{"id":8291,"date":"2015-03-17T11:46:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T11:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidejapanblog.com\/?p=7879"},"modified":"2016-04-30T20:10:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T19:10:07","slug":"godzilla-hotel-to-open-its-doors-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/17\/godzilla-hotel-to-open-its-doors-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Godzilla hotel to open its doors in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? 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Japan has a fantastic array of accommodation options, ranging from low-budget, space-age capsule hotels to <a title=\"Our top 15 favourite ryokan inns\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/09\/our-top-15-favourite-ryokan-inns\/\">super-high-end traditional ryokan<\/a> \u2013 but it is in the theme hotel department that it really takes the biscuit.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Hotel Gracery in Tokyo\u2019s, Kabukicho district, Shinjuku announced that it would be celebrating its opening by unveiling a Godzilla-themed suite, featuring a large Godzilla model (not life-sized, unfortunately), a giant lizard-hand bursting through the wall over your bed, and various other Godzilla-themed memorabilia. Other, less expensive rooms in the hotel will have views of Godzilla walking past the windows, and the building itself will be crowned with a giant Godzilla head.<\/p>\n<p>A night in the Godzilla room will set you back 39,800 yen (\u00a3218) on a weeknight or 49,800 yen (\u00a3272) on a weekend \u2013 but the more modest (yet still awesome) \u201cGodzilla View Rooms\u201d are more affordable, starting at a reasonable 15,000 yen (\u00a382) per night. The hotel opens on the 24<sup>th<\/sup> of April &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kotaku.com.au\/2015\/02\/godzilla-hotel-opening-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see Kotaku for more details<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7958\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/dokidoki-room.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/dokidoki-room.jpg\" alt=\"DokiDoki Precure room (Pic courtesy of Ikenotaira Hotel)\" width=\"448\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DokiDoki Precure room (Pic courtesy of Ikenotaira Hotel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many of Japan\u2019s other themed hotel rooms are based on an anime or manga of some kind. These include the super-cutesy Dokidoki! PreCure (an anime TV show) room in the Ikenotaira Hotel and the Cinnamoroll and Hello Kitty rooms in the Royal Hotel; the Gegege no Kitaro room in the Kaike Saichoraku, kitted out with all sorts of ghosts and ghouls; an Evangelion room in Hakone\u2019s Highland Resort, where you can sleep in a space capsule bed; plus Pokemon rooms, Kumamon rooms, Thomas the Tank Engine, Gaspard &amp; Lisa, Miffy, One Piece, Kamen Rider Wizard, Gundam Wing, Ultraman, Woody Woodpecker, Mickey Mouse\u2026 The list goes on and on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7954\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/room2_pic_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/room2_pic_01.jpg?w=468\" alt=\"Gundam Room (Pic courtesy of Hotel Grand Pacific, Odaiba)\" width=\"468\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gundam Room (Pic courtesy of Hotel Grand Pacific, Odaiba)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Besides these, there are also themed rooms based around model train sets, chocolate Koala bears, pandas, and Christmas. And these are just the <em>ordinary <\/em>hotels.<\/p>\n<p>In Japan, there is also such a thing as a \u201clove hotel\u201d \u2013 and here things get even wackier. Love hotels are also known as \u201cboutique hotels\u201d or \u201cfashion hotels\u201d in Japan, but they\u2019re not fooling anyone \u2013 we know what they\u2019re for. Much, much more awesome than the humble motel, Japanese love hotel rooms can be rented by the hour, and are almost <em>always <\/em>themed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7887\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/story-13316-13316-xlarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/story-13316-13316-xlarge.jpg?w=468\" alt=\"Entrance to the Jurassic Park love hotel in Beppu (photo: joe.ie)\" width=\"468\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrance to the Jurassic Park love hotel in Beppu (photo: joe.ie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Themes include an S&amp;M Hello Kitty room, complete with manacles attached to all four corners of the bed (sorry\u2026); rooms fitted out with merry-go-rounds; subway-car-themed rooms; rooms where you can pretend you\u2019re trapped in a cage; spider-themed rooms; Pirates of the Caribbean rooms; Batman rooms &#8211; and even an entire hotel modelled on Jurassic Park (it\u2019s in Beppu).<\/p>\n<p>Love them or hate them \u2013 there\u2019s no denying that Japan\u2019s themed hotels are pretty impressive. Personally I think they\u2019re awesome!<\/p>\n<p>The madness doesn\u2019t stop here! Japan is also the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/22\/tokyos-top-ten-wackiest-restaurants\/\">capital of weird themed restaurants, which I explored in a previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Like this post? 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