Name: Smile Hotel Sugamo
Address: 170-0002 Tokyo Prefecture, Toshima-ku, Sugamo 2-4-7, Japan, Toshima-ku, Sugamo 2-4-7, Tokyo Prefecture, 170-0002, Japan
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at $47 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 8.1

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Hotel Smile Hotel Sugamo

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Great location , just a few minutes walk from Sugamo Station, and great service from a pleasant staff.

איתי, Israel

Location.. Very near to JR Sugamo Station. Lots of Japanese restaurants in the vicinity. Staff is very friendly.

Tushar, India

Convenient location (really close to a usefull station), a cheap enough price that allowed me to rent adjacent separated rooms for me and my daughter (15) for better privacy. A very nice japanese onsen only 200 mts. from the Hotel (Onsen Sakura) which I recommend.

Guillermo, Argentina

We were attended very quickly by reception staff and after a long flight, it is very much appreciated, even more when AirFrance have misplaced your luggage and you are left with only a bag pack only. Two of the receptionists were nice and trying to be helpful even though they had no english and called the handling baggage company at Haneda airport for us, I called my japanese friend who helped translating the questions they had. Breakfast (from 7 to 8am) was very good and our first japanese breakfast. Rooms are clean.

Chhoti,

Close to the subway. Lots of small restaurants around. Friendly and proffesional staff.

Matej, Slovakia

Close to the station, comfortable stay, big single bed

Whitneyt, Sweden

Location is excellent, it’s about a 5-minute walk to JR Sugamo Station. The staff was very helpful and spoke a moderate amount of English.

Jordan, United States of America

Staff was fantastic, can't beat the location in terms of proximity to the train station. Breakfast was above expectations though not mind-blowing. For the price, hard to beat this place.

Derek, United States of America

From the hotel to its staff, really accommodating. Hotel rate and location is excellent. Variety of shops and resto around the vicinity . Lastly, daily room cleaning and very courteous staff amazed me so much.

Almario, Philippines

Nice hotel, near the station,very comfortable,the city view n surrounding its good.

Rachel, Indonesia

8.4

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What guests loved the most:
“Great location , just a few minutes walk from Sugamo Station, and great service from a pleasant staff.”

איתי Israel
“Location.. Very near to JR Sugamo Station. Lots of Japanese restaurants in the vicinity. Staff is very friendly.”

Tushar India
“Convenient location (really close to a usefull station), a cheap enough price that allowed me to rent adjacent separated rooms for me and my daughter (15) for better privacy. ”

Guillermo Argentina
“We were attended very quickly by reception staff and after a long flight, it is very much appreciated, even more when AirFrance have misplaced your luggage and you are left with only a bag pack only. ”

Chhoti
“Close to the subway. Lots of small restaurants around. Friendly and proffesional staff.”

Matej Slovakia
“Close to the station, comfortable stay, big single bed”

Whitneyt Sweden
“Location is excellent, it’s about a 5-minute walk to JR Sugamo Station. The staff was very helpful and spoke a moderate amount of English.”

Jordan United States of America
“Staff was fantastic, can't beat the location in terms of proximity to the train station. Breakfast was above expectations though not mind-blowing. For the price, hard to beat this place.”

Derek United States of America
“From the hotel to its staff, really accommodating. Hotel rate and location is excellent. Variety of shops and resto around the vicinity . ”

Almario Philippines
“Nice hotel, near the station,very comfortable,the city view n surrounding its good.”

Rachel Indonesia

One of our top picks in Tokyo.A 2-minute walk from JR Sugamo Station, Smile Hotel Sugamo features a 24-hour front desk, free Wi-Fi in the lobby and a laundromat. Drinks vending machines sell drinks and snacks, and a Mongolian restaurant is on site. Rooms come with free wired internet.

