We thought we would never find a good place to stay in Tokyo at a reasonable price, so we gambled on the Toyoko Inn chain. The Hamacho location turned out to be good - just less than 2 blocks from the Hamacho subway stop in a residential neighborhood, we found it to be better than we hoped. The Toyoko Inn rooms are small, but nicely decorated, with nice, but incredibly small bathrooms. The price was very reasonable for Tokyo and these hotels seem to be favorites for Japanese business travelers, male and female. The hotels are not designed with Western tourists in mind, so the staff may or may not speak English well, and the breakfasts may be Japanese or may be Western. This hotel offers an English map of the neighborhood with moderately priced restaurants marked - we found them to be okay, altho we did come across the local outpost of an Indian chain that we thought was very good. I wouldn't recommend this place for families with children - the rooms really have very little extra space - and I wouldn't recommend these places for very tall or very large people - they will feel claustrophobic. This hotel does have free internet service in the lobby, and a small laundry room off to the side of the lobby.