Ten hotels in Asakusa, for old Tokyo on your doorstep: by Kaminarimon and Senso-ji, or on the calmer Tawaramachi and Kuramae side. A ryokan with private open-air baths, a big view hotel, apartments with kitchens and a hotel with a free beer hour.
Stay in Asakusa if you want old Tokyo on the doorstep: Senso-ji, the Kaminarimon gate and Nakamise at dawn before the day-trippers arrive, Tokyo Skytree across the Sumida River, and rooms that usually cost less than the same standard in Shinjuku or Shibuya. Don't stay here if you want nightlife, or if most of your plans are in the west of the city: Asakusa is off the JR Yamanote line, so Shinjuku and Shibuya are 30 to 40 minutes away by subway, and the streets go quiet early. For what to do once you're here, see our Asakusa guide; to compare Asakusa with every other area, see where to stay in Tokyo.
Choose your side of Kokusai-dori. By Kaminarimon and Senso-ji, east of it, you're a few minutes from the temple and from the Ginza and Toei Asakusa lines. On the Tawaramachi and Kuramae side, along and west of it, the streets are a little calmer, the Tsukuba Express and Tawaramachi (Ginza line) are closest, and Kappabashi Kitchen Street is a short walk. For a traditional family-run inn, see ryokan in Tokyo; for a dorm bed, Asakusa has several of the city's best hostels, in our hostels guide. Close by are Ueno hotels, three stops away on the Ginza line, and Akihabara hotels.
Book early for New Year, when crowds come to Senso-ji for the first prayers of the year, for the cherry-blossom weeks of late March and early April, and for Golden Week, from late April into early May: Asakusa fills up and prices jump. Rates change daily, so check each hotel's own site for your dates.
By Kaminarimon and Senso-ji. East of Kokusai-dori is the Asakusa people picture: the Kaminarimon gate, Nakamise's stalls, Senso-ji, and the Sumida River with Skytree on the far bank. Stay here to walk to the temple before breakfast. THE GATE HOTEL Kaminarimon by HULIC is the one I'd book first. It's a few steps from the Kaminarimon gate, 2 minutes on foot from exit 2 of Asakusa Station on the Ginza line, 3 minutes from exit A4 on the Toei Asakusa line and 4 minutes from the Tobu Skytree line, and its restaurant and bar look across the rooftops to Skytree. It suits a couple or a first trip that wants polish and the best address in the area.
The catch is the crowd. Kaminarimon is the busiest corner of Asakusa from mid-morning to late afternoon, so expect a slow walk to the door with luggage on a weekend. Book well ahead for New Year, when Senso-ji draws its biggest crowds.
2 minutes on foot from exit 2 of Asakusa Station (Ginza line), 3 minutes from exit A4 (Toei Asakusa line) and 4 minutes from the Tobu Skytree line station.
OMO3 Asakusa by Hoshino Resorts is the casual, sociable pick: 98 rooms for one to four people on the quieter Hanakawado side of Senso-ji, with a 13th-floor lounge that looks over the temple and Tokyo Skytree. The staff run neighbourhood walks for guests, many of them free, and there's a self-service corner of local sweets and snacks around the clock. Exit 7 of Asakusa Station on the Ginza line is about 4 minutes away, and exit A5 on the Toei Asakusa line about 6.
It's a base for people who'll be out exploring, not a hotel to spend the afternoon in: the money goes on the lounge and the walks rather than big rooms. If you want space, look at MIMARU below.
About 4 minutes on foot from exit 7 of Asakusa Station (Ginza line) and 6 minutes from exit A5 (Toei Asakusa line). Join one of the staff-led neighbourhood walks; many are free.
Prostyle Ryokan Asakusa is the ryokan-style splurge, a modern inn that calls itself a 'townside ryokan' and lays tatami in its rooms. The rooms are the reason to come: the King Bed Room (26 sq m) and the Corner Twins (32 sq m) have their own semi-open-air baths, and the 13th-floor Suite and Corner Suite (37 sq m, up to four people) have open-air baths, with Skytree views from the corner suite and from the corner twins on floors 10 to 12. There's also a room with a private sauna on the 2nd floor. It's 5 minutes from the front exit of the Tobu Skytree line, 6 from exit 5 of the Ginza line and 7 from exit A5 of the Toei Asakusa line.
