Tenseien Odawara Station Annex

I use this hotel to stay in a location near the Shinkansen line and away from downtown Tokyo. The staff are wonderful, the town is quiet, the breakfast is OUTSTANDING! Rooms are clean and comfortable and have all needed amenities. While you can use the hotel as merely a bedroom, you should explore Odawara. It's a nice place with interesting shops, a castle and more. The train station isn't crowded. There's a convenience store near the hotel, in addition to the ones in the nearby station. From here, you can take a comfortable Shinkansen (a reserved seat!) day trip into Tokyo, a scenic ride to Hakone or go to the many interesting places nearby such as Izu, Kamakura or Shizuoka. Since most planes from North America seem to land at Narita in the afternoon, after going though customs and sending my bags via Yamato, I take the NEX into Tokyo and jump on the Shinkansen for Odawara. If hungry, there are restaurants, or you can grab something at the convenience stores, then go to sleep and wake up ready to explore or to move on to the next stop.

Very comfortable with excellent breakfast. Ideal for accessing the train and bus stations for touring Hakone

Excellent location Difficult to find the building and reception area. Did not find signs which direction to go to find the building from the train station. In the evening I went out shopping, coming back to the building were several restaurants but all close by late evening. The elevator was confusing to find. With 3 elevators it seems only 1 elevator was working in the late evening. I had to try all 3 elevators which one will open. Other than that the facilities is pretty good. Food was good.

Breakfast was Japanese style buffet- ie lots of Japanese choices but could still be good for picky eaters (bread, pancakes, eggs, coffee, and noddles). If not there are many cafes close by that people could go to and eat such as a bakery, grocery store, and coffee places. The baths are public baths but they offer private baths for 60 minutes for a reasonable fee. In a great part of town for Odawara and right next door to train station making day trips easy. We were also able to ship our luggage to the hotel from our Tokyo hotel.

Can’t beat the location of the hotel as it is on top of the train station. It is pleasant to have breakfast with view of ocean and Odawara castle. I shipped my luggage to the hotel before checking in, and the luggage was in our room when we opened the door. Breakfast was delicious.