Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East with Kids - Tokyo - Review
After staying at Karaksa Hotel Premier Tokyo Ginza in 2023, we wanted to try another Mimaru hotel, this time in the Tokyo Ginza area and thought Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East would be great. We love the family friendly Mimaru Apartment Hotel chain, they have slowly grown their portfolio across Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka over the years and are super accomodating for families with children or groups.
While it was a great hotel to stay in, it wasn’t located right next to the Shimbashi main station which we appreciated during our last trip which meant we needed to change a few subway lines but it was still located in the nice Ginza area. The hotel entrance is located off a main street and has a small local grocery shop with fruit and veg across it. There is a big 7 Eleven located nearby and nearby restaurants and cafés too.
Note: Photos and review from our visit in January 2025.
Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East Hotel Entrance from the side street - Photo credit: @busycitykids
Reception seating - Photo credit: @busycitykids
Kids books at reception - Photo credit: @busycitykids
The hotel is very family friendly with kid books and games and toys available for hire during your stay as well as appliances etc.
Appliances to hire - Photo credit: @busycitykids
Toys and Games Hiring choices - Photo credit: @busycitykids
We visited in January so the lobby had these cute New Year kids activities to do.
New Year art activities for kids - Photo credit: @busycitykids
We booked an bedroom apartment with 4 single beds as per photo and plan below.
2 single beds setup in our room - Photo credit: @busycitykids
Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East Apartment (4 single beds) - Photo credit: @busycitykids
The room had a seating table with 2 benches (4 seats total) which we moved around to fit our suitcases. The room also included a little kitchenette and fridge similarly to other Mimaru hotels. The room had a smart tv, aircon and air purifier.
Seating table with two benches for 4 people - Photo credit: @busycitykids
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Sink area - Photo credit: @busycitykids
The bathroom had a single sink outside and bath with standing shower next to it as a wet room.
Bathroom with shower and bath - wet room - Photo credit: Mimaru Hotels
On the ground floor, the hotel had toilets, a vending machine, smoking room and a laundromat with 3 washing machines and 3 dryers. ¥400 for a wash and ¥100 for a drying cycle. You may need to add more coins depending on wash load. There is a little machine in the laundromat where you can convert a ¥1,000 bill into ¥100 coins for the washing machines and dryer.
- Photo credit: @busycitykids
- Photo credit: @busycitykids
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The lobby had a useful little Ginza map.
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The Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East hotel had the following optional service fees as well as luggage delivery options.
We quite enjoyed our stay at the Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East and the proximity to Ginza, the station, restaurants and convenient stores. The apartment was nice and the staff were very friendly and kind with our needs.
As mentioned before, while it was a great hotel to stay in, it wasn’t located right next to the Shimbashi main station which we appreciated during our last trip which meant we needed to change a few subway lines but it was still located in the Ginza area which was nice. One word of warning though, locate the lifts at the nearby station near the hotel to avoid carrying heavy suitcases up the stairs of doom as per below photo (which I took on a different day when we weren’t carrying heavy suitcases which almost killed me ha!).
This visit was self funded. To book your stay, head to this link.
Stairs of doom as the kids called it - Photo credit: @busycitykids
Our tips:
Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East is located at 1 Chome-4-4 Shintomi, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0041.
Locate lifts within the station. I do not recommend taking steps from doom with many heavy suitcases . See photo above.
Access the hotel is off a main street.
Check-in in most hotels in Japan is not before 3pm. The staff at the hotel were happy to keep suitcases before/after check-in at reception.
To book your stay Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East, head to this link.
Location of Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East in relation to Tokyo
Map of Tokyo and distance from the Mimaru Tokyo Gynza East - Photo credit: Mimaru Hotels
Route showing nearby stations including Takaracho Station and showing elevators - Photo credit: Mimaru Hotels
Directions from nearest station
Shintomicho Station Exit 2 (Elevator Exit) (Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line) 3-minute walk
Takaracho Station Exit A1 (Toei Subway Asakusa Line) 5-minute walk
Hatchobori Station Exit A3 (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line / JR Keiyo Line) 6-minute walk
Info from the Mimaru Ginza East website.
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