Tokyo Hotels | Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tokyo with its own garden
The hotel is close to JR Shinagawa Station, and the nearest subway station is Shirokanedai. It takes about 20 minutes by taxi from Haneda Airport to the hotel.
👉 Own Garden
The hotel's biggest feature is its own exclusive garden. Some of the rooms are directly garden-view rooms. When you first enter the lobby, you can see the scenery of the Japanese garden through the floor-to-ceiling glass.
Although the garden is not particularly large, it has various landscapes, sculptures, pavilions, etc., and it is worth wandering around when you have nothing to do.
The area around the hotel also feels like a more upscale residential area, with very good greenery and scenery. Although there are not many shops, I strolled for more than an hour and felt very comfortable.
👉 Several Restaurants
Because the hotel is in a residential area of Tokyo locals, unlike the streets full of restaurants in Ginza and Shinjuku, the nearest restaurant on the map is also a walk away. So I had to seriously explore the hotel. (In the end, I still ate at the lounge and ordered takeout with uber eats)
The hotel has several different types of restaurants, including Chinese, Western, and Japanese cuisine. The Chinese restaurant has hired a Sichuan chef, the Western restaurant is an outdoor barbecue on the first floor of the hotel (the smoke is quite strong, you can smell it on the street), and the Japanese cuisine is a more upscale omakase. 🥹
The Chinese restaurant is absolutely impossible to eat at, I originally thought I could try the Japanese cuisine, but it turned out that there were no seats available that day, fully booked, and the menu was incredibly expensive! I remember quickly glancing at it, the basic set meal was over 20,000 yen per person. Luckily there were no seats, which saved my dignity a bit. 🤓
Later, I went to the executive lounge to stave off hunger. There were many people, and I had to queue for a meal. The waiter will register your information and call you when there is a seat. Dining in the lounge is the same as in China, not many choices but you can eat and drink.
👉 Swimming Pool
The more difficult part is that, in addition to a pretty good gym, the hotel also has a swimming pool. Except for Marriott Ambassador members, the use of the pool is half price at 1500 yen for Platinum and Titanium members. The changing room has a sauna and a hot water pool, and there was no one in the swimming pool, I swam alone to my heart's content (watched by a very handsome lifeguard, which was a bit embarrassing)
However, in the changing room, the sauna and hot water pool were occupied by some old people who seemed to be from the surrounding residential area, lying motionless and silent 🧐 looking around 80 years old... I really envy their retirement life.
👉 Comfortable Rooms
The hotel is not particularly large, but it is already spacious compared to hotels in the city center. Mainly because I booked a garden-view room, so the sunlight is very good, and the scenery is very good. Because it is close to the airport, I could always see planes flying past the window, with no noise at all.
The room has a full set of capsule coffee machines and tea sets, which you can choose freely.