This page contains promotions (affiliate links) (Editorial & ad policy)
Tokyo Dome and Ochanomizu hotels: 5 picked from 68
Approximate, at the rate on 2026-10-02. You pay in yen.
- Hotels near Tokyo Dome: Richmond is directly opposite
- Dormy Inn Korakuen has a hot-spring bath; Tokyu Stay has a washer-dryer in every room
- Edmont is five minutes from Iidabashi’s five lines; Niwa Tokyo averages 4.56
The five
| Best for | Where to book | Score | Weeknight (per person) | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The top score here, five minutes from Iidabashi’s five lines — if you can’t decide | Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Check price |
82/100 | ¥10,000–23,000 | ¥19,000–27,000 |
| Right across from Tokyo Dome, with reception above Don Quijote | Richmond Hotel Tokyo Suidobashi Check price |
73/100 | ¥11,000–19,000 | ¥16,000–19,000 |
| A hot-spring bath and sauna, right outside Kasuga station | Dormy Inn Korakuen, Kasuga-no-yu Check price |
70/100 | ¥14,000–26,000 | ¥23,000–26,000 |
| A washer-dryer and microwave in every room, three minutes from JR | Tokyu Stay Suidobashi Check price |
66/100 | ¥13,000–29,000 | ¥20,000 |
| Modern Japanese design and a rooftop terrace, four minutes from JR | Hotel Niwa Tokyo Check price |
64/100 | ¥18,000–39,000 | ¥27,000–41,000 |
Prices are the cheapest per person found on Rakuten Travel for Wednesdays and Saturdays between 2026-10-31 – 2026-12-23, for 2 adults in one room (checked 2026-10-24). 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.
The top score here, five minutes from Iidabashi’s five lines
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.54/5 (5,332) · Agoda 8.8/10 (2,518) · 7,850 in total
- Check-in 15:00, check-out 11:00
- Parking ¥2,200 per night, 130 spaces (Rakuten listing)
Why it made the five
- About ¥10,000–23,000 per person on a weekday with breakfast — the lowest weekday starting price of the five.
- Five minutes from Iidabashi (JR and four subway lines) and from JR Suidobashi’s west exit; Tokyo Dome and the Budokan on foot.
- Convenience store, bakery and fitness club in the building; 666 rooms.
- 4.54 across 5,332 reviews, with service at 4.59.
Getting there: About five minutes on foot from Iidabashi station (JR Sobu line east exit; Tozai, Yurakucho, Namboku and Oedo subway lines) and from the west exit of JR Suidobashi.
Language and payment: Per Rakuten, most of the staff understand a little English. Rakuten lists Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, Discover and several Japanese cards. No shared bath, so tattoos do not come up.
-
Right for: Using the Dome as one stop on a trip that covers the rest of Tokyo by subway.
-
Not for: No bath house, and the cancellation charge is 100% from the day before.
-
Worth knowing: Rakuten’s notes say check-in can take longer on days with a big event nearby, and numbered tickets may be handed out.
Score breakdown — 82/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★★☆☆ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.53 on Rakuten Travel |
| Value for money | ★★★★★ | ¥10,000–23,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 72% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; five minutes from Iidabashi (JR and four subway lines) and from Suidobashi; Tokyo Dome and the Budokan within walking distance; most staff understand a little English; convenience store, bakery and fitness club in the building; 666 rooms. |
| Trust | ★★★☆☆ | 4.54 across 5,332 reviews (Rakuten Travel 5,332) |
| Only here | ★★★☆☆ | Walkable from Iidabashi, where JR and four subway lines meet, and Rakuten’s language note says most of the staff understand a little English. |
Right across from Tokyo Dome, with reception above Don Quijote
Richmond Hotel Tokyo Suidobashi
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.41/5 (3,274) · Agoda 8.7/10 (1,030) · 4,304 in total
- The Ferris wheel and roller coaster next door make it easy to find
- Check-in 14:00, check-out 11:00
- No partner car park (Rakuten listing)
Why it made the five
- Directly opposite Tokyo Dome; reception on the fourth floor of the Don Quijote building.
- Five minutes from Kasuga, Korakuen and Suidobashi (Mita line); eight from JR Suidobashi.
