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Myoden in Chiba Prefecture is one of the centers of the Indian communities in Japan. But the real contender for being the Little India of Tokyo, has to be Koenji in western Tokyo.
Soumik Chatterjee writes: "For most Indians living in Japan, this country is quite close in customs and culture as their own country. Of course, there are plenty of differences too but if you learn to find what you want when you want it, you would be able to fight the feelings of exclusion and homesickness pretty well. There are websites which help guiding Indians with coping in Japan such as www.allindiajapan.com. Some important aspects covered by this website are: 1. Appearances count In Japan as in most Asian countries the treatment you receive would very much depend on the way you dress. So, if you want to be treated well, you need to ensure you are wearing good formal clothes when you deal with authorities or business people. 2. Patience and politeness is very important it is very important not to show impatience or to speak or behave brusquely in Japan. Politeness and patience are considered to be virtues of people of essence and the lack of it just the opposite. 3. Gifts are expected in Japan as tokens of appreciation though bribery is not appreciated, people love to receive gifts and you would solve many problems fast if you learn how to show your appreciation with the required finesse. It is recommended you to carry small, yet valuable gift items such as silver key rings, t-shirts, sandal wood bookmarks, pens, small bell metal or silver figurines, etc. 4. Locate and contact the Indian Embassy it is always good to immediately get into contact with the Indian Embassy in Tokyo. You need to have the phone number and other coordinated handy in case any emergency occurs. 5. Indian shopping malls and eateries there are plenty of Indian restaurants in Japan and convenience stores in Japan where you could get most of the things you find at home. This is also a great place to meet other Indians and become part of the local Indian community. 6. Local Indian community there are plenty of Indians in Japan for various reasons and you would be able to get into contact with some or other Indian as you become comfortable in Japan. It is good to get actively involved with the Indian community as you would find adequate guidance for your day-to-day problems with other fellow Indians. Check out the links of contact at www.allindiajapan.com . 7. Help on the Internet there are many websites which help Indians who are settled in Japan such as www.allindiajapan.com . These are run by Indian communitiesf members who have settled successfully in Japan and want to smooth out the path for the newcomers. You will get advice on everything on many of such community websites such as, renting a house, working in Japan, paying taxes, sending money to India, customs and taboos in Japan, the legal formalities you are supposed to fulfill and follow, visa requirements, travel tips, Indian grocery and restaurant in Japan, Indians schools in Japan for parents to find out the best ones. Hope this helps for the best spirit of Indian community in Japan to ease out the daily life in a foreign country where English is not the first language. Article Source: http://www.articlesnatch.com Soumik Chatterjee is a researcher doing his PHD in university of Tokyo, He has been in Japan for more then 7 years doing for high school studies and Bachelor"'s degree, He has been a advisor and content write for allindiajapan.com , For mote details about him as well as events organized by his team visit www.allindiajapan.com
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Business Hotel Fukudaya: “Œ‹ž‘ä“Œ‹æ´ì‚P|‚R‚T|‚P‚P.
(1-35-11 Kiyokawa, Taito Ward, Tokyo.)
Phone & Fax: 03-3872-1091. Web: www.tctv.ne.jp/fukudaya/fukudaya.html.
Prices start at 3100 Yen per night.
Business Hotel Rakuyo: “Œ‹ž‘ä“Œ‹æ“Œó‘‚Q|‚P‚W|‚P‚O.
(2-18-10 Higashi Asakusa, Taito Ward, Tokyo.)
Tel & Fax : 03-3876-7747. Web: www.tctv.ne.jp/fukudaya/rakuyo.html.
The price starts at 2500 yen per night for singles.
Hotel Accela: “Œ‹ž“s‘ä“Œ‹æ´ì‚Q|‚R‚X|‚R
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(2-39-3 Kiyokawa, Taito Ward, Tokyo.)
