Can You Really Stay in Tokyo for $55? 🌸 Akasaka Station 1 Min · Night Sakura & Hie Shrine Walk
【1-min walk from Akasaka Station Exit 7】Honest review of Sotetsu Fresa Inn Tokyo Akasaka — 1 night for just ¥8,800 ($55)! 🌸
My stay at Sotetsu Fresa Inn Tokyo Akasaka, located steps from Exit 7 of Akasaka Station on the Chiyoda Line. A Standard Double room came to ¥8,800 ($55) — exceptional value for a stay in such a central Tokyo location.
The room is a compact 14 m², but everything is carefully thought out: a 160 cm Simmons bed, a whole-building water purification system (drink straight from the tap!), and a surprisingly well-stocked self-service amenity corner. Other highlights include the hotel’s genuine SDGs commitment, a directly connected breakfast café (Uchima Coffee), and a robot-operated Chinese restaurant next door.
The weather wasn’t cooperating on check-in day, so I also made a separate visit to Akasaka Sanno Hie Shrine — finally collecting my goshuin seal at the newly completed shrine office. In the evening, I caught the beautiful spring illumination at Akasaka Sacas. With Tameike Sanno and Akasaka-Mitsuke stations also within walking distance, this hotel makes an ideal base for exploring central Tokyo.
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🍽️ Featured Gourmet & Spots
SMART Chinese Restaurant (robot-cooked Chinese cuisine / attached to hotel)
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Uchima Coffee Akasaka (1F of hotel / breakfast café)
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Akasaka Sacas (entertainment complex / spring cherry blossom illumination)
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Akasaka Sanno Hie Shrine (one of Tokyo’s top power spots / goshuin & torii gate tunnel)
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⏱️ Timestamps
0:00 イントロ / Introduction
0:33 赤坂駅到着・アクセス / Arrival & Access
1:00 ホテル外観・周辺スポット / Hotel Exterior & Surroundings
2:09 ロビー・セルフチェックイン / Lobby & Self Check-In
2:38 アメニティコーナー / Amenity Corner
4:20 セルフロッカー / Self-Service Lockers
6:11 客室チェック（510号室） / Room Tour – Standard Double
13:05 バスルーム / Bathroom
15:10 館内散策 / Hotel Facilities Tour
16:49 夕食：SMART中華レストラン（ロボット調理！） / Dinner – SMART Chinese
18:31 赤坂サカス・夜桜イルミネーション / Akasaka Sacas Night Cherry Blossoms
19:57 ホテルでくつろぎ / Evening Relaxation
20:48 朝食：上島珈琲店 / Breakfast at Uchima Coffee
22:48 まとめ・総評 / Summary & Review
24:02 赤坂山王日枝神社参拝 / Akasaka Sanno Hie Shrine Visit
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Hi everyone! Thanks for watching! 🇯🇵 Sotetsu Fresa Inn Akasaka is one of the best-located hotels in Tokyo — 1 min from Akasaka Station, with cherry blossoms at Akasaka Sacas and the powerful Hie Shrine both within walking distance. Hope this helps your Japan trip planning!
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一人遊的話，房的SIZE剛剛好
The hotel is still a bargain, around a wonderful area, I know yo filmed lots of temples, 日枝神社 looks pretty new and beautiful.
こんばん撮影お疲れ様です。相鉄フレッサイン 久々の登場ですね(笑)
以前 有明の相鉄フレッサインの動画をUPしていただきましたが それ以来ですね。
赤坂という好立地もよいですが 4:48 紙コップの自販機 久々にみました。紙コップの自販機って ほとんど見かけないです。
18:06 ロボットが料理する。ドラえもんの世界でやってたことが 身近にあるとは…(笑)
実は SUKIYAKI TRAVEさんの動画ですが 実家の両親も拝聴しております。動画を見て 気づいたことがあったらしく 以下にまとめました。
・コインランドリーの混雑状況が部屋のテレビで分かるのは有り難い
・ホテルによっては 食事提供がない所もあるので 近隣のカフェ等で 食べるという 意外性
・朝食のビュッフェが 豪華で美味しそう(笑)
長文失礼しました。
日本人喜歡吃麻婆豆腐?超市常見料理包的冷藏麻婆豆腐
家庭入住?
有4人房?
I've stayed 3 times at the same brand hotel but in Hingashi-Shinjuku. Great location and very comfortable. Is right next to the subway and is easy walk into central Shinjuku. Worth checking out.
日本的櫻花真的美~
而且都會長好長滿~滿開櫻花花瓣飄落很有氛圍~
雖然開始長綠葉了..但這種粉還是很美的
飯店還有提供泡澡粉很讚~這家提供的備品真多~
beautiful hotel and tokyo tanks for video!😊
You see how there's nobody there to check you in and that, doesn't that put people out of a job?
I love that they have a bin to recycle clothing.
Hello and thanks for another stunning video!! And this hotel is another surprising finding amidst Akasaka…and also quite affordable, with nice & good amenities to pick if needed, great variety of vending machines with lots of things and a room that's really practical, warm and furnished with the essentials to have a nice night there!! And something I noticed is that barely any bin/trashcan on the room… what is what you should do to dispose some trash while staying on the room? And diving into my fav – the food – that Chinese restaurant was really amazing, with that crunchy chicken and the gyozas…but the jellyfish won't be in my menu for sure because I can't see myself eat it! But the breakfast… it looked great with that thick toast and the yummy bacon, all with the company of a surely delicious coffee! And for ending, the visit to Akasaka Sanno Hie Shrine put the peaceful note in it…and as you say vermillion colour is the 1st color one links to the torii doors, so see a white one is a surprise!! And correct me if I'm mistake…but this shrine is the one that appears in the film " Memoirs of a Geisha"? Or it's another one?? And another Goshuin added to the growing collection!! Love from Spain!! 🇪🇦🧡
Roppongi is a very easy 10 minute walk from this hotel. Go to Roppongi through Tokyo Midtown park. The beautiful Tokyo Midtown park is great place to relax.
Honestly there's absolutely nothing wrong with this room.
It's a decent size and it has everything you could ask for.
I still don't know why people spend big $$$ on overpriced Marriott and Hilton when you could stay here for a fraction of the cost and use that money somewhere else.