Hotel New Touhoku

Friendly and helpful staff. Very close to Ueno station and many restaurants nearby as well as 7/11 and Lawson. Location:get out of Ueno station from front side (not the busy side exit) , the find the elevator located next to the police station and go UP the elevated walk way and go to the other side opposite the front entrance. There is an elevator there too and go down. After that it is east to find on Google which has a problem with this elevated walk way.

Ok they are in the middle of refurbishing the place and during the day it is extremely noisy. This will last till at least September. I was first given an old room which was filthy and had not been properly cleaned for a long time (spider webs and dead flies in the ceiling lamp) after I complained I got a brand new room which was very nice. Mirrors are too low so not for tall people.

We picked this hotel because of its location and very favorable price. It is near to Ueno station in Tokyo so travelling was easy. It was in a quiet street so there was minimal noise. It was a reasonable sized twin room. The staff had minimal english but were friendly. We had breakfast as extra on two days. The breakfast room doubled as a store room and we were the only people eating there. It was a Japanese breakfast (miso soup, rice, salmon, pickles and a raw egg which they kindly fried for us!) and very good value.

The room was a bit grubby - not dirty but carpets and shower curtain were stained and needed to be replaced. It's not the easiest place to find and do remember that many roads are not sign-posted in Japan so you'll need to have directions/a map.

Very good value for the area, convenient location near Ueno Station, nice to have a fridge in the room.

My room's only window faced directly onto a building a foot away, so it was a bit dark, but that's hardly an issue.