From Smile Hotel Sugamo it’s a 6-minute walk to Togenuki-Jizo, and a 10-minute walk from Rikugien Garden. By train it’s 16 minutes from Tokyo Dome and 20 minutes to Ueno Park, which houses the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and the Tokyo National Museum.

The laundry room at the Sugamo Smile Hotel is available 24/7. The hotel also offers dry cleaning and ironing services, and a suit press can be borrowed.

A breakfast buffet with Japanese dishes, prepared with seasonal ingredients, can be enjoyed at the dining area.

Basic rooms are furnished with air conditioning, a flat-screen TV, a fridge and an air cleaner/humidifier. On-demand videos are available, and the bathroom includes a bathtub, hairdryer and toiletries including a shaving kit. Nightwear and complimentary mineral water are provided.

Toshima is a great choice for travelers interested in shopping, local food and convenient public transportation.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 8.3 for a two-person trip.

This hotel is also rated as the best value in Tokyo! Guests are getting more for their money when compared to other properties in this city.

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+ Max adults: 1 Max children: 1 (up to years of age)	Single Room - Non-Smoking 1 twin bed	Show prices
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Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Parking Basic rooms are furnished with air conditioning, a flat-screen TV, a fridge and an air cleaner/humidifier. Room Facilities: • Shower • Bathtub • Pay-per-view channels • Telephone • Air conditioning • Hairdryer • Refrigerator • Desk • Sitting area • Free toiletries • Toilet • Private Bathroom • Heating • Slippers • Carpeted • Flat-screen TV • Wake-up service • Alarm clock • Electric kettle • Towels Free WiFi! Parking: Private parking is available on site (reservation is needed) and costs JPY 2000 per day. Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
+ Max adults: 2 Max children: 1 (up to years of age)	Double Room with Small Double Bed - Smoking 1 twin bed	Show prices
Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Parking Features a semi-double size bed (47 in wide). Basic rooms are furnished with air conditioning, a flat-screen TV, a fridge and an air cleaner/humidifier. Room Facilities: • Bathtub • Pay-per-view channels • Telephone • Air conditioning • Hairdryer • Refrigerator • Desk • Sitting area • Free toiletries • Toilet • Private Bathroom • Heating • Slippers • Carpeted • Flat-screen TV • Alarm clock • Electric kettle • Towels Free WiFi! Parking: Private parking is available on site (reservation is needed) and costs JPY 2000 per day. Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
+ Max adults: 2 Max children: 1 (up to years of age)	Adjacent Single Rooms - Non-Smoking 2 twin beds	Show prices
Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Parking This rate is for 2 single rooms located next to each other. Please note the 2 rooms are not connected. Basic rooms are furnished with air conditioning, a flat-screen TV, a fridge and an air cleaner/humidifier. Room Facilities: • Shower • Bathtub • Pay-per-view channels • Telephone • Air conditioning • Hairdryer • Refrigerator • Desk • Sitting area • Free toiletries • Toilet • Private Bathroom • Heating • Slippers • Carpeted • Flat-screen TV • Wake-up service • Alarm clock • Electric kettle • Towels Free WiFi! Parking: Private parking is available on site (reservation is needed) and costs JPY 2000 per day. Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
+ Max adults: 2 Max children: 1 (up to years of age)	Double Room with Small Double Bed - Non-Smoking 1 twin bed	Show prices
Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Parking This double room features a seating area, air conditioning and electric kettle. Room Facilities: • Bathtub • Pay-per-view channels • Telephone • Air conditioning • Hairdryer • Refrigerator • Desk • Sitting area • Free toiletries • Toilet • Private Bathroom • Heating • Slippers • Carpeted • Flat-screen TV • Alarm clock • Electric kettle • Towels Free WiFi! Parking: Private parking is available on site (reservation is needed) and costs JPY 2000 per day. Select everything you want to know more about (Your response helps provide better info for travelers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the options you selected? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve so you can book more easily next time. Close Sorry – there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in Date Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content

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Hotel surroundings – This neighborhood is a great choice for travelers interested in shopping, local food and convenient public transportation – Check location Guests loved walking around the neighborhood!