Next to the neighborhood koban (police box), and not far from a supermarket which is always busy and bustling with one particular kind of customer -- poor old men. This place is called ±¸ƒZƒ‰ÎÃÙ in Japanese, Hotel Accela in English. Brand new hotel, very beige and clean looking, but I am far from convinced that foreigners are allowed to stay there (you could always push your rights and demand to stay to be let in, of course, for Japan is a signatory to international conventions against racism.) Costs 3150 Yen a night... 79 800 Yen a month. Facilities include coin shower and coin laundry, ƒeƒŒƒrA‚b‚r•ú‘—AƒCƒ“ƒ^[ƒlƒbƒgÚ‘±(LANŒ`Ž®) A—â‘ ŒÉAƒhƒ‰ƒCƒ„[(‘Ýo) AŒÂ•Ê‹ó’²Aƒwƒ‹ƒXƒ[ƒ^[AƒJƒ~ƒ\ƒŠAƒ^ƒIƒ‹AƒoƒXƒ^ƒIƒ‹A—ˆßAƒXƒŠƒbƒp . Check in from 6am to 26am.
Hotel Aporo: “Œ‹ž‘ä“Œ‹æ“ú–{’ç‚P|‚Q|‚X.
(1-2-9 Nihonzutsumi, Taitou-ku, Tokyo.)
Phone & Fax: 03-3875-0795
From 2500 Yen per night.
Hotel Hikari: “Œ‹ž“s‘ä“Œ‹æ´ì‚Q|‚R‚X|‚R
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(2-39-3 Kiyokawa, Taito Ward, Tokyo.)
Phone: 03-3874-8651. Web: http://www.hotel-hikari.com.
This newly opened business hotel near Minowa, in the heart of northern Tokyo's backpacker district, has rooms for about 3000 Yen per night. As well as being in the heart of Tokyo's backpacker district, this is also the center of homeless Japan -- you will find plenty of old guys sleeping on the streets and pavements around this hotel. Facilities at Hotel Hikari include communal bathrooms (what better way to meet your fellow holidaymakers, than by getting buck naked in the baths!), coin laundry, kitchen and —Lü wireless Internet. Some of the rooms are set up in the traditional Japanese style, with tatami mats. Although it has to be said, from the outside, this hotel looks anything but traditional Japanese -- it has more of a Hong Kong highrise vibe. But such is life in the big city.
Hotel Juyoh: “Œ‹ž‘ä“Œ‹æ´ì‚Q|‚P‚T|‚R.
Hotel New Azuma: “Œ‹ž‘ä“Œ‹æ´ì‚Q|‚R‚W|‚R.
For a more thorough review of the New Koyo Hotel, click here.
New Hotel Tanaka: “Œ‹ž“s‘ä“Œ‹æ“ú–{’ç‚Q[‚Q‚V|‚P.
Some other places in Nihonzutsumi and the greater Quartier Taito-ku (Ce quartier contient plusieurs hôtels parmi les moins chers de Tokyo.
Voir les liens!
(2-15-3 Kiyokawa, Taito Ward, Tokyo.)
Phone: 03-3875-5362. Web: http://www.juyoh.co.jp.
The hotel's homepage provides information in six languages, and the rooms are pretty cheap too -- expect to pay 3200 Yen for a single room, 6400 Yen for a double. Judging by the homepage, there seems to be a vibrant social scene going on at the hotel, which boasts traditional style rooms with tatami mats and futons on the floor. 
Hotel Neo: “Œ‹ž“s‘ä“Œ‹æ´ì‚Q|‚R‚X|‚R
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(2-39-3 Kiyokawa, Taito Ward, Tokyo.)
Phone: 03-3874-8651. Web: http://www.hotel-hikari.com.
In this photo you can see Hotel Neo (pale blue) with the aforementioned Hotel Hikari all canary yellow in the background, beyond the intersecting Meiji Highway. This really is the slummy side of town. Whoever thought the area would take off as a backpacker center... then again, no Japanese would choose to live here (apart from the homeless dudes that is.) And plenty of homeless dudes there are too... sprawled out under blankets on the side of the roads, slurping instant noodles and chugging down cooking sake and laughing with their friends. This is not a comfortable place but there many hotels costing around 3000 Yen per night. Hotel Neo is one of them.
(2-38-3 Kiyokawa, Taito Ward, Tokyo.)
