Blue Bottle Coffee Kiyosumi Shirakawa

Family size rooms come with kitchens, so you can handle breakfast, snacks and picky eaters without another restaurant.

A central apartment-style hotel that works especially well if you want more room than a standard Tokyo hotel and easy access toward Maihama.

The building is striking and the famous wave imagery gives kids an easy visual hook into Japanese art.

Recently reopened and full of large scale recreations that make the city's history much easier for kids to picture.

A simple central option near Tokyo Station with laundry and a few room layouts that work for smaller families without paying luxury-hotel prices.

A good Kinshicho base with suites that can fit up to six, plus a playground and useful everyday shopping within an easy walk.