Mimaru is an area apartment-style resort chain in Japan that focuses on catering to households and mates travelling collectively. In reality, the resort identify, Mimaru, derives from the Japanese phrases “minna” and “tomaru”, which implies “everybody to remain”.

The chain options clear and spacious lodging that may accommodate households of all sizes. There are properties in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka, and all are conveniently situated inside strolling distance of subway stations.

In 2021, in addition they opened a number of all-suite properties in Tokyo and Kyoto that provide two or extra bed room flats. Some properties have particular rooms, like Pokémon- or ninja-themed rooms. 

We lately stayed on the Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East location, a extremely rated property in-built 2019, and located it met all our wants and people of the opposite 5 households travelling with us.

Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East – Reserving

The resort provides a wide range of lodging choices. Between the six households in our group who every had two or three kids, we bought to pattern a number of completely different condo types.

Normally when reserving a resort room in Japan, we’re restricted to 1 or two choices as a result of not many rooms can accommodate households of 4 or extra; nevertheless, this isn’t the case with Mimaru. The chain provides a myriad of eight choices that may accommodate a complete of as much as eight friends. 

I made my reserving by Accommodations.com utilizing the Rakuten procuring portal to earn some additional money again. I like Accommodations.com Rewards and use it to guide any accommodations that don’t have their very own loyalty program. 

(Sadly, it seems to be like Accommodations.com Rewards can be significantly devalued in some unspecified time in the future in 2023, so be sure you make use of it in its present format whilst you nonetheless can).

We booked a Premium Deluxe Japanese Condo, solely as a result of I assumed having a Japanese-themed room with a tatami mat to sleep on could be neat for the youngsters to expertise. It’s one of many bigger however dearer choices, and may accommodate a household of as much as eight.

Once we booked again in July 2022, it was $325 (CAD) per night time plus taxes. It’s price noting that present charges are over $500 (CAD) per night time plus taxes.

A few of my mates booked barely smaller and cheaper rooms, just like the Loft Mattress Theatre Condo, for $275 (CAD) earlier than taxes. This room is now over $350 (CAD) an evening plus taxes.

One other household booked the Pokémon-themed room for $400 (CAD) earlier than taxes, however now could be at the moment over $450 (CAD) plus taxes per night time.

I paid for my reserving with my HSBC World Elite Mastercard and redeemed my HSBC Rewards factors to offset the price of the reserving. I cashed my factors out for journey credit at a price 200 HSBC Rewards = $1.

Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East – Location

Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East is situated within the district of Ginza, within the Chuo ward of Tokyo. Ginza is known for its procuring, eating, and leisure.

It’s conveniently only a seven-minute stroll from Kyobashi Station on the Ginza Line. From right here, you may catch a 20-minute subway journey to Shibuya Station.

For native eats, you may stroll quarter-hour to the Tsukiji Outer Market, which has a wide range of recent seafood choices and native eats together with Kitsuneya, a well-known beef stew place.

Inside a 15-minute stroll, you’ll additionally discover standard Japanese shops together with Uniqlo, Loft, Itoya, and Muji. The Pokémon retailer can be shut by for the youngsters.

Straight throughout from the resort is a small grocery market the place you should purchase recent fruits, greens, milk, eggs, and different gadgets to prepare dinner your personal meals at your condo.

Inside a five-minute stroll you can too discover a Ministop, 7-Eleven, or Lawson comfort retailer.

Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East – Test-in

The condo resort is a smaller constructing nestled in a quieter neighborhood. The primary entrance is off a small facet road.

Test-in begins at 3pm. We arrived at 4:30pm, and our room was prepared with our baggage already within the room. We had shipped our baggage from our earlier resort in Osaka the day prior.

The foyer is a small house with a seating space within the nook and a small check-in desk. 

The desk is normally manned by two workers from 7am–10pm each day, with one who’s absolutely fluent in English. We discovered the workers to be very courteous.

All the resort’s particulars and amenities had been defined to us with the assistance of a wise display on the check-in counter, which displayed all the data visually in English.