- From about ¥16,000 per person on a Saturday — the lowest Saturday price of the five.
- A shared microwave and five coin laundry machines; 196 rooms.
Getting there: Five minutes on foot from Kasuga (exit A2), Korakuen (exit 2 or 3) and Suidobashi on the Toei Mita line (exit A6); eight minutes from the east exit of JR Suidobashi.
Language and payment: Per Rakuten, several staff can handle everyday matters in English. Rakuten lists Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express and Diners Club, plus PayPay, Alipay, transport IC cards and other e-money. The entrance is locked after midnight; if you arrive later, call the staff on the intercom. No shared bath, so tattoos do not come up.
- Right for: Sleeping across the road from the Dome without paying a premium for it.
- Not for: No bath house, and JR Suidobashi is eight minutes away.
Score breakdown — 73/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★☆☆☆ | The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.37 |
| Value for money | ★★★★☆ | ¥11,000–19,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 83% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; Tokyo Dome directly opposite, with reception on the fourth floor of the Don Quijote building; five minutes from Kasuga, Korakuen and Suidobashi (Mita line); several staff handle everyday English; microwave and five coin laundry machines; 196 rooms. |
| Trust | ★★★☆☆ | 4.41 across 3,274 reviews (Rakuten Travel 3,274) |
| Only here | ★★★☆☆ | Directly opposite Tokyo Dome, with reception on the fourth floor of the building Don Quijote occupies — impossible to miss. |
A hot-spring bath and sauna, right outside Kasuga station
Dormy Inn Korakuen, Kasuga-no-yu
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.43/5 (1,587) · Agoda 8.9/10 (3,215) · 4,802 in total
- Kasuga-no-yu means ‘the bath of Kasuga’
- The bath scores 4.48 on Rakuten
- Check-in 15:00, check-out 11:00
Why it made the five
- A large communal bath listed as hot spring, with a sauna and a cold plunge pool.
- In front of exit A7 (lift) at Kasuga; about four minutes from exit 8 at Korakuen.
- Convenience store in the building; free self-service coin laundry.
- From about ¥14,000 per person on a weekday with breakfast; 116 rooms.
Getting there: In front of exit A7 (lift) of Kasuga station, about a minute from exit A4; about four minutes from exit 8 of Korakuen station.
Language and payment: Per Rakuten, several staff understand a little English. Rakuten lists Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club and several Japanese cards; if you pay at the hotel, it is in full at check-in. The bath is communal and nude in the Japanese way — tattoo rules are not published, so ask the hotel before you count on using it.
- Right for: Soaking off a day at Tokyo Dome in a big bath and a sauna.
- Not for: The bath is shared, and there is no car park.
Score breakdown — 70/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★☆☆☆ | The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.42 |
| Value for money | ★★★☆☆ | ¥14,000–26,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 103% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; a large bath with sauna and cold plunge, listed as hot spring; in front of exit A7 at Kasuga and about four minutes from exit 8 at Korakuen; convenience store in the building; free self-service laundry. |
| Trust | ★★★☆☆ | 4.43 across 1,587 reviews (Rakuten Travel 1,587) |
| Only here | ★★★★★ | A hot-spring bath with a sauna and a cold plunge, right at a Kasuga station exit. |
A washer-dryer and microwave in every room, three minutes from JR
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.32/5 (2,120) · Agoda 8.6/10 (2,604) · 4,724 in total
- Check-in 15:00, check-out 11:00
- No car park (Rakuten listing)
Why it made the five
- Washer-dryer and microwave in every room; some rooms with a mini kitchen (book ahead).
- Three minutes from JR Suidobashi, four from Suidobashi on the Mita line; Tokyo Dome seven minutes on foot.
- From about ¥13,000 per person on a weekday with breakfast.
- 155 rooms; 4.32 across 2,120 reviews.
Getting there: Three minutes on foot from JR Suidobashi; four from Suidobashi on the Toei Mita line; seven to Tokyo Dome.
Language and payment: English support is not published, so ask when you book. Rakuten lists Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club and several Japanese cards; the room is paid in full at check-in. No shared bath, so tattoos do not come up.
-
Right for: Staying several nights and doing the laundry and simple meals in the room.
