The Sunshine City Prince Hotel is located in one of the most active areas in Tokyo, Ikebukuro, with shopping, restaurants and transportation within easy walking distance. The hotel itself is immaculately clean and the staff is helpful and friendly. That said, the rooms are small, in fact, very small. In a twin room occupied by two adults, there is barely room for luggage and people. The equally small bathrooms are the modular type one would find in an inside cabin on a cruise ship, where you have a six-inch step up to enter. Everything is there but you can literally turn the water on in the tub/shower while sitting on the commode. And, although our trip was in October, where you would expect that the stifling summer heat and humidity in Tokyo would have passed, air conditioning was still needed and the central air in our room wasn’t up to the task.
If you are looking for a centrally-located place to throw yourself into bed after a long day of site seeing around Tokyo, the Sunshine City Prince is a great, economical choice, but if you are expecting more of a Western esthetic with room to walk around in your room and adequate AC, you’ll have to go elsewhere.