The entry Double (18 sq m) and the 2 Beds Double have an ordinary indoor bathtub, not an open-air one, so check what you're booking: the private open-air bath is the point. Parking is limited to two spaces at ¥4,000 a night, by phone only. For a family-run ryokan with futons and a shared bath instead, our ryokan guide covers Ryokan Asakusa Shigetsu, a few minutes from Senso-ji, and Onyado Nono Asakusa, which pumps its own dark hot-spring water.
5 minutes on foot from the front exit of the Tobu Skytree line station and 6 minutes from exit 5 of the Ginza line. For a private open-air or semi-open-air bath, book a King Bed Room, a Corner Twin or a suite, not the 18 sq m Double.
HOTEL GRACERY ASAKUSA is the solid mid-range choice: 125 rooms on Kaminarimon's south side, 3 minutes on foot from exits A4 and A1 of the Toei Asakusa line and 5 from exit 2 of the Ginza line. Some twin rooms look out at Skytree, the hotel sells plans that guarantee a high floor for the night view, and some plans include the breakfast buffet.
It's a chain hotel, so rooms are modern and compact rather than characterful. The Toei Asakusa line is the closest station, which is handy: some of its trains run straight through to Haneda and Narita airports.
3 minutes on foot from exits A4 and A1 of Asakusa Station (Toei Asakusa line), 5 minutes from exit 2 (Ginza line). The hotel sells high-floor plans for a night view.
MIMARU TOKYO ASAKUSA STATION is the family pick, an apartment hotel 1 minute on foot from exit 4 of Asakusa Station on the Ginza line and 2 from exit A5 on the Toei Asakusa line. Every room is an apartment with a full kitchen and a dining table: the Family Apartment is 35 sq m with two single beds and a bunk bed (four adults and two children), the One-Bedroom is 52 sq m for up to six adults and two children, and the Two-Bedroom Suite is 71 sq m for up to eight adults and two children. River View versions face the Sumida.
It's an apartment, not a hotel with a restaurant, so plan your own breakfast; Asakusa's bakeries and convenience stores are on the doorstep. For more family-sized rooms across the city, see family hotels in Tokyo.
1 minute on foot from exit 4 of Asakusa Station (Ginza line), 2 minutes from exit A5 (Toei Asakusa line). River View apartments face the Sumida River.
On the Tawaramachi and Kuramae side. Along and west of Kokusai-dori, the big road that runs north from Kaminarimon-dori, Asakusa turns into ordinary city streets: offices, Kappabashi Kitchen Street to the west, Tawaramachi on the Ginza line and the Tsukuba Express station. Senso-ji is still a short walk, and evenings are quieter. Asakusa View Hotel is the big full-service hotel of the area, the one most people search for by name. The Tsukuba Express Asakusa station connects to the entrance and Tawaramachi is 7 minutes on foot. Rooms face one of two ways: the Sky Tree View side, over Asakusa to the tower, or the City View side, across central Tokyo to Shinjuku and Mount Fuji on a clear day. There are restaurants, bars and a tea lounge.
It's also a wedding and banquet hotel, so the public areas can be busy at weekends. The Tsukuba Express goes to Akihabara but not to the Ginza or Toei Asakusa lines, so for Ueno and Ginza you'll walk to Tawaramachi or Asakusa. Ask for the Sky Tree View side if that's what you're coming for.
The Tsukuba Express Asakusa station connects to the hotel entrance; Tawaramachi (Ginza line) is 7 minutes on foot. Book the Sky Tree View side for the tower, the City View side for Shinjuku and, on clear days, Mount Fuji.
the b asakusa is a block from the View Hotel: 1 minute on foot from exit A2 of the Tsukuba Express station, 7 from exit 3 of Tawaramachi and 9 from exit A4 of Asakusa. It's a simple, well-run modern hotel with a 2nd-floor lounge for breakfast (a buffet at ¥1,650 for adults and ¥1,100 for children, under-6s free) and a free evening snack in the lobby from 8pm to 10pm.
Rooms are small: the Standard Double is 17 sq m with a 140 cm bed and every room has a shower booth, not a bath. A family of three should book the 21 sq m Loft Bed room, which has bunk beds and a 65-inch smart TV.
1 minute on foot from exit A2 of the Tsukuba Express Asakusa station, 7 minutes from exit 3 of Tawaramachi (Ginza line). Families of three should look at the 21 sq m Loft Bed room.