-
Not for: Breakfast scores only 3.85 on Rakuten, and rooms are not cleaned on stays of up to six nights.
-
Worth knowing: Rakuten’s notes say that on stays of up to six nights there is no room cleaning — only fresh towels and rubbish collection. From seven nights the room is cleaned once a week.
Score breakdown — 66/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★☆☆☆☆ | The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.29 |
| Value for money | ★★★★☆ | ¥13,000–29,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 95% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; washer-dryer and microwave in every room; some rooms with a mini kitchen (limited, book ahead); three minutes from JR Suidobashi and seven to Tokyo Dome; 155 rooms. |
| Trust | ★★☆☆☆ | 4.32 across 2,120 reviews (Rakuten Travel 2,120) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | A washer-dryer and microwave in every room, and some rooms with a mini kitchen — built for longer stays. |
Modern Japanese design and a rooftop terrace, four minutes from JR
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.56/5 (2,308) · Agoda 8.8/10 (2,449) · 4,757 in total
- Modern Japanese-style design
- Check-in 15:00, check-out 11:00
- No car park, partnered or otherwise (Rakuten listing)
Why it made the five
- Every room renovated in March 2022; the whole hotel is non-smoking.
- Rooftop terrace on the 15th floor, lounge terrace on the 3rd; workout room and free massage chairs.
- Four minutes from JR Suidobashi’s east exit; five from the Mita line, eight from Jimbocho.
- 4.56 across 2,308 reviews — the highest average of the five; cleanliness 4.65, breakfast 4.57.
Getting there: Four minutes on foot from the east exit of JR Suidobashi; five from exit A1 of Suidobashi on the Toei Mita line; eight from exit A5 of Jimbocho (Hanzomon and Toei Shinjuku lines).
Language and payment: English support is not published, so ask when you book. Rakuten lists Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, debit cards and many Japanese cards. No shared bath, so tattoos do not come up.
- Right for: A calm, Japanese-designed room near the Dome, with the strongest reviews here.
- Not for: No bath house, and the highest weekday price of the five.
Score breakdown — 64/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★☆☆☆ | The categories Rakuten does show (room and others) average 4.45 |
| Value for money | ★★☆☆☆ | ¥18,000–39,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 130% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; four minutes from JR Suidobashi’s east exit; every room renovated in March 2022, all non-smoking; rooftop terrace on the 15th floor and lounge terrace on the 3rd; workout room and free massage chairs; 229 rooms. |
| Trust | ★★★☆☆ | 4.56 across 2,308 reviews (Rakuten Travel 2,308) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | A non-smoking, modern Japanese-style hotel whose Rakuten sub-scores stand out — cleanliness 4.65, breakfast 4.57. |
Know before you book
- Three stations ring Tokyo Dome: Suidobashi (JR Chuo-Sobu line and Toei Mita line), Korakuen (Marunouchi and Namboku lines) and Kasuga (Mita and Oedo lines). Which is nearest depends on which side of the Dome your hotel is on.
- When a game or a concert ends, the stations around the Dome stay crowded for a long while. A hotel you can walk back to lets you skip that queue altogether.
- Hotels next to the Dome warn that check-in slows down on event days. The Metropolitan Edmont says it may hand out numbered tickets, so arrive with time to spare.
- Iidabashi is the transport hub of the area: JR plus the Tozai, Yurakucho, Namboku and Oedo subway lines, so most of Tokyo is one train away.
- Ochanomizu and Jimbocho are the eastern side — Kanda Myojin shrine, university hospitals and Jimbocho’s second-hand bookshops. Akihabara is walkable from Ochanomizu, and Tokyo Station is two stops away.
- Prices here are per person with breakfast, for two sharing. A Saturday can cost far more than a Wednesday, and several hotels note that Tokyo’s accommodation tax of ¥100 or ¥200 per person per night is charged on top, sometimes at the desk.
How we chose: theme, conditions, scoring
How we chose
- Candidates: every property in Tokyo Dome listed on Rakuten Travel — 68
- Passed the review filter (counts and averages on Rakuten Travel, the one site that lists every property in the area): 39
- Met every condition below: 15
- 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 Tokyo 23-ward district H — Tokyo Dome, Iidabashi, Ochanomizu and Jimbocho
- At least 100 reviews on Rakuten Travel, averaging 4.0 or better
- The cheapest rate falls between ¥7,000 and ¥30,000 per person per night
- The listing states a walking time from a station
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 67 do not.