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Sugamo Station
0.1 miles
Komagome Station
0.5 miles
Rikugien Garden
0.5 miles
Oku Station
0.6 miles
Ōtsuka Station
0.6 miles
Asukayama Park
1.1 miles
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1.1 miles
Namja Town
1.1 miles
Sunshine International Aquarium
1.2 miles
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Tokyo International Airport
12.5 miles
Narita International Airport
36.3 miles
Ibaraki Airport
48.9 miles

What Travelers Love About This Location

“Close to the station, quiet area, lots of food close by, clean rooms, friendly staff and service.”

Gabrielle

Australia

“Super close to Sugamo JR station and if you have a JR pass it's a big plus to stay here. It's a quieter part of Tokyo, but after dealing with massive a...”

Lucie

United States of America

“I've just found the gem here! I love the surrounding. The location is few step from JR & Metro station. There are many shop, local restaurant, konbin...”

Giovanni_7544

Italy

9.1

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Pets are not allowed.

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“Convenient location (really close to a usefull station), a cheap enough price that allowed me to rent adjacent separated rooms for me and my daughter (15) for better privacy. A very nice japanese onsen only 200 mts. from the Hotel (Onsen Sakura) which I recommend.”

Guillermo

Argentina

“We were attended very quickly by reception staff and after a long flight, it is very much appreciated, even more when AirFrance have misplaced your luggage and you are left with only a bag pack only. Two of the receptionists were nice and trying to be helpful even though they had no english and called the handling baggage company at Haneda airport for us, I called my japanese friend who helped translating the questions they had. Breakfast (from 7 to 8am) was very good and our first japanese breakfast. Rooms are clean.”

Chhoti

“Staff was fantastic, can't beat the location in terms of proximity to the train station. Breakfast was above expectations though not mind-blowing. For the price, hard to beat this place.”

Derek

“From the hotel to its staff, really accommodating. Hotel rate and location is excellent. Variety of shops and resto around the vicinity . Lastly, daily room cleaning and very courteous staff amazed me so much.”

Almario

Philippines

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Reviewed: June 21, 2019

איתי
Israel
9.6

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Single Room - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 13 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Great location , just a few minutes walk from Sugamo Station, and great service from a pleasant staff.

Stayed in June 2019
Reviewed: June 20, 2019

Ellen
China
8.8

Excellent
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Single Room - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Wish there were one more pillow.
Close to station. Simple stay. Good enough.

Stayed in June 2019
Reviewed: June 18, 2019

Gabrielle
Australia
10

“Just what I wanted”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Single Room - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Close to the station, quiet area, lots of food close by, clean rooms, friendly staff and service.

Stayed in June 2019
Reviewed: June 12, 2019

Tien
Indonesia
8.3

“We hope can stay in this hotel when we go back to Tokyo.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Double Room with Small Double Bed - Smoking
- • Stayed 1 night
The loation is very near from Sugamo Station

Stayed in June 2019
Reviewed: June 5, 2019

Anonymous
Germany

3 helpful votes
7.9

Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Single Room - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Noisy. The room service was quite loud when they started At night there were strange 'boom, boom' sounds...
Very close to yamanote. Room had bedside plugs (though no bedside lamp..)

Stayed in June 2019
Reviewed: May 31, 2019

Anonymous
Finland
9.2

Awesome
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Single Room - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Hard pillows and bed
Great location and good value

Stayed in May 2019
Reviewed: May 30, 2019

Vivien
Hungary
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Single Room - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 11 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The bed was a little lumpy, but it wasnt such a big problem.
Everything was great, the staff was really nice and helpful! The room was cleaned every day, they even provided bottles of water for free. The hotel was about 2 minutes away from the train and subway station, with dozens of shops and restaurants around it. I would 100% book here again.

