Narita Tobu Hotel Airport
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The costs of a vacation in Tokyo are definitely quite affordable: I've noted the presence of
backpackers, young people and the like who have sat at the boarding gate. When I first arrived in
Tokyo's Narita International Airport, I had trusted one of the big chains with a pre-registered
reservation beforehand.
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The Narita Tobu Hotel Airport (formerly Holiday Inn Tobu Narita) is not a resort or poshy
five-star that you'd find on an exotic island. The closest description I can provide is that it is
a "business style" hotel.
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The rooms are quite roomy compared to the living space one could find back home; the hotel contains
a newer, renovated West Wing and a slightly older East Wing. I've stayed at both wings, but the
hotel tends to make the rooms in its East Wing the more affordable category due to its age.
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Each room is like a page out of the last decade; a colour television featuring cable and pay
television for a fee, though one should not expect a multichannel universe lined in the living rooms
of home. There's a tea and coffee set with a kettle-style gizmo and the rooms in the West Wing offer
a bidet: a machine stuck to the toilet that can hose off your bottom to save up on toilet paper.
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This property features two restaurants, and there are hotel shuttles from the hotel to and from the
airport as well as Narita. The small town located east of Tokyo is a nice day trip for walking and
eating.
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The staff are quick and efficient, the room is comfortable and affordable, and tour groups choose
to put their business here. For what its worth, it's a nice place to stay while at Tokyo or on a
short layover.
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