ART HOTEL Nippori Lungwood
by the TopOfHotel team
ART HOTEL Nippori Lungwood is a suitcase-light base right on the Narita line — the Skyliner stops out front, so pick it when your flight times matter more than your nightlife.
ART HOTEL Nippori Lungwood is a suitcase-light base right on the Narita line — the Skyliner stops out front, so pick it when your flight times matter more than your nightlife.
In-Depth Review
Rooms and decor
The 22 sqm Twin Standard gives you two 110 cm beds and, unusually for the price, a bathroom that splits the tub and the shower into separate spaces. The closet is open-fronted and the fridge runs larger than the business-hotel norm, handy for stashing convenience-store drinks and leftovers. The styling is pure late-1990s — beige and businesslike, classic rather than current — but it is clean and well kept, which the numbers back up: an 8.8 overall guest score and a standout 9.3 for location. February rates land around ¥11,500 (about $74) including breakfast.
Food and amenities
Breakfast is a buffet in the on-site Aurora restaurant, with an onsen egg and miso soup among the spread, so you can fuel up before an airport run without leaving the building. The hotel keeps a genuine indoor pool — rare at this rate next to a station — plus a 24-hour front desk, free Wi-Fi, laundry service and luggage storage. Staff handle English well, which matters at 23:30 when you are checking in straight off a flight. A convenience store sits about 120 metres away for anything the hotel does not cover.
Location and getting there
This is the whole point of the hotel. Nippori station is just 200 metres away, and the Keisei Skyliner there runs direct to Narita Airport in about 41 minutes (¥2,580, or ¥2,300 booked online, roughly $17). The late Skyliner out of Narita Terminal 1 reaches Nippori near midnight, and you walk three minutes to the lobby — no transfers, no taxi gamble. For the city, the JR Yamanote line from Nippori drops you at Ueno in two stops (about $0.40) and Tokyo station in eight minutes (about $0.50). The Yanaka Ginza cat street is a 12-minute walk, with the cherry trees of Yanaka Reien 10 minutes out.
Things to know before booking
The trade-off for that station-side ease is distance from the action: Shinjuku and Shibuya shopping and nightlife are a train ride away, so plan to commute in for a big night out. The rooms, while clean, look their age and will disappoint anyone after a modern, designed interior. And Nippori is quiet by central-Tokyo standards, with fewer late options on the doorstep — a feature for some travelers, a drawback for others. Book the Skyliner online ahead of time to shave the fare to ¥2,300.
Our take
ART HOTEL Nippori Lungwood is the pick we recommend wholeheartedly for families flying through Narita, anyone traveling with elderly relatives, and trips built around late-night arrivals or pre-dawn departures. The 200-metre walk to a direct Narita line beats hauling luggage onto a second train or bus toward a flashier central hotel. Measured on first-day-and-last-day sanity, it clears the bar easily.
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The Honest Verdict — pros & what to know
- Nippori station is only 200 metres away, so you can roll a 28-inch suitcase from the platform to the lobby in about three minutes — a real gift when you arrive jet-lagged or with elderly travelers.
- The Keisei Skyliner from Nippori reaches Narita Airport in roughly 41 minutes for around $17, which makes both the arrival and departure days quick and predictable, even at 23:30.
- It is a proper mid-size hotel with an indoor pool, a 24-hour front desk and English-speaking staff — facilities you rarely get at this rate right next to a transit hub.
- The 22 sqm Twin Standard splits the tub and shower into separate rooms and adds a larger-than-average fridge, so two people travel comfortably and can chill drinks and leftovers.
- Nippori is one of central Tokyo's quieter old neighbourhoods, a 12-minute walk to the Yanaka Ginza cat street where a Niku no Suzuki korokke runs about $0.50, half the price of the central-Tokyo versions.
- It sits well away from the big shopping and nightlife districts — Shinjuku and Shibuya are a train ride off, so this is a transit base rather than a stay-out-late address.
- The rooms are clean but visibly dated, with a late-90s design that feels classic at best; if you want a modern, styled interior this is not it.
- Nippori is calmer than the central wards, with fewer late-night options nearby, which suits some travelers and bores others — plan on heading into town for dinner and entertainment.
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Insider Tips
- Ride the Keisei Skyliner from Nippori to Narita and book this hotel for your first and last nights so the airport runs stay short.
- Walk the 12 minutes to Yanaka Ginza, the old cat street, for a $0.50 Niku no Suzuki korokke and the resident stray cats — an early-April Yanaka Reien cherry-blossom detour is 10 minutes off.
- Take the JR Yamanote line from Nippori into the city — Ueno is two stops for about $0.40, Tokyo station eight minutes for about $0.50.