but nothing that really inconvenienced me. The room was certainly small but not obnoxiously so, and who cares since I did not intend to spend any time there. Everything was neat and clean and worked fine. Aside from the train there was no noticeable noise. The Expedia rate included a daily trip to the friendly Internet cafe in the same building. I would recommend this hotel to almost anyone visiting Tokyo.