| What is a Weekly Mansion? | | | | |
| | | | If you stay longer than a week, many of the |
| A weekly mansion is a furnished apartment for | | | | monthly mansions provide a discount. The |
| short-term stays. From a size vs price | | | | weekly prices are about 5,000-6,000 yen/night |
| perspective, they are generally more | | | | although you can receive a discount of about |
| expensive than other housing such as | | | | 500 yen to 1,000 yen per night depending on |
| guesthouses and ryokans. One of the big | | | | the location if you stay for a month. The |
| differences between a guesthouse and a weekly | | | | average price at Weekly Mansion Tokyo is |
| mansion is that guesthouse accommodation is | | | | about 5,000 yen per night for a monthly plan. |
| conducive to meeting other people and | | | | |
| socialising, whereas weekly mansions are | | | | Location |
| private rooms with no 'social space' to | | | | |
| mingle with other guests. Weekly Mansions are | | | | One good thing about weekly mansions is that |
| predominantly used by Japanese people and | | | | there are a lot of them and they are nearly |
| often by those on business trips. | | | | always located within walking distance of a |
| | | | station. The main locations in Tokyo are in |
| The rooms are fairly small and in most cases | | | | the following areas: Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, |
| not ideal for families. Meals are not | | | | Gotanda, Shinagawa, Akasaka, Roppongi, Ueno, |
| included and at most places there is no | | | | Asakusa, Nihonbashi, Koto, Kawasaki, Yokohama |
| housekeeping. The rooms are set up to cater | | | | and Chiba. |
| for travelling business people so all rooms | | | | |
| have a high speed internet connection. | | | | Most of the weekly mansions have essential |
| | | | facilities such as a microwave oven, air |
| The company which runs the weekly mansions in | | | | conditioner, desk lamp, iron etc. They also |
| Tokyo is called Weekly Mansion Tokyo. They | | | | have free internet access, television, phone, |
| offer accommodation in 44 locations in the | | | | fridge, dryer and also some other creature |
| Tokyo area. Unfortunately their site is only | | | | comforts such as video on demand. |
| in Japanese so you may need some assistance | | | | |
| when choosing a room from their site. They do | | | | Alternatives to Weekly Mansions |
| have an English site but they only offer | | | | |
| accommodation in two areas in Tokyo (Akasaka | | | | Another type of housing similar to Weekly |
| and Asakusa) and two locations in Osaka | | | | Mansions are Montly Mansions. Because many of |
| (Otemae and Shinsaibashi). The rooms | | | | the Weekly Mansions in Tokyo are run by the |
| advertised on the English sites are called | | | | same company there is a fair degree of |
| the 'comfort selection' and are a bit larger | | | | standardization in the facilities. There are |
| and can cater for families. | | | | a larger number of Monthly Mansions run by |
| | | | various operators so the pricing, size and |
| Prices | | | | standard of facilities varies quite a bit. |