Belmont Hotel: 東京都台東区柳橋１−２−８.
(1-2-8 Yanagibashi, Taito Ward.)
Phone: 03/3864 7733. Fax: 03/3864 7732.
Price: from 9000 Yen per night.
You cant beat this location on picturesque Kanda River. Good access to Akihabara and Asakusa and close to the river cruise launches.
"Access -- From Asakusabashi Station on the JR Sobu line: 2 min.walk.
From Asakusabashi Station on the Asakusa line: 2 min. walk.
From Higashi Nihonbashi Station on the Asakusa line: 5 min. walk.
"Room Charge single room 8000yen〜11000yen.
Twin room deluxe twin room 15000yen〜16700yen 22000yen
double room 15500yen
Japanese special room 21000yen 40000yen."

Capsule Inn Hotel: 6-9 Akihabara, Taito Ward.
Phone: 03/3251 0841. Fax: 03/3251 0844. Web: www.akihabara.yad.jp/map.html. Map: www.wh-rsv.com/english/akihabara/index.html#access.
Check In: 5pm. Check Out: 10am.
Credit cards accepted: American Express, JCB, Master Card, VISA.
About four minutes walk from Akihabara JR station and the Akihabara Hibiya Line station.
A night in a capsule hotel is a high priority for many tourists visiting Japan. I don't know why -- I mean I know capsule hotels are supposed to be a uniquely Japanese experience, an experience you wouldn't find in downtown Berlin or Chicago. Capsule hotels represent the two threads of Japan, the past and the future, coming together in one knot: the bonsai Zenlike love of miniaturization (in this case the miniaturization of your room!), and the Japanese love of high-tech. The end result is a style of accommodation reminiscent of those old sci-fi classics like Alien and Doctor Who -- humans stored cryogenetically in coffin sized bedchambers. If you want to experience a night in a capsule hotel while you are in Japan, what better place is there than Akihabara, the hightech heart of the whole country? On the other hand, I would rather spend the night in a Japanese love hotel, even if I was alone, because the love hotels are more fun. In a love hotel you can sing karaoke and enjoy light shows in your bathtub. In a capsule hotel you are basically crammed in like sardines. And from what I have heard (since I have never stayed in a capsule hotel before) you pass an uneasy night listening to a cachophany of neighboring wheezes and snores, before getting woken by the chorus of alarms which kick in about 6am, and continue until checkout time at 10am.
I am a cynic I know -- so go ahead and f00king shoot me!

Doll@Cafe: 外神田１−６−７秋葉原センタービル5F.
(5th floor Akihabara Center Building, 1-6-7 Soto Kanda.)
Phone: 03/3251 5865. Web: http://www.doll-cafe.net. Map: http://www.doll-cafe.net/html/access.htm.
If Akihabara is the wierdest part of Tokyo, then Doll@Cafe is probably the wierdest part of Akihabara. Located on the fifth floor of Akihabara Center, Doll@Cafe is not actually a cafe but rather what they would call in England a "place of ill repute". That's right it is a brothel, a whorehouse! But here's the catch -- at Doll@Cafe there are no females, at least human females at least (with blood in their veins.) At Doll@Cafe all the ladies are lifesize dolls. I admit, some of them look cute -- see some more pictures here. But for the life of me I just can't understand why people would shell out money -- and this case a lot of money -- to sleep with a doll. For that amount of money they could purchase a real hooker. It is obvious therefore that some Japanese men would rather make love to a doll than to a woman. It is just too strange for words (but such is the nature of Japan!)
Like love hotels, there are two options -- the short stay (euphemistically called a "rest", although we all know that short Japanese love hotel stays are anything but restful), and the overnighter (at this establishment they call it the "night course".)
It's cool to take photos of yourself with the dolls, and you can also dress them up in whatever turns you on -- school uniforms and maid costumes seem to be particularly popular.
The dolls are specifically made for love and weigh in at around 26 to 28 kilograms, and are 140cm to 150cm tall when standing. A night of passion with one of them will set you back 22,000 Yen (around US$250). If you want a quick rumble then a 45 minute session will cost you only 10,000 Yen.
Want to experience modern sex Japanese style -- Doll@Cafe is the place for you!
But if real women are more to your taste, then perhaps you ought to head to Thailand!

Tokyo Green Hotel Ochanomizu: 神田淡路町２−６.
(2-6 Kanda Awajichou.)
Phone: 03/3255 4161. Fax: 3/3255 4862. Map: click here for map.

KANDA/AKIHABARA, Tokyo My lesbian cousin Kel and her pet girl of the time stayed here during the silver winter of 2006/2007. I visited them once and watched a new remake of Monkey on TV. We went up to Nikko and hung out in the winter sun. According to notes I made at the time: "(The Green Hotel) is At Awajicho. Just a stones throw from Akihabara. My cousin Kellie stayed here." Kel told me all about Chem Trails. I smoked dope and tried to date a girl called Tomomi. It was just another winter in paradise -- but it was good having Kel around, even in her current lesbian form." . From Subway Marunouchi Line Awajicho Station: 2 mins on foot. From Shuto Expressway Kandabashi Exit: (500 m) Details