OMO5 Tokyo Otsuka by Hoshino Resorts

Overall the hotel was a good place to stay. The room was spacious and comfortable. They use bunk bed to make more space and to separate a living room. Which was really clever and it made the room more useful. However, the bathroom was a bit too open cuz you need to scroll down the curtain to make it to a private place to change. So it would be uncomfortable for friends that are shy. The room was clean and the staffs were nice and helpful. The location was near to the JR station and there were a lot of restaurants and convenient stores around. Which was really convenient. Just a stop distance to Ikebukuro and four stops to nippoli to take the Skyliner to Narita which was really convenient.

The room was perfect ; clean and equipped with all the necessary bedding. Pajamas and slippers were also provided, along with essential amenities such as a toothbrush, comb, and more. The hotel’s location is ideal, just a five-minute walk from Otsuka Station. A very special mention goes to the exceptional helpfulness of the staff, who assisted me in recovering an item I had lost. An employee contacted the delivery service and handled the translation, which allowed me to retrieve my item as quickly as possible before I left the country ! :) Recommend !

We had a great stay and our kids loved the room design - From the shoes off at entry, to the living space and loft beds, to the great washroom facilities, to the little touches of storage and convenience throughout the room. The lobby lounge is a great vibe and Otsuka is such a cool vibrant but local community. The night DJ setup was also very fun. Great spot to use as a base for seeing Tokyo in an amazing authentic neighbourhood away from the big tourist crowds.

Super kids unfriendly not recommended for any family travel. When reserving they only asked for how many adults how many kids. When you arrive there is no beddings and no breakfast for the kids, and the staff is rude and keep saying it is not common in Japan. While my other hotels are providing all or make it very clear when booking eg kids with meal/ kids with beddings for different price tags. All you can do is pay 8000yen per night for beddings on the lower bed and extra cost for breakfast, which is quite shady for forced purchasing. Room is small and can’t place a 29inch luggage for family travel and not to mention a baby cart. You need to grab water and amenities by yourself. No kids slippers as well. Only good point is the location. However, why should we pay hotel price for hostel service and quality?

We, 2 adult 1 teen, stayed 3 nights early December and had a great stay. Mattress was comfortable, very quite/noise insulated and room size was fine. Accees to loads of amenities.|We had 2 big suitcases we could open and store closed in a corner. Only thing missing was a shelve or something to put down toiletries/purse by sink.|Location a few minutes from Yamanote line is a no brainer, we’ve stayed all over Tokyo, but always close to Yamanote line. |Would stay again.

The loft room design was amazing compared to other typically cramped Japanese hotel rooms. Being able to comfortably accommodate 3 people in a room, and also have space to lounge (that isn't your bed) after a long day of walking was much appreciated. There was also a privacy curtain to pull down to separate the bathroom area from the living area. It's extremely close to the station; a few minutes walk, and only needing to cross 1 timed intersection. Very conveniently located! The oyster ochazuke breakfast option was easily the best among the 4 options. Highly recommend that as well.

The price and location can’t be beat. It takes 2 minutes to walk from the Otsuka station to the hotel. This station is located on the Yamanote line, which will gave us easy access to popular attractions within central Tokyo. The neighbourhood had many different food options, while retaining a local vibe. We opted in for breakfast, which helped take away the stress of having to worry about finding food options. You are able to select from 4 delicious breakfast choices in the morning. The rooms were tight, as expected, but suited our needs quite well as we were exploring most of the day. Overall, I would recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a nice place to stay, slightly removed from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo.

5 star location. just 1 traffic light walk away from the JR line. everywhere is literally near. Just ginza area might be a little further. but shibuya areas are arou d 30 mins. Not a crowded station as well. making sure going out is easy. Semi self check in style but staffs will be there to help. Also has transporter service to transfer luggages to the airport. 5500 jpy for 2 large cases. Even has a washing machine room. though sometimes might get crowded. 200 yen to wash. 100 yen for 30 mins of drying. has a spacious room, separate bath and toilet one thing to note is the loft is quite low for taller persons. also includes a humidifier in the room no brainer for me. definitely come back. onigiri bongo is just 1 road away. also very delicious. but the queue starts before 9am though. only place i kept going back.

