Hotels in Nagoya Sakae: 5 picked from 80

Five hotels in Sakae, Nagoya, from about ¥6,000 per person with breakfast
One is inside Nagoya TV Tower; one links underground to Sakae station
Crewm has a public bath; Tokyu has a pool and rooms for four

The five

Best for	Where to book	Score	Weeknight (per person)	Saturday
Fifteen rooms in Nagoya TV Tower, and the best reviewed here — if you can’t decide	The Tower Hotel Nagoya Check price	80/100	¥28,000–43,000	¥43,000–156,000
One minute from Sakae station, and the cheapest of the five	Hotel Actel Nagoya Nishiki Check price	70/100	¥6,000–9,000	¥6,000–31,000
A minute from Hisaya-odori, with a public bath	Nishitetsu Hotel Crewm Nagoya Check price	69/100	¥9,000–11,000	¥10,000–20,000
Linked underground to Sakae station, on the high floors	The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Nagoya Check price	59/100	¥21,000–37,000	¥37,000–53,000
The big family hotel, with a pool and a car park	Nagoya Tokyu Hotel Check price	54/100	¥14,000–23,000	¥22,000–43,000

Prices are the cheapest per person found on Rakuten Travel for Wednesdays and Saturdays between 2026-11-11 – 2027-01-02, for 2 adults in one room (checked 2026-11-02). They move daily — the link shows live prices.

The booking links go to Agoda, which shows today’s price and lets you pay in your own currency. Its price can differ from the Rakuten Travel figures above.

Fifteen rooms in Nagoya TV Tower, and the best reviewed here

The Tower Hotel Nagoya

Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.92/5 (321) · Agoda 9.7/10 (50) · 371 in total

Rakuten’s listing calls it an urban auberge inside Nagoya TV Tower
Restaurant for breakfast and dinner, plus room service and a fitness club
Guests score the dinner 5.0 and the service 4.94 on Rakuten

See today’s price on Agoda→

Why it made the five

Right by exit 8A of Hisaya-odori station; five minutes from exit 3 at Sakae.
4.92 across 321 reviews, the highest of the 22 that qualified.
Fifteen rooms.

Getting there: Right by exit 8A of Hisaya-odori station (Meijo and Sakura-dori lines); five minutes on foot from exit 3 at Sakae station.

Language and payment: English support and card acceptance are not published, so ask when you book. No shared bath is listed, so tattoos do not come up.

Right for: A small, quiet stay with the surest reviews, and dinner on site.
Not for: The dearest of the five, and not open to every kind of group.
Worth knowing: Children aged 10 and under, and groups of three or more rooms or five or more guests, are not accepted (Rakuten listing).

Score breakdown — 80/100

Criterion	Stars	Why
Quality	★★★★★	Room, bath and dinner average 4.82 on Rakuten Travel
Value for money	★☆☆☆☆	¥28,000–43,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 296% of the median of everything we compared
Easy to stay	★★★★★	Check-out 12:00; right by exit 8A at Hisaya-odori; 15 rooms; restaurant and room service on site.
Trust	★★★★★	4.92 across 321 reviews (Rakuten Travel 321)
Only here	★★★★★	Its 4.92 average is the highest of the 22 that qualified, in a 15-room urban auberge inside Nagoya TV Tower.

One minute from Sakae station, and the cheapest of the five

Hotel Actel Nagoya Nishiki

Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.37/5 (2,554) · Agoda 9.1/10 (4,841) · 7,395 in total

Rakuten’s listing promotes ReFa beauty appliances in the Deluxe Twin and Wi-Fi 6
Free bottled water in the room and a free coffee server in the lobby
Last check-in is 26:00

See today’s price on Agoda→

Why it made the five

One minute from exit 1 of Sakae station, two stops from Nagoya Station.
156 rooms.
4.37 across 2,554 reviews.
The lowest prices of the five, on weekdays and Saturdays.

Getting there: One minute on foot from exit 1 of Sakae station (Higashiyama line), two stops from Nagoya Station; IG Arena is three stops away on the Meijo line.

Language and payment: English support and card acceptance are not published, so ask when you book. No shared bath is listed, so tattoos do not come up.

Right for: Being a minute from Sakae on the smallest budget here, or arriving late.
Not for: No public bath.

Score breakdown — 70/100

Criterion	Stars	Why
Quality	★☆☆☆☆	Room, bath and dinner average 4.20 on Rakuten Travel
Value for money	★★★★★	¥6,000–9,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 60% of the median of everything we compared
Easy to stay	★★★★★	Check-out 11:00; one minute from exit 1 at Sakae; 156 rooms; last check-in 26:00.
Trust	★★☆☆☆	4.37 across 2,554 reviews (Rakuten Travel 2,554)
Only here	★★★☆☆	One minute from Sakae station and two stops from Nagoya Station, with 2,554 reviews averaging 4.37.

