Where to Stay– category –

Tokyo Bay Maihama Hotel is now Maihama View Hotel by HULIC, an official Tokyo Disney Resort hotel. Before you book: check-in 15:00, checkout 12:00, cancellation 50 percent the day before, preschoolers sharing a bed free, park tickets sold only on ticket-inclusive plans, a spa for guests from age 4 at 2,200 yen, parking 3,300 yen a night, and a free shuttle from JR Maihama that changed in March 2026. From the official Japanese FAQ.

Nishimuraya Honkan is the 29-room ryokan at the heart of Kinosaki Onsen, run by the same family for over 160 years. Its rules: check-in 15:00 to 18:00, checkout by 11:00, no children under 10 since April 2024, cancellation fees from 14 days out, dinner 17:30 to 19:00, three in-house baths plus free entry to the town's seven public bathhouses, and a free shuttle from the station by arrangement. From the official English site and terms.

Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo is the twin-tower hotel next to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku. Before you book: check-in 15:00, checkout 11:00, no early check-in without paying the night before, cancellation 50 percent from two days out, no child rate but preschoolers sharing a bed free, a free reservation-only shuttle to Tokyo Disney Resort, and a hotel tax of 100 or 200 yen. From the official Japanese FAQ and the accommodation terms.

The Fujiya Hotel in Miyanoshita opened in 1878 and its four wings, three of them registered cultural properties, still run on printed rules: check-in 15:00, checkout 11:00, cancellation fees from three days out, children at 50 or 70 percent, hot-spring water in all 120 rooms, a guests-only spa and pool that both refuse tattoos, and two Meiji-era buildings without elevators. From the official English site and the accommodation terms.

Tokyu Hotels runs the Capitol, Cerulean Tower, Excel Hotel Tokyu, Tokyu REI and Stream brands, and it is not Tokyu Stay. Before you book: most brands let you cancel free until 15:00 the day before, the online total leaves out the city hotel tax, preschoolers sharing a bed are free, web check-in and the app ended March 31, 2026, and a new GHA loyalty program arrives in 2027. All from the official English site.

Takayama Green Hotel is the 238-room onsen hotel six minutes from JR Takayama Station. Before you book: check-in and checkout differ by wing (15:00/10:00 in the main building, 14:00/11:00 on the premium floors), tattoos must be covered only in the large public baths, children are priced in four bands, cancellation fees start three days out, and the in-room baths are not hot-spring water. All from the official English FAQ.

Hakone Ginyu is the 20-room Miyanoshita ryokan where every room has an open-air bath and both meals come to the room. Its rules: check-in 14:00, checkout 11:00, cancellation fees from three days out, preschoolers free but their dinner 5,500 yen, elementary children at 50 or 70 percent, and a day spa you can only enter with a treatment. From the official English site.

Konansou is a 50-room onsen ryokan on Lake Kawaguchiko with Mt. Fuji views, in-room kaiseki dinners and a rooftop footbath. Its rules: check in by 18:00 or lose dinner without refund, checkout 10:00, a private bath at 3,300 yen per 50 minutes, children 2 to 6 at 3,300 yen, and cancellation fees from seven days out. From the official English site.

Vessel Hotels is the 33-hotel Japanese chain where anyone 18 and under sleeps free in a parent's or grandparent's room, a sick child cancels the whole family's booking for free, check-in is 14:00 and checkout 11:00, and canceling the day before costs 20 percent. Payment is up front, the no-show cutoff is 22:00, and the Asakusa hotel is shoes-off. From the official site.

JR-East Hotel Mets is the railway's own 30-hotel chain, every one within four minutes of a JR station, where you can pay the room with a Suica card, preschoolers sleep free one per bed, canceling the day before costs 20 percent, and a no-show at 20:00 cancels the room. Check-in 15:00, checkout 11:00, breakfast 1,980 yen in Shibuya. From the official pages and terms.

Hotel Keihan is the Osaka railway group's 15-hotel chain with rooms from 15:00 to 11:00, late checkout at the hotel's discretion for a fee, cancellation fees from three days out, a 20:00 no-show rule, and a rooftop natural hot spring at its USJ tower that costs 2,150 yen and bans tattoos. From the official English terms and hotel pages.

Comfort Hotel in Japan is Choice Hotels' 110-hotel franchise with a free breakfast at most hotels, children through sixth grade free in your bed, a guests-only library cafe open from 10:00 on arrival day to midnight on departure day, and a 14:00-to-11:00 stay if you book on the official site. Standard check-in 15:00, checkout 10:00. From the official site.