Stayed in May 2019
Reviewed: May 29, 2019

Lucie
United States of America

1 helpful vote
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Single Room - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 4 nights
I don't know what was happening, but every night about 2 or 3 in the morning you would hear sounds in the hallway; as if someone was cleaning or something. If you're a light sleeper you may want to bring some earplugs. Also, outside the hotel I believe there were two places where adult entertainment services were being offered, which is a little unnerving for a female solo traveller, but they do it so discrete it was never really a problem, just made me a little more cautious when I was walking to the hotel at night.
Super close to Sugamo JR station and if you have a JR pass it's a big plus to stay here. It's a quieter part of Tokyo, but after dealing with massive amounts of people in Shibuya and Shinjuku it's a good place to get away from the crowds. Area is safe and surrounded by local bars and restaurants so you won't feel scared walking at night since there will be people around. There's a FamilyMart around the corner and a Seiyu grocery store (the Walmart of Japan) open 24 hrs about a block away. Another plus is they provide a complimentary bottle of water every day of your stay, bed was made and clean towels provided everyday as well.

Stayed in May 2019
Reviewed: May 24, 2019

Thi
Vietnam
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Double Room with Small Double Bed - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Great location and convennient. I will back soon

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: May 23, 2019

James
United Kingdom
7.9

“Not bad, some positives but the difficulty getting to sleep means I wouldn't stay again.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Single Room - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Probably fine to stay here unless you're a light sleeper. I hardly slept, noisy fan in the bathroom which cannot be turned off was annoying, bed and pillow rock hard, room too hot and couldn't open the window because of the noise of a truck being unloaded outside. Air con not overly noisy but couldn't sleep with it on.
Friendly and helpful staff, close to the station and I enjoyed the Sugamo area.

Stayed in May 2019
Reviewed: May 22, 2019

Morishige
Japan
8.3

“reasonably good”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Double Room with Small Double Bed - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 1 night
Nothing,
location is near to the station, so convenient!

Stayed in May 2019
Reviewed: May 21, 2019

Tushar
India
8.3

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Double Room with Small Double Bed - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 8 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Room size but this is the case with all hotels in Tokyo.
Location.. Very near to JR Sugamo Station. Lots of Japanese restaurants in the vicinity. Staff is very friendly.

Stayed in May 2019
Reviewed: May 6, 2019

Patiphat
Thailand

2 helpful votes
8.3

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Double Room with Small Double Bed - Smoking
- • Stayed 4 nights
There is a lot of dust at the corner of room and at the high surface area.
The location near the restaurant, entertainment arcade (such as a pachinko), drug store, department store and a local walking street. They provide us room that is a Japanese standard size which is small, of course. The space is enough for an adult and young child. They provide all essentials such as face soap, shampoo, conditioner, head band, sun screen, lotion and morning coffee.

Stayed in May 2019
Reviewed: May 4, 2019

Guillermo
Argentina
Age group: 45 – 54

1 helpful vote
7.1

“A good cheap choice if you're to use the hotel for resting.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Adjacent Single Rooms - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 8 nights
That specific street of the neighborhood wasn't particularly pretty; more like a shady night district (we didn't have or expect any kinds of trouble, though). One or two blocks away a nice residential neighborhood started. The hotel didn't have very family friendly atmosphere... it was more targeted for lone business travelers or adult couples. Again, we didn't have problems with this, but I did expect to hear noises at night (which I didn't).
Convenient location (really close to a usefull station), a cheap enough price that allowed me to rent adjacent separated rooms for me and my daughter (15) for better privacy. A very nice japanese onsen only 200 mts. from the Hotel (Onsen Sakura) which I recommend.

Stayed in April 2019
Reviewed: May 2, 2019

Inday
Japan
8.3

“We had a great stay. So close to the sugamo station. Staff are speaking english.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Double Room with Small Double Bed - Non-Smoking
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Not that i don't like but the pillow is a kinda hard. I hope it could be more fluffy.

Stayed in May 2019

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