# Tokyo with kids: a hotel or an apartment?

Written 2026-10-10 by Play Day. Tokyo's apartment hotels are built for four. The apartment chains with a kitchen and a washer, the hotels that fit four with a pool or breakfast, and when we'd pick each.

Families in Tokyo can pick a hotel room or an apartment with its own kitchen, and the apartment chains blur the line. MIMARU, MONday Apart, Hyatt House and KOKO Residence are hotels that happen to have a kitchen and beds for four to six in one unit, a washing machine in the apartment or the building, and a front desk. For a family of four or more, or any stay over three nights, they're our pick.

An ordinary hotel is right for a short stay, for a family of three, or when you'd rather have a pool, a breakfast buffet and a big lobby than a washer.

## The apartment hotels

### [MIMARU Tokyo Station East](https://ourplayday.com/places/mimaru-tokyo-station-east)

Area: Hatchobori

The MIMARU closest to Tokyo Station and the Disney train, with room types from two-bedroom apartments to tatami suites, the widest choice of layouts in the chain. Cribs are available, and our guide to which MIMARU to stay in covers all thirteen Tokyo ones: https://ourplayday.com/guides/japan/tokyo/mimaru-which-to-stay-in

- Cribs: Yes
- Connecting rooms: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Fridge: Yes
- Kitchenette: Yes
- Laundry: Yes

### [MIMARU Tokyo Ueno East](https://ourplayday.com/places/mimaru-tokyo-ueno-east)

Area: Ueno

Ueno Park and its zoo are nearby, and besides the bunk-bed apartments there's a Pokémon room. Book this one for a Pokémon fan.

- Cribs: Yes
- Connecting rooms: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Fridge: Yes
- Kitchenette: Yes
- Laundry: Yes

### [Hyatt House Tokyo Shibuya](https://ourplayday.com/places/hyatt-house-tokyo-shibuya)

Area: Shibuya

Apartment-style rooms with a chain's polish, on a quiet street a few minutes from Shibuya's crossing, with Harajuku on foot and a kitchen for the early dinners.

- Cribs: No
- Connecting rooms: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Fridge: Yes
- Kitchenette: Yes
- Laundry: Yes
- Pool: Yes, indoor

### [MONday Apart Premium Ueno](https://ourplayday.com/places/monday-apart-premium-ueno)

Area: Ueno

Try this chain when MIMARU is full or the budget is tighter. It has cribs, and it's in the same part of Ueno.

- Cribs: Yes
- Fridge: Yes
- Kitchenette: Yes
- Laundry: Yes

### [KOKO Hotel Residence Asakusa Tawaramachi](https://ourplayday.com/places/koko-hotel-residence-asakusa-tawaramachi)

Area: Asakusa

Rooms here feel like apartments and fit larger groups, with a washing machine in each. Asakusa is the old east side with the temple and the river, and a lovely neighborhood for an evening walk with a stroller.

- Cribs: Yes
- Fridge: Yes
- Kitchenette: Yes
- Laundry: Yes

## The hotels that fit four

These have a pool, a breakfast buffet and a lobby, in rooms that fit a family of four. The rest, by station, are in https://ourplayday.com/guides/japan/tokyo/family-hotels

### [Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo](https://ourplayday.com/places/keio-plaza-hotel-tokyo)

Area: West Shinjuku

The classic Tokyo family hotel, with family rooms for up to five and a dozen restaurants, a few minutes from Shinjuku station, and the Disney bus leaves from the lobby. For a short first trip, it does everything.

- Cribs: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Fridge: Yes
- Pool: Yes

### [Hyatt Regency Tokyo](https://ourplayday.com/places/hyatt-regency-tokyo)

Area: West Shinjuku

Next door to the Keio Plaza and a touch quieter, with a pool and rooms that are large for Tokyo. It has high chairs and kid-friendly restaurants, and a big playground is a few minutes away.

- Cribs: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Fridge: Yes
- Laundry: Yes
- Pool: Yes, indoor

### [karaksa hotel Tokyo Station](https://ourplayday.com/places/karaksa-hotel-tokyo-station)

Area: Yaesu

It's built for groups, with suites and a fridge in every room, a short walk from the bullet trains and the Disney line. Handy if you're moving on to Kyoto.

- Cribs: No
- Connecting rooms: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Fridge: Yes
- Laundry: Yes

### [Hotel Metropolitan Edmont](https://ourplayday.com/places/hotel-metropolitan-edmont)

Area: Iidabashi

Between Tokyo Dome and Iidabashi, a big, quiet hotel with suites and rooms larger than most city hotels.

- Cribs: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Fridge: Yes
- Laundry: Yes

### [Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel](https://ourplayday.com/places/cerulean-tower-tokyu-hotel)

Area: Shibuya

On the hill above Shibuya station, with a heated indoor pool and a kids' club, for a family that wants a hotel to be a hotel.

- Cribs: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Fridge: Yes
- Laundry: Yes
- Pool: Yes, 18 and up, indoor, heated

## What about an Airbnb?

An apartment hotel adds luggage storage and someone to call (a big deal with kids).

Page: https://ourplayday.com/guides/japan/tokyo/hotel-or-apartment-with-kids