Facilities reminiscent of toothbrushes, sleeping robes, slippers, different toiletry gadgets, espresso, and tea can be found at a self-service station within the foyer, between the check-in desk and the elevator. There are even slippers and toothbrushes for youths.

You’ll be able to assist your self to the facilities as you would like, except facial merchandise by Sekkisei, which should be requested from the entrance desk.

The constructing has 9 flooring, eight of which home lodging, with a number of rooms on every flooring. Key playing cards are required to enter the constructing between 10pm and 7am, and are required always to enter the elevator.

Test-out is at 11am, however you may pay an additional ¥5,000 ($50 CAD) for a late check-out of 1pm. 

After checking in, we picked up our facilities and headed to the elevator and as much as our room.

Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East – Premium Deluxe Japanese Condo

As talked about earlier, all rooms can accommodate as much as six or eight friends in whole and are non-smoking. The condo sizes vary from 409 to over 670 sq. ft.

Let’s begin with an in depth evaluation of my condo, after which I’ll give a short overview of the opposite rooms booked by our mates, because the facilities in all of the rooms are related.

Our condo was Room 205, and the final room down a brief out of doors hall out of the elevator.

Upon opening the door, the room appeared a bit darkish for the center of the afternoon. There have been two units of bigger home windows within the room, however being on the second flooring, we weren’t getting a lot daylight coming by.

Slightly than having drapes and curtains, the home windows function sliding shojis. They’re efficient in sustaining privateness whereas permitting some daylight by.

The room was embellished in darker colors, which additionally added to the darkness of the room, with darkish blue and gray partitions, brown carpeting, and black wood furnishings.  

On the room entrance is a key card change that controls the electrical energy within the room. It doesn’t must be your precise keycard to activate the change – any related sized and formed card will do. Thankfully, the lighting adequately brightened up the room.

To the left of the doorway is a closet rack with loads of hangers and in addition an extra-large umbrella, which was large enough to cowl a few adults or an grownup and two kids.

In case you require extra umbrellas for a wet day, smaller ones can be found to make use of proper by the resort’s essential entrance. 

To the best of the doorway is a small kitchenette, with a microwave, stovetop, oven, sink, and full-size fridge with a freezer. On the countertop was a kettle and a toaster oven.

Within the cabinets and drawers had been cutlery, plates, bowls, cups, mugs, a ladle, scissors, corkscrew, chopping board, and numerous pots and pans. Paper towels, dish cleaning soap and a sponge, and saran wrap had been additionally supplied. 

Some specialty cookware, video games, and different devices can be found to borrow from a big shelf within the foyer. A few of these gadgets included a espresso maker, French press, wine glasses, a rice cooker, a waffle maker, Jenga, and a pack of playing cards, amongst different issues. 

There have been two twin beds, a twin bunk mattress, and two twin futons to accommodate as much as six adults and two kids aged six and beneath. The beds had been fairly snug with thick comforters.

The headboard for the 2 twin beds had a built-in panel between them that options USB ports, shops, and switches to manage lighting on the headboard. The wood facet panelling of the higher and decrease bunk beds had the same panel, however no outlet. 

The dual futons with additional bedding had been in a closet, and got here with directions on the closet door on easy methods to set them up on the tatami mats. The tatami mats got here arrange with a small espresso desk and seating pads round it. 

Along with this seating association, there was an extended desk with banquette seating and stools round it, that would simply seat eight folks to share a take-out or home-cooked meal.

On one finish of the desk was a hutch with a big flat-screen TV and a smartphone that can be utilized to make native calls or to contact the entrance desk. 

One factor I appreciated had been the rounded corners on all of the furnishings, an ideal security function for these with younger kids. The one furnishings with a sq. nook was the kitchenette counter, which had a nook protector positioned on it. 

The lavatory has a conceit with double sinks that was separated from the moist room by a frosted glass door. The self-importance has a number of cups, a hair dryer, and was effectively equipped with towels.

