Fodor's Travel Talk Forums - Tokyo hotel

I do not claim to know Tokyo very well at all, but my thoughts on the Conrad are as follows. I have stayed there 3 times recently and find it very good in many ways; all these have been business trips with a little tourism tacked on. It is walkable to the fish market, which is actually a very interesting sight and probably one of the things you will do anyway. It is in front of Hama Rikyu Garden and park, which is a very nice park and would be a good break for your daughter, and again is one of the places you might visit anyway. It is basically also in front of the ferry piers which you can take up the river to get to the interesting Asakusa area and the Sensoji temple; which is IMO a very good way to get there and then you do not have to take the subway, which is not only confusing but the ferry is a much prettier way (I am not a mole). There is a subway stop quite close by. It is very close to the main train station to the airport, less than 10 minutes by taxi.

It is a lovely hotel and has very good views of Tokyo Bay. It has an indoor pool which your daughter may find useful and a very nice gym. I think you should ask about their suites, as these have a separate living area with a sofa (may be a sofa bed, I have not checked it) which you daughter could easily sleep on or they could provide you with a roll away. They may even have junior suites which would be less expensive than suits, but larger than their standard rooms, but their standard rooms are 48 square meters which is a very large room and could easily take a roll away with your husband and you in the king bed. I agree that a twin bedded room more than likely means two twin beds. (I see from the Grand Hyatt website that their standard rooms are 42 square meters, which is also a good size, and they have "Grand Deluxe" rooms which are 55 square meters, these would be a very good choice as they could very easily take a roll away. I don't know this hotel other than Italian restaurant, which is good.)

Now, the drawback is that the hotel is not really in any type of neighborhood with restaurants and does not seem to be near any mall with restaurants, at least none that I have found. It is in an area which was somewhat industrial until recently I believe and is somewhat sterile with a lot of new tall office buildings and not even a whole lot of sidewalks. However, it is not far by taxi to the Ginza area or even to Roppongi, I would say less than 10 minutes to the Ginza and probably 15-20 to Roppongi. I find both the Ginza and Roppongi areas to be a little crazy with all the traffic and all the neon in the Ginza, but you may find it exiting, I don't' know. I live in Hong Kong and get plenty of that. I also don't find anywhere in Tokyo to be "easy walking". It is just too spread out for that. Once you get to the Ginza you can certainly walk along parts, and I like the area around the Roppongi Hills shopping centre, but really I find it just hard to get around on foot in that city other than within confined neighborhoods.