Tokyo hotel for person afraid of elevators and high-rises

Hotel Oriental Express Tokyo Kamata. Right next to Kamata station, and easy access across Tokyo public transport system. If you fly into Haneda Airport it is a short direct train ride. One transfer needed if coming from Narita. Working class neighborhood with grocery and stores nearby in train station. 7-11 around the corner. Smaller hotel, not a big high rise. I enjoyed my stay there.

Thank you - I’ll look that up!

You might try doing research on booking.com. Does not mean you have to book through booking.

There is an option about elevators to the higher floors which I check off. There is an option about all rooms on the lower floors which you should check off.

Read the descriptions in the results. Some of the descriptions will say something about no lifts. I know from fact because I need an elevator so I read the descriptions carefully and make certain there is

if it is a smaller hotel rather than a larger one, there may be no lifts.

What you can also do is request the hotel give you a room on a lower floor. Many people do this. (It can't be guaranteed though.)

I'm the opposite. I want a room as high as possible. I put the request in when I make my reservation as most hotels have a box you can put in any special requests. It's not guaranteed but most do try to accomodate their guests.

Whatever hotel you choose, make sure the hotel gets a note that you want a room on the lowest floor possible. (Be aware, some hotels will not put a single woman on the ground floor. But you can always request it.)

Valerie, I'm the same way not so much with elevators but with high rises. I can't get a room on a high floor so I always put in my request that I want something no higher than the third or fourth floor. And I don't think I've ever not been able to be accommodated.

As Frank mentioned, there's no guarantee but honestly I think most hotels are happy to accommodate people like that, especially since many people do want higher floors in high rises so the lower floors are more available.

I stayed at the Asakusa View Hotel Annex Rokku at the beginning of my trip in November. It is 8 stories. The lobby is on the second floor. The restaurant is on the ground floor. I don’t recall noticing the stairs so I don’t know if you can enter the stairwell and walk up to the lobby without a cardkey. You needed your room cardkey to get to any floor other than the first or second when using the elevator.

Asakusa is a little out of the way, but I thought it was a great location to get over jet lag and I was really happy with the hotel. It had a great breakfast. The hotel is about a 10 to 15 minute walk from two metro stations (Asakusa and Tawaramachi). You are close to the Asakusa Shrine and Kappabashi Street which is where all the shops selling culinary equipment are located. I also walked to the Tokyo National Museum from the hotel (about 30 minute walk).

https://www.viewhotels.jp/asakusa-annex

I stayed at Ryokan Asakusa Shigetsu in a Western-style room many years ago. But I see that they still have very good reviews and I believe it was only 3 or 4 stories. It was in Asakusa and I loved the location.

Thank you for all of these ideas! I'm realizing that it will be helpful if I make my site list out and then narrow down hotel locations so I'm going to work on that and then see which of these might be nearby.

I find I'm a different traveler when I'm alone - location matters so much - so I feel comfortable coming and going at will. I just did a final solo time in a Catania hotel that was in a neighborhood removed from all the sites and the hotel was next to a somewhat seedy square. This definitely impacted my decisions about going out on my own and underscores how much I value location. And I know Tokyo is different than Catania - but proximity to sites makes me a happier traveler.

Tokyo is going to be a museum-heavy visit for me, so I've got some research and choosing to do!

Try the b Akasaka. It has eight floors, but I assume you can ask for a lower floor. I stayed there twice, but some years ago.

Slightly off topic, but don't miss going to Team Lab Planets in Tokyo. It is amazing.
https://www.teamlab.art/e/planets/
Must buy tickets in advance.

@Carol - Team Labs Planets and Borderless are the top two sites on my list. I’m a huge fan of light art!!!!!!!!!

I suggest you start with Planets, then! I saw Borderless first and thought it was a bit more impressive.