My wife Shana who contributes to many of these reviews and sometimes has more to say wrote several about place in Japan. Letting her say it in her own words. I had the pleasure of staying 3 nights at the OMO 5 Tokyo Otsuka with my adult nonbinary child this past week, and what a treat it was! I simply cannot recommend this hotel enough for visitors to Tokyo. It's cute, clean, reasonably priced, and very well appointed! Some of the highlights: ROOMS: The rooms are small by American standards (we come from Texas, where everything is, indeed, bigger). But the OMO 5 is by NO MEANS a capsule hotel. This was our first visit to Japan, but we did our research and I feel safe stating the rooms are decent sized by Japanese standards. And they make the most of the space offered! I have attached a few pics. The sitting area is below the sleeping area, and they "decorate" the walls with the sorts of practical items visitors like to find in their hotel room: towels, hair dryer, a shoe horn (needed for a trip to Japan, for sure!), etc. A pair of slippers was provided with the room and a sign was placed in the entryway that clearly marked the boundary of where outside shoes were allowed, which was handy for novices like us! The hotel staff clearly knows how to take care of Western guests. FOOD: The OMO 5 provides breakfast for their guests, included with the room price. At the time of our stay they offered a selection of risotto meals as well as what they called an "American breakfast." Each of their meals comes with miso soup (the very best I've ever had!) and a divine side salad. Their risotto offerings range from salmon and salmon roe to scrambled eggs. Meredith and I each tried several. They were all very, very good. The hotel also has a cafe and bar, with light snacks, desserts,  and specialty cocktails. COMMUNITY: The OMO 5 Tokyo Otsuka hosts a free DJ night every night of the week in their lobby! Their lobby is also decorated in vinyl records. How cool is that? I'll tell you, it's super cool! Besides that, the hotel is constructed well enough that despite the fact that they host a DJ night every night of the week, their guests don't feel like they're trying to relax in a nightclub! Doubly good! The OMO 5 Tokyo Otsuka is literally across the street from a convenience store and a delicious and cheap conveyor belt sushi place, as well as a mere block away from a train station. It's on the Yamanote line, minutes away from Harajuku, Ueno, and Akihabara stations.  In short, I highly, highly recommend this hotel to anyone considering a visit to Tokyo!

I ended up staying here after taking a hard look at my itinerary for a recent solo trip and wondering if it would be possible to forego the nicer hotels I had stayed at in Tokyo last November (and which, as part of Japan's excitement about welcoming tourists again, have since quadrupled in price) and instead experience a cheap, clean, cute place for the more budget-minded traveler. For the most part, I was right. The OMO hotels (the higher the number, the nicer it is) are owned by Hoshino, so it is still stylish and trendy, and even when corners are cut, it's done in a way that feels modern and cool. For instance, the hotel lobby - on the fourth floor abutting a Sizzler - is decked out in a theme that references the old cable cars in Otsuka, and there are manga, vintage city pop albums and souvenirs for sale everywhere you look. Check-in is mostly automated, though staff are there to help guide you through the process. On the way to the elevators you can grab some amenities like toothbrushes/toothpaste, combs, etc and rent pajamas. In these ways - and many others, mentioned below - the hotel feels a bit like a hostel, albeit a super cute one. The rooms themselves are as quirky as the lobby, with a weird but hyper-designed layout: storage is along the walls to maximize the tiny space, the sink takes up half the hallway, and the majority of the room is built out like a large bunk bed: there's a large futon style sofa on the bottom and a narrow set of steep stairs up to the loft with two small futons for sleeping, with signs urging you to be careful not to hit your head. Indeed I spent my four days there walking around bent over and trying not to accidentally die when I had to gingerly climb downstairs to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. The layout may have contributed to the noise above me that I suffered throughout my stay. But the heavy stomping around felt explainable when I climbed up to my own bed and had to collapse down onto the bed from the stairs in the cramped space. There was unfortunately also a lot of yelling and running through the hallways but that's likely attributable to just the kind of tourists looking for a cheap place to stay in Tokyo (of which I guess I was one). There doesn't seem to be a cleaning crew. So if you need anything - from new towels to dumping the tiny trash can, which is likely to fill up in a couple days due to the absence of public trash cans in Tokyo - you'll need to ask the front desk, who pull double duty here. In fact, when my heated Toto washlet wasn't working, two separate front desk staff came up with tools to try and fix it. Unfortunately they never were able to. However they were very helpful when I accidentally forgot my room card and were able to provide a temporary one without needing to charge me. Breakfast is terrific, if simple. You get a choice of an American breakfast or a variety of hearty Japanese breakfasts like salmon ochazuke and you get a small onion soup and salad, there are several teas and juices (the yuzu and honey drink was my favorite) and there were always enough tables in the small eating area. Each night from 8:30pm - 10:00pm, there is a "DJ Night", which sounds more lively than it actually is. It's really just one of the staff who plays some vintage songs from a sort of pretend DJ booth and you can dig in the "crates" for your favorite deep cuts. The crowd is mostly a few families with the kids looking confused through the record bins. But it's really cute nonetheless. I ate my Fami-Chiki at a table one night waiting for the lobby to be transformed into a little club and finally asked the girl at the front desk politely "when does the DJ Night start?" to which she replied "this is it!". The laundry situation is a throwback to college when you had two floors of students sharing two washing machines and the phenomenon of people not bothering to retrieve their clothes right away is present here so you get the whole experience. All in all, the OMO5 is totally worth the cheap prices and is a pared down but really cute, cool, and interestingly designed hotel. It isn't the easiest to get back to in a taxi, as none of the drivers seem to be familiar with where it is, but the location is convenient; there's a Family Mart across the street (of course), you're caddy corner from the most famous onigiri place in Tokyo, and just a few blocks from the subway. Highly recommended if you're looking for an economical and friendly place to crash.