Hotel Meigetsu (Tokyo, Japan)

It has to be said that the people who keep this hotel ticking over are some of the cheeriest people you could hope to meet in Tokyo. As well as being infectiously friendly and very keen to impress, the staff members here have great local knowledge and spe

When it comes to measuring degrees of cleanliness there's clean and there's super-clean. This hotel most definitely falls within the super-clean category. Absolutely spotless throughout.

Whilst the neighbourhood of Minami-Senju is blessed with its fair share of sights and shops, it is nowhere near as hectic or ‘full-on' as many other parts of the city. So, if you're looking for a peaceful little enclave removed somewhat from the

Like so many other hotels in Japan, this establishment perpetuates the notion that soft mattresses and hard pillows are a winning combination. Hint: they're not.

The showers in the shared bathrooms here are those push-button affairs that you see in sports centres and municipal swimming pools, i.e. the kind where you have to keep pressing the button every 15 seconds for the water to keep spraying. Irritating.

A great many visitors have drawn attention to the fact that the walls whichseparate the accommodations do very little to stop sound travelling between the guest rooms. Keep your ear plugs handy...