Need advice regarding accommodations in Tokyo

I'm planning another trip to Japan in 2010, and want to stay in Tokyo for the entire time. If you want, you're able to get halfway the country anyways by Shinkansen in a reasonable time.

I can arrange flight & hotel through very few travel agents from the Netherlands and I don't want to stay at the same place I stayed before.

I'm playing with the idea to book my own flight and hotel without a travel agent in between.

Does anyone have experience with booking hotels in Tokyo directly at the Hotel website? I've seen most have reservation systems, though they are not always clear how the process works.

Does anyone have experience with the JapanICan website? Are there any other booking websites I can safely use from my country that have a wide range of hotels to choose from?

Thanks a lot for any advice you can give me/ share experiences!

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:48 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I used these a few years ago.
http://www.tabiplaza.net/japanhotels/
http://www.japanhotel.net/
http://www.asiarooms.com/

These are a also useful sites.
http://www.expedia.com.au/travel/hotel-reservations.aspx
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:32 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Here's a comprehensive site that I use: http://japan-guide.com/ . There's info on flights, hotels, and you can find free local tour guides in the friends section.