Hotel Sunroute Asakusa is a 174-room hotel on Kokusai-dori, 1 minute on foot from Tawaramachi Station on the Ginza line and 6 minutes from Kaminarimon. The draw is the free draft beer in the lobby from 4pm to 7pm every day, and the room choice: singles from 13.5 sq m, standard twins of 20 sq m, and Japanese-style deluxe twins of 25.7 sq m that sleep three.
Kokusai-dori is a main road, so street-side rooms hear traffic. It's a practical base rather than a stylish one, and best value for a group of three in the Japanese-style twin.
1 minute on foot from Tawaramachi Station (Ginza line) and 6 minutes from Kaminarimon. Free draft beer in the lobby from 4pm to 7pm every day.
Henn na Hotel Tokyo Asakusa Tawaramachi is the novelty one: you check in with holograms of a dinosaur, a ninja and a butler, in Japanese, English, Korean or Chinese. It has 217 rooms, 3 minutes on foot from Tawaramachi Station and 10 from Asakusa. Several rooms are themed, among them a Calpis Room and a Panda Family Suite for up to four with a separate bath and toilet, and a Corner Suite looks out at Skytree at night. Children aged 5 and under stay free when they share a bed.
The front-desk staff speak Japanese; the holograms handle the four languages. The standard rooms are compact business-hotel rooms; the fun is in the lobby and the themed suites.
3 minutes on foot from Tawaramachi Station (Ginza line), 10 minutes from Asakusa. Children aged 5 and under stay free when they share a bed.
KOKO HOTEL Asakusa Komagata sits between Asakusa and Kuramae, south of Kaminarimon-dori near the river, 1 minute on foot from the A2-b lift exit of the Toei Asakusa line, 3 minutes from exit 4 of the Ginza line and 6 from Kuramae on the Oedo line. Its 69 non-smoking rooms all have a bathtub. Some rooms are Japanese-style twins, and View Twins are offered too.
Rooms are small: doubles are 13 sq m with a 140 cm bed and twins 14 sq m. It suits a couple or a solo traveller who'll use the bath after a long day on foot. Kuramae starts just to the south. For pod beds nearby, our capsule hotels guide has MyCUBE in Kuramae.
1 minute on foot from the A2-b lift exit of Asakusa Station (Toei Asakusa line), 3 minutes from exit 4 (Ginza line) and 6 minutes from Kuramae (Oedo line). Every room has a bathtub.
By Kaminarimon and Senso-ji: the temple, the river and the best hotel addresses; also the crowds from mid-morning, and the busiest streets in Asakusa at weekends and New Year.
Tawaramachi and Kuramae: calmer streets, Kokusai-dori's bigger hotels and the Tsukuba Express to Akihabara; a few minutes further from the temple, and street-side rooms on Kokusai-dori hear traffic.
Either side: you're off the JR Yamanote line, so allow 30 to 40 minutes to Shinjuku or Shibuya, and Asakusa goes quiet early. Ueno, two stops away on the Ginza line, is the next base to look at if you want the Yamanote line and the Skyliner to Narita.
Richmond Hotel Premier Asakusa International, 1 minute from the Tsukuba Express station, with some rooms looking at both Skytree and Senso-ji's five-storey pagoda, was closed for renovation from 1 October to 7 November 2026, so check it has reopened before you book. The Asakusa Tobu Hotel (1-1-15 Asakusa) has a Hello Kitty room. For hostels, K's House Tokyo Oasis, Sakura Hostel Asakusa and Nui. in Kuramae are in our hostels guide.
Rates in Asakusa move with the season and the day of the week, so compare them on each hotel's own site for your dates. Most stays add Tokyo's accommodation tax per person per night: ¥100 for a room-only rate of ¥10,000 to ¥14,999, ¥200 at ¥15,000 or more, and nothing below ¥10,000. From 1 April 2027 it becomes 3% of the room-only rate, with stays under ¥13,000 exempt. The where to stay in Tokyo guide has the full table.
From Haneda, some Keikyu trains run straight onto the Toei Asakusa line to Asakusa with no change; from Narita, the Keisei Access Express does the same, or take the Skyliner to Ueno and change. Fares and times are in our Haneda and Narita guides. Once you're here, Tokyo Skytree is about 3 minutes away on the Tobu Skytree line, or a walk across the river.
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