Daiwa Roynet Hotel Yokohama Kannai

Rooms and decor

Daiwa Roynet Hotel Yokohama Kannai is a 13-floor building that genuinely sits close to Kannai Station — about a 3-minute walk past a 7-Eleven, a Family Mart, and a small ramen shop. The compact lobby runs in Daiwa Roynet's gray, white, and orange chain colors, with self check-in kiosks and staff on hand so you're in your room fast. The Double King is 22 sqm at about $95 a night — 4 sqm bigger than the standard and the better deal. The 140x200 cm double bed is firm but soft enough, the linens fresh, the room done in pale brown, cream, and white. You get a sofa, a work desk, a 40-inch TV, a small fridge, a kettle, and free tea and coffee. The 3 sqm unit bath pairs a tub and shower with a Toto Washlet and POLA Aroma toiletries, and the Wi-Fi holds a steady 100 Mbps. The room stays quiet.

Food and amenities

Dinner in-house means the ground-floor American Diner, done up in red-and-white 1950s checkerboard style: a pancake stack at $8, a bacon cheeseburger at $10, fries at $4. Basic flavors, but filling. The breakfast buffet is $12 a head and covers pancakes, bacon, egg, miso soup, grilled salmon, and fresh fruit — good value next to the $24 buffets at the 5-star hotels. You'll see Japanese business travelers eat fast and leave in 15 minutes, which tells you who this place is built for.

Location and getting there

The location is the whole point. It's a 3-minute walk to JR Kannai, 3 minutes to the Isezaki-chojamachi subway, and 12 minutes to Yokohama Chinatown. Buy DeNA BayStars tickets for a 6 pm game and it's a 4-minute walk to Yokohama Stadium — fans in blue with fans, drums, and chanting through all nine innings, with the game wrapping by 9:30 pm and the hotel a short walk back. Next morning, walk 12 minutes to Chinatown and try Heichinrou, a newer Cantonese spot: its set lunch brings dim sum, roast duck, and noodles for about half what Manchinrou charges. Minato Mirai is 1.8 km off, 15 minutes by JR Negishi Line plus a short walk.

Things to know before booking

Standard rooms start at 18 sqm — small in the usual Japanese business-hotel way, so book the 22 sqm Double King if you want room to move. There's no Japanese restaurant on site: the only in-house option is the American Diner, and for Japanese food you head out. And there's no pool, spa, or lounge — this is a clean, well-placed budget hotel, not a luxury property.

Our take

Daiwa Roynet Hotel Yokohama Kannai is the best budget base across the Kannai-Stadium-Chinatown area. At about $82 to $95 a night it runs roughly a third of a 5-star in Minato Mirai, sits 3 minutes from JR Kannai, 4 minutes from Yokohama Stadium, and 12 minutes from Chinatown, and scores 8.5/10. It's the pick for backpackers, solo travelers, and budget-minded business travelers — and for baseball fans who want a clean room in a good spot without paying for luxury.