Ranked hotels in eight cities. None pays to appear.
Tokyo · Japan · Updated 5 October 2026
The eight best hotels in New York under US$350 a night, ranked. Under ¥60,000 a night.
Under ¥60,000 a night
Five rooms, with Yanaka's bathhouse and bicycles as the lobby
The architects behind HAGISO run it. Guests bathe at the local sento, eat in the neighbourhood and borrow bicycles to get around.
On the recordDesign press (Dezeen, Monocle)
Fourteen rooms over a bakery and bar in Ningyocho
Kiyoaki Takeda Architects designed the building, which opened in September 2025. The bakery and the bar take the street level.
On the recordMICHELIN Guide listed
Ten storeys in Ikebukuro, with three design teams on the rooms
Mount Fuji Architects Studio is credited with the building, three minutes from Ikebukuro Station. Three separate design teams did the interiors of its 41 rooms.
On the recordDesign press
Japanese tea runs through the rooms and the ground-floor restaurant
The Ryumeikan family company runs it, and its history goes back to an 1899 ryokan. Tea also turns up in the amenities.
On the recordLocal press (Tokyo Weekender)
A converted Sumida warehouse across the river from Asakusa
Contemporary art storage and exhibition space share the building with the rooms, and the KAIKA TOKYO AWARD is run on site. It belongs to The Share Hotels.
On the recordArt press (artscape, Japan Design)
A greenery-wrapped hotel with a chocolate maker at street level
UDS designed it in-house, on a Nihonbashi Hamacho street of independent shops and cafés.
On the recordDesign press
Twenty-six rooms in Odenmacho, made with 23 artists and creators
An art hotel that pays a share of every night's rate back to the artist behind the room.
On the recordMICHELIN Guide listed
A Yanaka family ryokan taking foreign guests since 1949
One of the few Tokyo ryokan that cater almost entirely to overseas visitors. There are two Japanese baths, and the family owner is hands-on.
On the recordGuidebook staple (Lonely Planet, Time Out)
Chosen from awards, guides, press and the hotels' own information. Prices are typical nightly rates and change with the season. Book with the hotel directly.
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