Yaesu Terminal Hotel (2026): 117 Rooms, 3 Minutes from Tokyo Station Yaesu North Exit

Yaesu Terminal Hotel is a 117-room mid-scale hotel a stated three-minute walk from Tokyo Station's Yaesu North Exit, which makes it one of the practical short-walk options for travelers arriving by Shinkansen or the Narita Express. It is neither a large chain nor a bare-bones business capsule — six room types run from a 10-square-meter single to a 17-square-meter twin, and the amenities read like a full-service hotel that happens to sit next to Tokyo Station. This guide is a single-property deep dive: what the rooms are, how the restaurant runs, what the pricing and cancellation rules actually say, and how to get there. For a wider look at hotels across the station area, see our Tokyo Station hotel guide.

The hotel at a glance

The rest of this guide takes each of those lines and expands what it means for a real booking. A short walk-through of the hotel and the walk from the station:

What this hotel actually is

Yaesu Terminal Hotel sits in a category that gets missed on English-language search: the mid-scale, full-service, Tokyo-Station-adjacent business hotel. It is not a five-star landmark like the Tokyo Station Hotel on the Marunouchi side, and it is not a stripped-back budget chain — 117 rooms, six room types, an in-house restaurant that also serves non-guests, a free amenity station, laundry, courier service and complimentary Nikkei newspaper delivery. The hotel's own English copy puts it plainly: it is "a hotel with great accessibility" that "supports your business and leisure trips". The room mix — a heavy weight of singles and small twins — tells you the same thing: it is a working hotel for people who need to be near Tokyo Station rather than a leisure destination in itself.

Who it is really for

Three groups fit particularly well. Solo business travelers get the singles, the Nikkei delivery, and a three-minute walk to the Yaesu-side Shinkansen gates. Couples on a short Tokyo trip get a Double at 13 square meters or a Twin B at 15 — compact by Western standards but sensible for a two-or-three-night stopover where you want the location above everything else. Shinkansen-heavy itineraries — Kyoto today, Sendai tomorrow — get the practical value of not having to drag suitcases across the platforms. The people it does not suit are large families and travelers who want a resort-format room; a 10-square-meter single is a business-hotel single, and the property does not pretend otherwise.

Room categories and sizes

All 117 rooms are non-smoking. Smokers use a separate designated smoking room on the property. The Twin C is the only room type published as being able to sleep three people, using the sofa bed, which is worth knowing if you are traveling as a group of three and hoping to share one room rather than book two. Bed widths of 97 centimetres are effectively single-bed width; 122 and 134 are semi-double and double.

In-room and building amenities

Rooms come with a 43-inch TV with Chromecast support, which is worth flagging because it means you can cast Netflix, YouTube or your own account content from a phone or laptop straight to the screen — a small comfort on a long trip. Also in-room: a phone with alarm-clock function, air conditioning with cooling and heating, a hair dryer, refrigerator, electric kettle and tea set. Bathrooms have a unit bath, a bidet toilet seat, and a showerhead with flow control. On the towels and toiletries side: bath towel, body-wash towel, bath mat, gown, disposable slippers, bar soap, shampoo and conditioner, body soap, toothbrush and toothpaste, and a razor.

The building itself covers Wi-Fi throughout, luggage storage, an amenity station beside the front desk, laundry service, courier service, a designated smoking room, vending machines, wake-up calls, outbound fax, complimentary delivery of the Nikkei newspaper, and a large private room in the restaurant that can be used for parties. The amenity station is a Japanese business-hotel feature worth knowing: a shelf near the front desk where you help yourself, free, to extra amenity packs — men's and women's — as you need them, rather than everything being pre-set in the room. Contents can change without notice.

Access from Narita and Haneda

From Narita Airport

The direct route is the Narita Express, 58 minutes to Tokyo Station, then the three-minute walk from the Yaesu North Exit — about an hour end to end from stepping off the train at the airport. The Airport Limousine bus is roughly 70 minutes, useful if you have heavy luggage and want a seat with no transfers. Neither figure includes airport time before you board.

From Haneda Airport

Two published routes. The Airport Limousine is about 35 minutes. The rail combination is 19 minutes on the Tokyo Monorail to Hamamatsu, then 6 minutes on the Keihin-Tohoku line to Tokyo Station, and then the three-minute walk. That works out to under half an hour of transit time plus transfer, which is why the rail route wins on price for solo travelers even though the limousine is more comfortable with a suitcase.

The walk from Tokyo Station

The hotel's own directions from the Yaesu North Exit: cross the crosswalk toward the orange Daikokuya building, turn left, take the first street to the right, go straight, and the hotel is on your left. If you come out of another exit on the Yaesu side, or from the Marunouchi side, the walk is a little longer — the North Exit is the one to aim for. For the wider transport picture including which airport route to pick for your travel style, see our Narita to Tokyo access guide.

Cache Cache restaurant — and the weekend catch

Breakfast is a self-serve, mostly Western spread at ¥1,500, running 7:00am to 9:30am with last order at 9:00am, open year-round. Buy the breakfast ticket at the front desk before you head to the restaurant. The sample menu on the official page lists breads and salads, sausages, potato, steamed vegetables, scrambled egg, yogurt, juices, coffee and tea — a sample rather than a fixed lineup. Weekday lunch runs 11:30am to 2:30pm with last order at 2:00pm, and weekday dinner runs 5:00pm to 11:00pm. The restaurant is open to non-hotel guests too, and its large private room can be booked for parties.

Booking, rates and cancellation

Rates move by the date

The hotel uses dynamic per-date pricing, and unlike some Tokyo properties there is no static "from" figure on the official pages either. The number for your dates only appears when you open the calendar on the official booking site — a third-party listing quoting a flat weekday and weekend rate is not reflecting the way the hotel actually prices. The hotel's guidance is to "book through the official website for best rates", and the English booking flow works from overseas.

Cancellation policy

One thing the official page flags directly: "separate cancellation policies may apply to some hotel deals and certain dates". A promo rate can carry stricter terms than the base rate, so read what you actually booked, not the general policy. Bookings made through third-party sites follow the terms of that site, not these figures.

Direct vs OTA

Booking direct means the hotel's own English booking site, its own cancellation terms, and — per the hotel's guidance — the best rate. Booking through Booking, Expedia, Agoda or similar means the intermediary's cancellation rules apply, and the price you see there may or may not match the direct rate. The English official booking engine is a functional way to book from abroad and does not require a phone call.

Common mistakes to avoid

Three trip-ups worth catching in advance. Assuming the hotel restaurant is open for dinner on Saturday — it is not, weekends are breakfast-only for Cache Cache. Booking a Double thinking it will sleep three — only Twin C is published as sleeping up to three people using the sofa bed. And relying on a third-party site's quoted "starting from" price — the hotel does not publish a static from-figure and prices move by the date, so the real number for your night is the one in the booking calendar. On the connectivity side, if you want mobile data from the moment you land, our Japan eSIM guide and Suica IC card guide cover the two things most first-time visitors sort out at Narita arrivals.

FAQ

Sources

Room count and room-type dimensions, in-room amenity list, the amenity station description, check-in and check-out times, Cache Cache restaurant hours and menu sample, the cancellation policy, dynamic-pricing statement, access routes from Narita and Haneda, and the walking directions from Tokyo Station's Yaesu North Exit: Yaesu Terminal Hotel's official English site at yth.jp/en. Read August 26, 2026. Rates are dynamic and the restaurant's weekday lunch and dinner service can change on public holidays; confirm on the official site before you book. The embedded video is by its creator.