APA Hotel & Resort Yokohama Bay Tower

Utilities for everything. There is a 24/7 family mart convince store. It's not an exclusive expensive shop but the same prices you would find outside the hotel. They have wifi of course, lan and you can even cast video from your device to the tv in the room (airplay or google cast). There is a free hot spa in the hotel on the 4th floor which is great. There is even an outdoor bath. Note that it's a traditional Japanese spa so there is a bit of getting used to. Easy steps: 1. Find the robe in the hotel room and put it on with just underwear. Put a bath towel, face towel, your key card, and payment card/ credit card in a bag. 2. Go to the fourth floor and go into the respective male female bath using your card key. 2. Make sure you take off your shoes/slippers at the entrance. 3. Place the slippers in the slipper boxes. 4. Go to an empty locker, get butt naked but bring your face towel - put the key on your wrist. 5. it is IMPORTANT to wash your body before jumping into the baths so when you go into the bathing area, you will see washing booths. Sit down, get clean. Yes you can wet the face towel. 6. Once clean, wring your face towel and enter any hot pool. You can place the face towel on your head or just put it down on the side. 7. Once done just repeat the cleaning process and exit the bathing area. Dry your body, put on your clothes/robe and use the beauty seats to dry your hair, clean your ears etc. 8. Pick up your shoes/slippers and exit the bathing area. 9. Go into the family mart convenience store just outside the spa area and grab a beer, sour or choice of refreshing beverage and pay it with your payment card.(pasmo, suica also works) at the self serve check outs. 10. Return to your room and enjoy the drink, your clean spirit and body. - repeat as many times as you want.

The view from the room was astounding, especially for the price! I was lucky to see a firework & drone show right outside the window over the bay ❤︎

The room and the common areas are very clean, and the staff is nice and helpful. The check-in and checkout processes are very smooth and automated. There is complimentary luggage storage on the day of checkout. Housekeeping can be requested, but by default, they leave a bag of clean towels and other necessities (coffee and paper cups, etc) every morning. There is mandatory housekeeping every third day from check-in. The water from the sink is drinkable, and two bottles of water are provided when checked in. The bed is comfortable, and I had an upper-floor room with a good city view. There are restaurants in the building and many nearby. There is a FamilyMart very close by, which is very convenient for getting things needed. The subway station is nearby, and it is in a very safe neighborhood.

This hotel is very big. and close to Metro Bashamichi station. We used Google for the directions and it helped a lot. Friendly and helpful staff. Plenty of washing machines & dryers available, not like other APPA’s which was fantastic. It has 2 Family Marts on 4th floor. We loved the Family Marts. One of them has microwaves and seats for us to sit to have breakfast/snacks.

The location, the atomosphere of the hotel and the view of the Minato-Mirai through my bedroom window was excellent, much better than I had expected. The room was kept immaculate, and the beddings were freshly made and clean. The hotel also provides a free pyjama & slippers, basic amnities in the bathroom, which I found was very convenient. The extra space below the elevated bed for storing luggages was a clever idea.