A minute from Hisaya-odori, with a public bath

Nishitetsu Hotel Crewm Nagoya

Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.40/5 (1,029) · Agoda 9.1/10 (9,117) · 10,146 in total

Rakuten’s listing mentions an open-air bath and a breakfast of Nagoya and Kyushu specialities
Bath category score is 4.38 on Rakuten
Car park is first come, first served, with no reservations, at 2,000 yen a night

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Why it made the five

One minute from exit 4, west gate side, of Hisaya-odori station.
A public bath (daiyokujo).
Breakfast is a buffet in the restaurant.
4.40 across 1,029 reviews; 242 rooms.

Getting there: One minute on foot from exit 4 on the west gate side of Hisaya-odori station (Sakura-dori and Meijo lines); about five minutes from Nagoya Station.

Language and payment: English support and card acceptance are not published, so ask when you book. The bath is shared, so if you have a tattoo, ask the hotel before you count on it.

Right for: Soaking in a public bath after a day out, a minute from the subway.
Not for: The car park cannot be reserved and may be full.
Worth knowing: Use exit 4 on the west gate side, not 4A or 4B on the south gate side.

Score breakdown — 69/100

Criterion	Stars	Why
Quality	★★☆☆☆	The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.42
Value for money	★★★☆☆	¥9,000–11,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 95% of the median of everything we compared
Easy to stay	★★★★★	Check-out 11:00; one minute from exit 4 at Hisaya-odori; a public bath; 242 rooms.
Trust	★★★☆☆	4.4 across 1,029 reviews (Rakuten Travel 1,029)
Only here	★★★★☆	A public bath a minute from Hisaya-odori station, with a breakfast of Nagoya and Kyushu specialities.

Linked underground to Sakae station, on the high floors

The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Nagoya

Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.40/5 (380) · Agoda 9.1/10 (2,187) · 2,567 in total

The hotel is in the Chunichi Building, with every guest room on the 25th floor or higher
Rooms look over different parts of Nagoya depending on direction
Sauna and sports gym on site
Public car park under the Chunichi Building at 1,800 yen a night

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Why it made the five

Underground link to Sakae and Sakaemachi stations, open 7:00 to 23:00.
Every guest room is on the 25th floor or higher.
Location scores 4.67 on Rakuten.
246 rooms; 4.40 across 380 reviews.

Getting there: Linked by underground passage to Sakae station (Higashiyama and Meijo lines) and Sakaemachi station (Meitetsu Seto line), 7:00 to 23:00.

Language and payment: English support and card acceptance are not published, so ask when you book.

Right for: Reaching the hotel from Sakae station without going outside, and sleeping high up.
Not for: The second dearest of the five on a weekday.
Worth knowing: The underground link is open only from 7:00 to 23:00; outside those hours you walk above ground.

Score breakdown — 59/100

Criterion	Stars	Why
Quality	★★☆☆☆	The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.37
Value for money	★☆☆☆☆	¥21,000–37,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 222% of the median of everything we compared
Easy to stay	★★★★★	Check-out 11:00; underground link to Sakae station (7:00 to 23:00); 246 rooms, all on the 25th floor or higher; sauna and gym; last check-in 25:00.
Trust	★★★☆☆	4.4 across 380 reviews (Rakuten Travel 380)
Only here	★★★★☆	A direct underground link to Sakae station and rooms all on the 25th floor or higher; its location score is 4.67.

The big family hotel, with a pool and a car park

Nagoya Tokyu Hotel

Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.39/5 (5,968) · Agoda 8.8/10 (5,984) · 11,952 in total

Pool open all year, plus a sauna and a fitness club
Underground car park for 300 cars at 1,200 yen a night, no booking needed, 2 m height limit
Free cots for children under one
Breakfast and dinner can be served in the room or in a restaurant

See today’s price on Agoda→

Why it made the five

Eight minutes from exit 12 of Sakae station.
564 rooms, the largest hotel here.
4.39 across 5,968 reviews, the largest sample.
Rooms for up to four guests.

Getting there: Eight minutes on foot from exit 12 of Sakae station (Higashiyama line).

Language and payment: English support and card acceptance are not published, so ask when you book.

Right for: Families who want a pool, a car park and a large hotel.
Not for: Eight minutes from the station, the farthest of the five.

Score breakdown — 54/100

Criterion	Stars	Why
Quality	★★☆☆☆	Room, bath and dinner average 4.43 on Rakuten Travel
Value for money	★☆☆☆☆	¥14,000–23,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 152% of the median of everything we compared
Easy to stay	★★★★★	Check-out 12:00; eight minutes from exit 12 at Sakae; 564 rooms; underground car park and free cots.
Trust	★★☆☆☆	4.39 across 5,968 reviews (Rakuten Travel 5,968)
Only here	★★★☆☆	A 564-room hotel with a pool and rooms for four, rated 4.39 across 5,968 reviews, the largest sample of the 22.

