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APA Hotel opens for the first time in Tokyo’s Kita Ward. Equipped with an open-air bath and within walking distance of Akabane Station.

By Editor in Chief

on Tue Feb 04 2025

APA Hotel opened “APA Hotel ” (2-66-8 Akabane, Kita-ku, Tokyo).

The 15-story building has a total of 269 rooms. The hotel has the latest specifications of a “new urban hotel,” including “cozy rooms” with sofas. In order to accommodate the increasing number of foreign visitors to Japan, the hotel has adopted pictogram-centered signs and information, introduced Wi-Fi 6 standard free Wi-Fi, adopted universal power outlets compatible with plugs from almost all over the world, and provided USB Type-A/C charging ports.

The second floor is equipped with a large public bath and an open-air bath “Genjo-no-yu”, which can be used free of charge by guests. As a restaurant serving breakfast, the “Tosa Chicken and Side Dishes Jiro” restaurant is located on the first floor. The breakfast buffet is available from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m. for 1,500 yen in advance and 1,600 yen on the day of the buffet.

It is a 1-minute walk from Akabane-Iwabuchi Station on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line and Saitama Rapid Transit Saitama Stadium Line, and JR Akabane Station is also within walking distance.

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