The Gate Hotel Asakusa Kaminarimon by Hulic

The Gate Hotel in Asakusa is a fantastic choice, offering great convenience due to its proximity to the subway and excellent connections to central areas. Our room was spacious, with a comfortable bathroom and a good selection of amenities. The breakfast buffet featured a wide variety of high-quality options.

Location is good and just a short walking distance to Asakusa station, clean and very convenient. Staff are polite and smiley and feel welcome .

So close to Asakusa station and multiple entry and exit to subway. Great view of the tokyo sky tree. They also have a veranda but unfortunately didn’t get to go and see it. Nearby to convince store and tourist location such Senso-ji temple, tokyo skytree and kappanbashi. Lots of tourist so the reception speaks English very well. Also they do Luggage transfer to other hotels which was very convenient. As the stations got so many stairs and you don’t want to be dragging and lifting those luggages. Lastly, you can take the keikyu line from the airport (HND) straight to the asakusa station and probably its only 6-8 mins walk to the hotel.

I've stayed at this hotel many times over about the last ten years. This was my first stay after Covid, and I was worried there might have been changes toward the worse. Well, there hadn't! I only noticed a few minor changes (the squeezing of orange juice is now done out of view of the guests). There is a little bit more wear on the rooms, maybe. Generally, this hotel provides excellent value in rooms some of which are large and have views of the Skytree (one of my rooms---I moved around a bit---had two windows towards the Skytree, one in the bedroom and one in the bathroom). The location, of course, is great, right across the street from the Thunder Gate (Kaminarimon) and an easy walk from Asakusa Station. But let me get to what this hotel is REALLY good at. The bar. Don't stay here if you don't like hotel bars---give someone else your spot. The bar is one of the best hidden secrets of Tokyo. It is intimate, open only to hotel guests, extremely fairly priced, and is staffed by at least two bartenders who are absolute artists. Just watch them preparing the ice... or making a simple drink, something as simple as a gin & tonic, with the care you'd expect to see someone using at NASA to assemble a Mars probe. They may not be the most adventurous drinks, but they are the most carefully made drinks I have ever seen anywhere---and at some of the most reasonable prices. And the view of the Skytree can't be beat. You can also take your drink out (have it delivered to you) on the heated patio (with an even slightly better view). Since the bar is only open to hotel guests, it is generally very quiet and relaxing. The bartenders are friendly and happy to try to converse in English. Oh, one improvement from years ago is that there's no longer any smoking indoors in the bar! Don't stay at this hotel without visiting the bar!!! And watch them make the drinks... and learn...!

I messaged the hotel prior to our stay and found the staff to be very helpful. The agent was able to make some very helpful recommendations on transportation from the airport via train, and she made taxi reservations for us to get to Yokohama for our cruise. The taxi service they selected for us was first class. The room was reasonably spacious ( we were in a deluxe room on high floor), though our son’s room was a standard double and it was rather small. Our bathroom was very nice. The bath amenities, coffee, and water bottles in the room were nice to have and were refreshed daily. The breakfast had a variety of hot and cold offerings. It was rather expensive if purchased separately, but was included in our room rate. We enjoyed it and were happy with the selections. The location was convenient to the metro and several restaurants. It was close to the Skytree, the Sensoji Temple and the river. The neighborhood was not as busy and noisy as other areas in Tokyo, so we were quite happy. We would not hesitate to stay there again.