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