Hotels in Shinagawa: The 9 Best for the Shinkansen and Haneda (2026)

The Takanawa side: the big hotels on the hill. Shinagawa Station's west side, the Takanawa exit, is where the big hotels are, on and up the slope from the station. Shinagawa Prince Hotel is the one most people know: a huge, multi-tower hotel about 2 minutes from the Takanawa exit, which calls itself an entertainment hotel. Inside the complex are maxell AQUA PARK SHINAGAWA (an aquarium), a cinema, a bowling centre and Dining & Bar Table 9 Tokyo, about 130 metres up. It suits families and anyone who wants the bullet train and the Keikyu line to Haneda a couple of minutes away with something to do on a rainy evening.

It's enormous, with several towers (the Main Annex, the East Tower and the N Tower), so check which tower your room is in when you book; the hotel pitches the East Tower at travellers using Haneda or the shinkansen. It's also on family hotels in Tokyo.

The Prince Sakura Tower Tokyo, Autograph Collection is my upscale pick on the Takanawa side: about 3 minutes from Shinagawa Station, with large windows onto the Japanese garden it shares with the two Grand Prince hotels, a spa with Japanese-style treatments, and a sauna and whirlpool bath that guests use free. Restaurants include NADAMAN TAKANAWA PRIME (Japanese) and CILIEGIO (Italian). It suits couples who want a calm, garden-side luxury stay with the shinkansen a few minutes away.

It shares the estate with two big conference and wedding hotels, so the garden paths aren't always quiet. Ask for a room facing the garden; that's the point of staying here.

Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa sits in the same 20,000 square metre Japanese garden, about a 5-minute uphill walk from the Takanawa exit, with Takanawadai Station (Toei Asakusa line) 3 minutes away. The hotel says the Keikyu line gets you from Haneda Airport to Shinagawa in as little as 14 minutes on a rapid limited express. It has club floors (12th to 15th) with a 24-hour gym for club guests, a club lounge, and restaurants looking onto the garden. It suits travellers who want a traditional Japanese hotel feel and a garden walk in the morning.

That 5-minute walk is uphill, which you'll notice with a big suitcase; take a taxi from the station rank if you're loaded. It's the older-style, more traditional of the Prince hotels here.

Takanawa Hanakohro is the special one: a contemporary ryokan of just 16 rooms inside the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa estate, set in the Japanese garden, with its own lounge, spa and restaurant, and a Forbes Travel Guide award for 2025 listed on the Prince site. It suits a couple who want a ryokan-style stay without leaving the city, a 5-minute walk from the bullet train.

It has only 16 rooms, and it's priced as a luxury stay. For the other ryokan in the city, see our ryokan in Tokyo guide.

Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa is the giant of the estate: 908 rooms, every one with a balcony, in the same green Takanawa grounds and the 20,000 square metre garden. In summer its outdoor pool is open only to hotel guests, and there's a fitness room and a club lounge. It suits families and groups who want a balcony and a garden on the doorstep.

It's a big conference and wedding hotel, so it can feel impersonal, and it's up the hill from the station, so allow the walk or a short taxi with luggage.

The Konan side: the east exit. The station's east side, the Konan exit, is an office district of towers. The Strings by InterContinental Tokyo is high up in one of them: the lobby is on the 26th floor of Shinagawa East One Tower, reached by an internal walkway from the Konan exit, and the hotel says the JR, shinkansen and Keikyu entrances are a minute's walk from that exit. Its suites have view baths looking over Shinagawa and Tokyo Bay, and Club InterContinental rooms include a lounge with breakfast, afternoon tea and evening cocktails. It's my pick on the Konan side for a polished, quiet stay above the trains.

Two things to know. The hotel is changing its name to InterContinental Tokyo Shinagawa on 1 December 2026; bookings stay as they are, but booking sites may show either name for a while. And the Narita limousine bus from the Konan exit is suspended until further notice, so plan on the Narita Express or Keikyu from Haneda. The Konan side is offices, so it's quiet at night with fewer places to eat.

Tokyu Stay Takanawa is the long-stay pick, one stop north of Shinagawa: about 1 minute from exit A2 of Sengakuji Station, on the Toei Asakusa and Keikyu lines, and about 5 minutes from Takanawa Gateway on the JR Yamanote line. Keikyu trains through Sengakuji run to Haneda, so you can reach the airport without going via Shinagawa. Tokyu Stay hotels are built around in-room washer-dryers, and the top room here is a 69 square metre Garden Suite for three.

It isn't at Shinagawa Station itself, so for the shinkansen you'll take the train one or two stops. Check the room page for whether your room type has a washer-dryer and a kitchenette before you book.

KEIKYU EX HOTEL TAKANAWA is the budget-to-mid pick from the airport railway's own hotel chain, about 3 minutes from the Takanawa exit. It reopened after a renovation on 27 February 2026, with Simmons beds, twin rooms whose bathrooms have a separate washing area, a 24-hour front desk and card-key lifts. Breakfast is at the Royal Host restaurant in the building, and there's a coin laundry and free welcome coffee. It suits Haneda arrivals and early shinkansen departures on a budget.

Rooms are business-hotel compact. Check-out is 10am for semi-double rooms and noon for twins, unless your plan says otherwise.

Toyoko Inn Shinagawa-eki Takanawa-guchi is the budget business-hotel option here: a Toyoko Inn 2 minutes from the Keikyu and JR station gates, including the shinkansen, with a free buffet breakfast from 6:30am to 9am. The hotel puts Haneda about 20 minutes away by train. It suits budget travellers with an early flight or an early bullet train.

Rooms are small and plain, with a unit bathroom, and check-out is 10am. Parking is limited to five spaces, bookable by phone. For a budget stay with more space, see our cheap hotels in Tokyo guide.