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Best Hotels Near Musashi-Kosugi Station | The Tower Town Where Every Line Meets
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Best Hotels Near Musashi-Kosugi Station | The Tower Town Where Every Line Meets

The tower town that connects to everything β€” Shibuya, Tokyo Station, Yokohama and Haneda, all one seat away.

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Best Hotels Near Kawasaki Station | Cinema Streets & Industrial Night Views
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Best Hotels Near Kawasaki Station | Cinema Streets & Industrial Night Views

The in-between city that outworks both neighbors β€” Italian-hill cinemas, a great pilgrimage temple, and glittering factory nightscapes.

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Best Hotels Near Yokohama Station | Japan’s Great Port City Hub
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Best Hotels Near Yokohama Station | Japan’s Great Port City Hub

Five railways, one great port city β€” Minato Mirai skylines, Japan's biggest Chinatown, and hotels for every budget.

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Best Hotels Near Chiba Station | Monorail City & the Boso Gateway
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Best Hotels Near Chiba Station | Monorail City & the Boso Gateway

A capital city riding the world's longest suspended monorail β€” castle views, port sunsets, and the whole Boso…

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Best Hotels Near Kashiwa Station | East Kanto’s Street-Culture Capital
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Best Hotels Near Kashiwa Station | East Kanto’s Street-Culture Capital

The 'Shibuya of the east' β€” vintage fashion, live houses, yellow football fever and proper city energy, 30…

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Best Hotels Near Tsudanuma Station | The Sobu Line’s Ramen Battleground
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Best Hotels Near Tsudanuma Station | The Sobu Line’s Ramen Battleground

The Sobu rapid stop where ramen shops wage delicious war β€” student energy, department stores and Tokyo in…

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Best Hotels Near Funabashi Station | Shrine, Market Streets & Lalaport’s Birthplace
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Best Hotels Near Funabashi Station | Shrine, Market Streets & Lalaport’s Birthplace

A big, honest Chiba city β€” an Ise-linked shrine with a lighthouse, retro market alleys, and Japan's original…

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Best Hotels Near Nishi-Funabashi Station | The Great Interchange Toward Disney
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Best Hotels Near Nishi-Funabashi Station | The Great Interchange Toward Disney

Chiba's mightiest interchange β€” direct lines toward Disney, Otemachi and Akihabara, with commuter-priced beds upstairs.

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Best Hotels Near Asakadai Station | The Musashino Line Crossroads
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Best Hotels Near Asakadai Station | The Musashino Line Crossroads

The crossing where Tobu meets the Musashino loop β€” Ikebukuro one way, Kawagoe the other, Disney direct on…

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