Hotel Mid In Akabane Ekimae

Good location; friendly, professional staff

This is your basic Japanese business hotel: very small--but adequate--room, and not much else to it. The TV is tiny--as small as my laptop--placed on a desk that runs parallel to the bed (so that you can't really watch TV while sitting or laying in bed), and had only the basic dozen analog broadcast channels. I was more than a bit put off to find that the bathroom was the one-piece-molded, very dark, with a single faucet for both the tub and sink type typical in older hotels and apartment buildings. Newer hotels have nicer facilities, and this is one of the features I look for when I book. The photos on Booking.com showed the newer, much nicer type of bathroom, which is why I picked this place (my usual choice when I stay in Akabane, Daiwa Roynet, wasn't available this time) and it's annoying to find out I was misled. I don't think I'll stay here again.