Frommer's Review
With four gleaming white buildings added at various stages (each with its own check-in), the Shinagawa Prince is the largest sleep factory in Japan. It's a virtual city within a city, with more than a dozen food and beverage outlets, a 10-screen cinema complex, an aquarium, a large sports center with nine indoor tennis courts, an 80-lane bowling center, an indoor golf practice center, a SEGA amusement/arcade-game center, indoor and outdoor pools, and a fitness center. It caters to Japanese businessmen on weekdays and to students and family vacationers on weekends and holidays. Rooms vary widely depending on which building you select: The Main Tower has only very small singles, at the cheapest rates; the Annex has singles, twins, and doubles in a medium price range; the 39-story New Tower, with its outdated pastel colors and mostly twins, is no longer very new; the upscale Executive Tower, with only doubles, has the smartest-looking rooms and the highest prices. Assuming you can find it, be sure to have a drink or meal at the 39th-floor Top of Shinagawa; its views of Tokyo Bay and the city are among the best in town. With its many diversions, this hotel is like a resort getaway but is too big and busy for my taste.
Facilities: 14 restaurants; bar; 24-hr. Internet cafe; sports center (various fees charged, ¥1,050/$10 for indoor pool, ¥1,100/$10 for outdoor pool); tour desk; business center; shopping arcade; convenience store; salon; same-day laundry/dry-cleaning service; nonsmoking rooms; cinema complex; IMAX; amusement arcade; aquarium; children's day-care center.
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