This hotel is about 7-8 minutes walk from Exit 7 of Hosui Susukino subway station (Toho Line) (their website quotes 2 minute walk, but I think it is 7-8 minutes walk by my standard). It is in quite a residential area and not many places to eat or shop around unlike another Toyoko Inn at Susukino Kousaten, which is right in the center of Susukino and across from ‘new ramen yokocho’. But you can walk there with ease. ‘Family Mart’ is also 1 block away and Nijo Market is only 3 blocks away. You may find souvenirs for sale here cheaper than other places like Tanukikoji Shopping Street.

The good thing about this hotel is you can get much more spacious room with a nice view instead of wall of another building for a cheaper price. There are vending machine, drinking water and ice maker, microwave oven, and also 2 laptops available for use in the lobby.

Its dining room is quite large also. Based on my staying in 3 Toyoko Inns in Hokkaido (Sapporo and Hakodate), I think the breakfast here is the best: Japanese simple breakfast including sausage and salad. There are 2 laptops with internet available to use in the lobby.

Some staffs may have difficulty communicating in English, but finally we can understand each other.

The Toyoko Inns are a real find throughout Japan. For a very reasonable price you get a comfortable, clean stay with lots of extras that make a long-term stay great.

This Hotel in Sapporo provided one of the larger rooms we had during a recent 2.5 month trip to Japan. It is definetely nothing to look out, but was clean and had a sink, refrigerator and hot pot which are great for long stays. For those truly on a budget, they also serve a VERY basic breakfast (rice and miso) and DINNER! (rice and curry sauce) . Since you have a fridge, you can bring back food from the supermarket as well. Downstairs is a microwave for guest use as well as an inexpensive washer and dryer. There is wifi in the lobby as well as 2 computers for guest use (unfortunately, there's usually people smoking in the lobby). Overall, there's just about everything you need for a longer stay when you want clean clothes and to check your e-mail. The a.c. in the room also worked well, which was usually NOT the case in other motels/hotels in Japan.

This is definetly not the place to stay for a honeymoon or if you are used to beautiful accomodations and other ammenities like room service or a restaurant. But if you want a place that has everything you need (you can't always get what you want, but...), this is it!

One more note - for runners it is sometimes difficult to find places to run in Japan. This hotel is right across the street from a very long river trail - great for just a walk, but a real find for runners.