Phone: 03-6802-0716. Fax: 03-6802-0715. Web: www9.ocn.ne.jp/~h-azuma/uk.
Single prices range from 2900 Yen to 3100 Yen. The hotel's official website states: "Traditional Japanese room with tatami mats, futon bedding
and Air condition,T.V.
"(All single rooms are for one person).
"–tatami mats size (1 jou W83cm X D143cm) X 3 jou
–room size W165 X D256."
Hotel New Koyo: “Œ‹ž“s‘ä“Œ‹æ“ú–{’ç‚Q|‚Q‚U|‚P‚R.
(2-26-13 Nihonzutsumi, Taito Ward, Tokyo.)
Phone: 03-3873-0343. Web: http://www.newkoyo.com.
This place has been billed as the cheapest hotel in Tokyo for travellers by the Japan Lonely Planet guide, and has also been glancingly referenced by the New York Times. Yes, it is true (as the New York Times wrote) that you can get a single room for $21 per night at the Hotel New Koyo. On the flip side, though, this is Nihonzutsumi, the former district of Sanya. Sanya had such an infamous reputation in the past they had to change the name to Nihonzutsumi -- the name has changed but the infamy lives on. So be reminded, this ain't Shibuya or Harajuku -- this is the rough end of town. There is a series of malls near here where there are more homeless men (construction workers laid off after the Bubble burst) than there are shopkeepers. Curiously (and perhaps emphatically), the mall management plays exceptionally sad jazz elevator music around the clock, maybe to soothe the wounds of these pitiful down-and-outers. Anyway, the New Koyo is pretty cool nonetheless -- my buddy Preston Grassman stayed there a couple of years ago, I visited him there and it seemed slick inside, in contrast to the quiet desperation of the streets outside.
Rooms & Prices
Small single
Japanese style room(9)2.500 Yen
Medium single
Japanese room (33)
Western style room (22)2.700 Yen
Semi-Double
Japanese room (11)
Western style room (1)4.800 Yen
(2-27-1 Nihonzutsumi, Taito Ward, Tokyo.)
Phone: 03-3875 1920.
Ryokan Akatsuki: ‹øŠÔŽs‘厚¼•û‚V‚R‚P‚Q|‚S.
On the old and historic Meiji Dori near the Namidabashi Crossing (Ÿ£‹´Œð·“_) can be found this rather old and traditionally Japanese ryokan (inn). As the Japanese writer above wrote, this the cheapest hotel he found walking around the area -- it costs just 900 Yen a night to stay at the Ryokan Akatsuki. That must make it one of the cheapest hotels in Tokyo, although it doesn't come close to the bargains which could be had in the ‚ ‚µ‚½‚̃Wƒ‡[ jidai, when lodging only cost you 120 yen a night! I don't expect the facilities there to be too modern but that is not the point. 
Sun Palace: “Œ‹ž“srì‹æ“ìçZ‚Q-‚R‚Q-‚R.
(2-32-3 Minami Senju, Arakawa Ward, Tokyo.)
Phone: 03-3807-5111. Web: http://www.sunpalace.jp.
Right beside Minami Senju station is this large business hotel, the ƒTƒ“ƒpƒŒƒX, which means "Sun Palace" in English. Doubtless few foreigners stay in the place, but if you ever want to pretend to be a lonely travelling salaryman for a day, this hotel could be for you. Biztrip says: "ˆÀ‚‚ĈÀS‚µ‚Ä”‘‚Ü‚ê‚Ü‚·B“ìŒû‰w‘O•à“¹‹´‚ð“n‚Á‚Ä‚·‚®‚Å‚·B‘SŽº–³üLANŠ®”õ‚Å‚·B" Which basically means that this hotel is cheap and offers peace of mind (the words "peace" and "cheap" sharing the same Chinese character, ˆÀ, in the Japanese language); to get there take the pedestrian walkway, which is a concrete and steel work of art, from the south exit (“ìŒû) from Minami Senju station. All rooms are wireless; it is local area network throughout."
Prices range from 5250 Yen for a single to 8190 Yen for a twin room. Amenities include restaurant, izakaya, and coin laundry.
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