Mitsui Garden Hotel Ueno - Tokyo Reopened in July 2023

The location is excellent, near the Ueno station with great connection to subway and rail lines. Breakfast was good, offering plenty of choices, though a bit expensive at almost 2000 yen per person. In some places nearby you can have a decent breakfast for one person at 1000 yen. Cleanliness of the room was spotless and the hotel had an overall pleasant atmosphere.

Location was absolutely excellent. Just outside the hotel is an entrance to the subway. There is also a large footbridge that crosses in all directions and leads directly to a popular and useful station, Ueno Station, as well as another footbridge from there to the zoo and national museum. Near a lot of shopping and restaurants. Good staff who speak good English and Chinese. Decent sized rooms and bed for Japan. Everything seemed new and in good condition.

We only had an overnight stay but the staff made us very welcome and were accommodating with early storage of our bags until check in later that day. The hotel has been nicely refurbished and everything was well presented. The room was compact but generally well set up and quite a few nice touches which you don't find in many places - labelled light switches, electrical cords for phone/laptop use for instance. The location was great for Ueno station (even better when we learned to navigate the best connection from the station in the pouring rain) and rooms were nicely soundproofed (we could not hear the traffic at all). The other point to note is that the hotel is incredibly well located for the Kensei SkyLiner to Narita, JR transport and two underground lines. We usually stay around Tokyo Station or Shinjuku area but despite a longer trip to get to these areas, we really enjoyed the convenience of getting into Tokyo on the JR Shinkansen, leaving on the Kensei Skyline for Narita and having both an easy walk with luggage, less than 0.5km away.

-Good location, right next to a station entry/exit point (Gate number 1) for Ueno station. Family mart just across the street. -Room space was smartly designed, decent for Tokyo. -The best blackout curtains you will ever experience. Total darkness.

We booked a superior twin room which turned out to be very nice. It was on the fourteenth floor with a nice view of Ueno Station and the new freeway. The bathroom was larger than normal, the beds were very comfortable and we enjoyed the large room (lots of space for our luggage and ourselves!). We usually stay at this hotel when we are in Tokyo and this room was the best so far! Out the lobby door, to your left a few feet is a very convenient entrance to the subway. This hotel is very conveniently located near transportation facilities and shopping areas.