Know before you book

Sakae is Nagoya’s downtown for shopping and eating, two stops from Nagoya Station on the Higashiyama subway line.
Hisaya-odori station, on the Meijo and Sakura-dori lines, is a few minutes from Sakae on foot or one stop away, and is the stop for Nagoya TV Tower.
Sakae station has an underground shopping street, and one hotel here connects to it. Link hours are limited, so check the closing time.
Nishiki is the district just to the west of Sakae. It is where several of these hotels sit, and it is quieter at night than the streets right around the station.
Prices here are per person with breakfast, for two sharing. A Saturday can cost well over a weekday: the Tower Hotel’s range reaches from about ¥28,000 to ¥156,000.
Hotel car parks here are small, cost 1,200 to 2,000 yen a night, and most cannot be reserved. If you arrive by car, ask the hotel first.

How we chose: theme, conditions, scoring

How we chose

Candidates: every property in Sakae, Nagoya listed on Rakuten Travel — 80
Passed the review filter (counts and averages on Rakuten Travel, the one site that lists every property in the area): 38
Met every condition below: 22
Kept: five, each the best at something different

Where the facts come from

Facts: Rakuten Travel property information (in some articles, each hotel’s own site too)
Prices: Rakuten Travel live availability, Wednesdays and Saturdays over eight weeks
Reviews: the count and average on Rakuten Travel, as given in each hotel’s Trust row. Agoda’s reviews are shown under each hotel name for reference only and do not count towards the score

Conditions (all of them, not most of them)

In Rakuten Travel’s Nagoya City area covering Sakae, Nishiki and the Nagoya Castle side
At least 100 reviews on Rakuten Travel, averaging 4.0 or better
The cheapest rate falls between ¥4,000 and ¥30,000 per person per night
Within walking distance of a station, or linked to one underground

Scoring

Five criteria, one to five stars each, weighted to one hundred points. Every star says where the number came from.

Quality20 pts
- The average of the scores Rakuten Travel publishes for the room, the bath and the food.
Value for money25 pts
- The cheapest breakfast-inclusive rate against the median of the hotels we compared.
Easy to stay30 pts
- Minutes from the station, a bath house, and check-out time.
Trust20 pts
- Review counts and averages published by Rakuten Travel.
Only here5 pts
- What this hotel has that the other 21 do not.

What we dropped

Property	Verdict	Why
Vessel Inn Sakae Ekimae	Runner-up (64/100)	It scored 64, above Royal Park and Tokyu, but it overlaps with Actel: a Sakae station hotel with no bath. Actel is a minute closer and cheaper.
Hotel & Rooms Nagoya Sakae	Runner-up (64/100)	It scored 64, above Royal Park (59) and Tokyu (54), but its public bath duplicates Crewm’s, which is a minute closer to the subway and reviewed at 4.40. We gave the last two places to a direct station link and to family rooms with a pool.
Hotel Keihan Nagoya	Runner-up (59/100)	It scored 59, level with Royal Park, but it has no single feature the five lack: no bath, no direct link, no pool. It is a solid mid-range alternative to Actel.
Tokyo Dai-ichi Hotel Nishiki	Outside the theme	4.40 across 6,179 reviews and close enough to Sakae, but its cheapest listed rate falls below the theme’s price floor, so it sits with the budget hotels.
Hotel Nagoya Garden Palace	Outside the theme	4.30 across 2,730 reviews, but its cheapest listed rate is under the theme’s price floor.
GOLD STAY Nagoya Sakae	Review floor	Rated 4.40, but only 31 reviews on Rakuten, short of the 100 we require.

Questions visitors ask

Should I stay in Sakae or near Nagoya Station?

Sakae if you want to eat, shop and walk out in the evening; it is two stops from Nagoya Station on the Higashiyama line, so a day trip by Shinkansen or a transfer with luggage is easy. Near Nagoya Station if you leave early by train and want the shortest walk.

Which hotel is nearest to a subway station?

Hotel Actel Nagoya Nishiki is one minute from exit 1 of Sakae station, and Nishitetsu Hotel Crewm Nagoya is one minute from exit 4 of Hisaya-odori station. The Royal Park Hotel Iconic is linked to Sakae station underground, from 7:00 to 23:00.

Which of these has a public bath?

Nishitetsu Hotel Crewm Nagoya, with a public bath. Among the runners-up, Hotel & Rooms Nagoya Sakae has open-air baths and a men’s sauna. The baths are shared, so ask about tattoos before you go.

Which is best with children?

Nagoya Tokyu Hotel: rooms for up to four, a pool open all year and free cots for children under one. The Tower Hotel Nagoya does not accept children aged 10 and under.

Can I park a car at these hotels?

Nagoya Tokyu Hotel has an underground car park for 300 cars at 1,200 yen a night, with no booking needed. Nishitetsu Hotel Crewm costs 2,000 yen and the Royal Park uses a public car park at 1,800 yen. Crewm’s spaces cannot be reserved.

Where do the review scores come from?

Every review count and average in this article is from Rakuten Travel. The cut-off is also Rakuten’s: 100 reviews and a 4.0 average.