What we dropped
| Property | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Dome Hotel | Runner-up (65/100) | Scored 65 — a point more than Hotel Niwa Tokyo — but it does the same job as the Richmond across the road, which scored 73 and starts lower on both a weekday (about ¥11,000 against ¥16,000 per person) and a Saturday (¥16,000 against ¥31,000). Five hotels that each do something different serve readers better than two beside the Dome. |
| Hotel Tokyo Garden Palace | Runner-up (64/100) | Scored 64, level with Hotel Niwa Tokyo, but its 4.25 review average is the lowest of the seven we scored, and the restaurant is closed for dinner. Niwa takes the tie with 4.56 across 2,308 reviews, four minutes from JR Suidobashi. |
| Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo | Outside the theme | 4.76 across 1,357 reviews, the best average of the 15 that met our conditions, with a hot-spring bath — but it is ten minutes on foot from Edogawabashi and about fifteen by taxi from Iidabashi, not a walk to Tokyo Dome. |
| Ochanomizu Hotel Shoryukan | Outside the theme | 4.56 across 2,867 reviews with a large bath and sauna, five minutes from JR Ochanomizu — but its cheapest rate is below the ¥7,000 floor of the mid-range band we set. |
| sequence SUIDOBASHI | Outside the theme | 4.53 across 456 reviews and about a minute from JR Suidobashi’s west exit, but its cheapest rate is under our ¥7,000 floor. Check-in also starts at 17:00 and it does not take cash. |
| Hotel Monterey Hanzomon | Outside the theme | 4.40 across 5,335 reviews, right outside exit 5 of Hanzomon station — but Hanzomon is well away from Tokyo Dome and Ochanomizu. |
Questions visitors ask
Which of these is closest to Tokyo Dome?
Richmond Hotel Tokyo Suidobashi is directly across the road, with reception on the fourth floor of the Don Quijote building. Tokyu Stay Suidobashi is seven minutes away on foot, and Dormy Inn Korakuen is at Kasuga station on the Dome’s north side. The Tokyo Dome Hotel, our runner-up, stands inside Tokyo Dome City itself.
Is there a hotel with an onsen-style bath?
Dormy Inn Korakuen, Kasuga-no-yu. Rakuten lists its large communal bath as hot spring, with a sauna and a cold plunge pool, and the hotel is right outside exit A7 of Kasuga station. It is a Japanese-style bath: wash at the taps first, then soak, no swimwear. Tattoo rules are not published, so ask the hotel first.
Do the staff speak English?
Rakuten publishes a language note for three of the five. At Hotel Metropolitan Edmont most of the staff understand a little English; at Richmond Hotel Tokyo Suidobashi several staff can handle everyday matters in English; at Dormy Inn Korakuen several staff understand a little. For the others nothing is published, so ask when you book.
I am staying a week or more. Which one?
Tokyu Stay Suidobashi. Every room has a washer-dryer and a microwave, and some have a mini kitchen if you book ahead. Be aware that on stays of up to six nights the room is not cleaned — towels are changed and rubbish collected — and from seven nights it is cleaned once a week.
How much do these cost, and when were prices checked?
We searched Rakuten Travel availability on 24 October 2026 for Wednesdays and Saturdays between 31 October and 23 December 2026, taking the cheapest plan with breakfast and showing it per person for two sharing. Weekdays start from about ¥10,000 (Hotel Metropolitan Edmont) to ¥18,000 (Hotel Niwa Tokyo); Saturdays are higher. Tokyo’s accommodation tax may be added on top. Prices move daily, so check the hotel’s page before you book.
Which one would you book?
Hotel Metropolitan Edmont: it scores 82 of 100, the highest of the five, is five minutes from Iidabashi and Suidobashi, and runs about ¥10,000–23,000 per person on a weekday and ¥19,000–27,000 on a Saturday. If you only care about being next to the Dome on the night, Richmond Hotel Tokyo Suidobashi is across the road and the cheapest of the five on a Saturday.
Changes
- 2026-10-29 First published. Scored from 68 candidates.