Name: I Stayed in Tokyo's BEST Traditional Hotel
Uploaded: 2025-09-26T18:19:45.000Z
Duration: 22 min 21 s
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As you can see, I've got my suitcase in the back, party in the front and I'm about to go and stay in Asakusa!

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Now, I've been given a really lovely opportunity to go and stay in Asakusa at a ryokan, a traditional Japanese hotel.

It's just gonna be me, I'm gonna go and I'm gonna stay in a hotel and just chill out and do whatever I want.

I'm gonna eat, I'm gonna go around the area a little bit and then I'm just gonna like, have a, you know, night in, pamper myself, enjoy the ryokan vibes, take a bath, all that kind of jazz, so I'm really excited.

So yeah, this video is sponsored by the Tokyo branch of the Japan Ryokan Association.

They're letting me go and stay in a beautiful hotel for a night, so...

Because ryokan are really traditional, I always associate them with, you know, being outside of Tokyo but there are some really nice ryokan within Tokyo and yeah, I'm gonna show you one of them today which is gonna be really close to Kaminarimon and Sensō-ji in Asakusa, so really good location.

But yeah, I'm ready, so let's go to Asakusa and we can just vibe, hang out and I'm gonna take a bath.

What a nice video I get to do, this is great, let's go!

Okay, we're almost there, just keeping an eye out for it.

I can smell the kibidango, I really want to get some of that tomorrow, it's my favourite.

Oh, I found it, I found it, we're here, we're here, we made it, yay!

Okay, I just got to the hotel and it is so close, it is like right next to Kaminarimon.

I had no idea that like this place existed, I've walked past here so many times, I'm sure you guys have as well if you've been to the area, but it's literally like right over here.

There's Kaminarimon and you'd walk just right here and you're at the hotel.

Okay, I'm gonna go in and check it out, let's go!

Okay, I've just come up the elevator and I'm at my room, I am staying in Sakura.

Okay, let's start the tour, so this is the genkan.

Not too much you should see here, there's some nice rocks over there.

Okay, first up on the right we have the bathroom.

It has a beautiful hinoki tub, so a cypress tub.

I don't know if you guys have ever had a bath in cypress before, it smells so good, there's this particular kind of smell to it.

And there's a window so you get all that natural lighting and there's a little garden outside, which is just on the roof so no one else can access it, it's crazy.

Also the whole room is made out of hinoki, so it just smells seriously so so good in here.

Then we have double sink, if we move straight from the bathroom into this room we have...

Oh, I looked outside and I was like, who's looking in at me using the toilet?

Moving up from the bathroom we have the bedroom.

It's just so minimal and sleek and beautiful with the ceiling lights as well.

I don't know which one I'm going to sleep in tonight.

And the view from the bedroom is just amazing if I open up.

You can see all the way down to Sensoji, all the shops, all the nakamise.

And there's so many people for shogatsu, this is just awesome.

Moving on from the bedroom, we have a little kitchenette, a little sink, a kettle.

There is a place where I could make coffee if I drank it, would be perfect.

Oh, teacups, green teacups and wine glasses, hey!

To the right there is a dressing room so I can hang up coats and stuff, and then if I want to just powder my face, do my makeup, do it right here.

And then we come into the main room which is just so open and beautiful.

So we can look down and see everybody, people watch a little bit.

Smells like food, smells like all the good food down there.

Beautiful view of Skytree as well, this is just a really amazing location.

So I'm going to go and interview the owner now and get a little bit more information about this place, find out a little bit of history.

And then after that I'm meeting my friend Vina, if you know her Mikan Mandarin.

We're going to go get some monjayaki because she knows a good place in the area.

What do you think is the most important thing when it comes to ryokan?

For my western viewers, can you explain the difference between a western hotel and a ryokan?

Okay, I am so hungry, so it's dinner time.

I'm gonna grab my stuff and I'm gonna go and meet my friend Vina.

And yeah, we're gonna go get some monjayaki.

I haven't had monjayaki for years and she knows some good places.

I don't really want to go outside because it's so cold but...

Also I've been really cold lately, so this is my fit tonight.

I really hope that we can see some snow here.

I want to get food from the stalls so bad but we're about to eat.

I don't know what time they stopped doing this or like what date.

You're gonna take me to your favorite monjayaki place?

A lot of them are closed or they're busy and full.

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