A moist room is a Japanese-style rest room wherein the bathe and tub are in the identical room, so your entire room will get moist. Each the bathtub and bathe space featured non-slip flooring, and a change on the wall by the bath allowed for lighting changes.

Mimaru makes use of its personal branded toiletries which are equipped in giant multi-use bottles.

The bathroom isn’t situated in the principle rest room space, however slightly in a separate room. Right here, you’ll discover a tiny sink and good bathroom with a heated seat, amongst different capabilities.

The one factor I discovered missing within the room was devoted house to place our baggage and ample drawer house to unpack our baggage. We ended up laying out our open baggage on the ground and tatami mats.

Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East – Pokémon Room

A lot to the envy of my youngsters, my buddy had booked the Pokémon Room for his household. It might accommodate as much as 4 adults and two kids aged six and beneath.

The room got here with two twin beds positioned collectively, a twin bunk mattress, and two cushioned kitchen benches that may very well be transformed into smaller beds if wanted.

Like our condo, this one additionally had a eating set and a kitchenette. The bathroom was positioned within the rest room on this room.

The décor was of a lighter and brighter tone, with gray carpeting and light-weight oak-coloured furnishings, and Pokémon motifs throughout. The most important function was a big Snorlax on the mattress.

At check-in, friends staying on this room are additionally offered with a small Pokémon novelty bag containing a Pikachu sticker, a Snorlax baggage tag, and a Pokémon procuring bag.

Not all properties have the Pokémon-themed rooms, so be sure you examine examine the web site to see which Mimaru properties do.

Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East – Loft Mattress Theatre Condo

A few my mates booked this cute condo. As soon as once more, just like the Pokémon room, the décor was lighter and brighter, which I truly appreciated extra so than our darker décor.

This specific room might additionally accommodate as much as 4 adults and two kids aged six and beneath, with a complete of 4 twin beds and two cushioned kitchen benches. There’s additionally a small desk along with the eating set and kitchenette. 

Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East – Different Amenities

There’s no restaurant at this property, nevertheless, eating places, grocery shops, and comfort shops are shut by. For essentially the most half, we opted to exit to cafés and the marketplace for breakfast, but additionally loved a few take-out meals on a few late nights out.

There’s a merchandising machine for hot and cold drinks, situated within the laundry room.

The on-site laundry facility was a giant bonus for my household. We had been greater than per week into our journey once we arrived in Tokyo, so we had a little bit of laundry to do. Inside, there are three washing machines and three dryers.

Washing prices ¥400 ($4 CAD) per load, which incorporates detergent that’s routinely disbursed if you begin the machine. The associated fee to dry is time-dependent, and charged at ¥100 ($1 CAD) for each half-hour.

We discovered it required normally two or three 30-minute cycles to dry the garments. There’s a change machine within the room, too, in case you don’t have the best cash.

If you wish to avoid wasting cash, you may partly dry garments in your personal condo which has a dangling drying rack, however this may take for much longer. 

There’s a giant washroom on the principle flooring beside the laundry room, which is handy for youths who want that one final rest room break earlier than heading out. 

Housekeeping companies fluctuate relying in your size of keep. On a regular basis, trash is collected, towels are swapped out, and bathroom paper is refilled. On the fourth and seventh days, they’ll additionally make the beds and vacuum the room.

In case you’d like a full clear, which incorporates cleansing the toilet and bathroom, you may request this on the entrance desk.

Conclusion

Mimaru Tokyo Ginza East is a good lodging possibility for households and mates travelling in Japan. It doesn’t have all of the companies and facilities chances are you’ll discover at a full-service resort, nevertheless it has all you want for a secure, snug, and kid-friendly keep, and a wide range of condo varieties to select from. 

The Tokyo Ginza East location is ideally located to hop on the subway, do some procuring, or go to the Tsukiji Outer Marketplace for some native and recent eats. We additionally appreciated its shut proximity to grocery and comfort shops, and having an onsite laundry facility.

The Pokémon room was additionally an enormous hit for the youngsters. 

I’d don’t have any hesitation staying at this property once more, or one other Mimaru property once we go to Japan once more.