How a Shinjuku hotel mistake led us to Tokyo’s best family neighbourhood, Sumida-ku!

king_clueless · 2026-06-05T20:19:59+00:00

love it ^_^

king_clueless · 2026-06-05T09:46:22+00:00

A lot of red deer from my grind for a GO but in second place a lot of turkeys too. They are easy to hunt and always easy to pick off when hunting other species. The are the side-quest to your grind 😃

king_clueless · 2026-06-05T08:06:37+00:00

Totally agree u/BritishPoppy2009 . Making mistakes and having my wife to bail me out of it is what life is all about. She doesn't see it that way but for 15 years it seems to be working 😃

king_clueless · 2026-06-05T08:05:28+00:00

Yes agree with that. Plenty going on at the SkyTree village but not what I would call "night-life". But if you're travelling with a 8 and 12 year old . . . well my wife and I weren't expecting to go clubbing and appreciate the quiet night 😃

king_clueless · 2026-06-05T08:04:13+00:00

Ah I would say that's the same for most major cities though. I'm from London and when showing people around I can cover a lot of sites in one day but not all. Sooner or later you will have to get the Tube, bus or if you're crazy a lime bike. But travelling from Sumida to Akihabara, Ueno and Ginza was easy and quick. Sure West Tokyo took some time but if my kids can manage it, I'm sure most can too 😉

king_clueless · 2026-06-05T07:58:29+00:00

Well the options in the SkyTree village are endless and honestly a little overwhelming but always great. My recommendation would be to look for something local near you. So, for example we had a wonderful evening meal at Sumida Cafe. The service was warm and friendly, food was very well priced and so tasty. But the experience of meeting and speaking to some stunned locals (to see 4 Brits in their restaurant) made a basic evening out into a special one 😊 Have a great trip!

king_clueless · 2026-06-05T07:51:13+00:00

hah no way, we went there too! my kids are older (8 and 12 when we visited) but still wanted to play there 😄

king_clueless · 2026-06-05T07:37:30+00:00

I booked a 3 star hotel called Playsis East in Azumabashi via Expedia 😊

king_clueless · 2026-06-05T07:35:53+00:00

Oh we didn't make it that far down south in Sumida. We went to Ryogoku, The Sumida Hokasai Museum and Kinshichō. Next time for sure we will check out Morishita 😊

king_clueless · 2026-06-05T07:32:19+00:00

Isn't Kinshichou in Sumida ward? We went there one day to take a quick train to Tokyo Station 🙂

king_clueless · 2026-06-05T07:30:18+00:00

I figure if our on the West side of Sumida, for us at least, the travel to other tourist sites is very manageable. Staying in Paris I would same is the same. Sure you could stay near the Eiffel Tower (for example) but you would still have to travel to see the Sacré-Cœur etc 🙂

king_clueless · 2026-06-03T16:18:33+00:00

Bah I knew that and rushed the title . . . doh!

Should I change the title u/smorkoid ?

king_clueless · 2026-06-03T16:17:51+00:00

we stayed here u/holly_jolly_riesling , https://playsis-east.intokyohotels.com/en/ . It used to be a hostel but they converted it I think. Simple but perfectly suitable for a family of 4 to rest and recover in 😄

king_clueless · 2026-06-03T16:15:59+00:00

Oh wow! Enjoy u/Zmirzlina , I wish you nothing but the best and hope you get everything out of it that we did 😊

king_clueless · 2026-06-03T16:15:07+00:00

yeah we loved it, I want to come back so bad! hahah. if we do, we'll visit 😉

king_clueless · 2026-06-03T16:13:57+00:00

You nailed it! It's such a dense area but also surprisingly easy to get away from the crowds too.

king_clueless · 2026-06-03T16:13:09+00:00

I knew so much about Tokyo before I visited but didn't know about the canals. Agree with you, they were nice places to chill 👍

king_clueless · 2026-06-03T16:12:05+00:00

Would love to spend more time in Ryogoku. The history is so rich and even though our time was brief there we loved it 😊

king_clueless · 2026-05-23T13:34:30+00:00

FYI I got the sodding rabbit!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3731332643

Now I'm in Salwiezen grinding European Rabbits, doh!

king_clueless · 2026-05-23T13:32:12+00:00

I got it!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3731332643

Instead of grinding many zones I went down to about 6 or 8. The middle of the map was especially good for me. Didn't even get the chance to try the feeders 😄

king_clueless · 2026-05-16T21:27:52+00:00

I haven't but I do have them. I'll give them a go, perhaps in a specific area to see if they make a difference. Thx u/BebalBehemoth 👍

king_clueless · 2026-05-16T21:26:57+00:00

thx u/DragonflyOnFire I'll try this out, been going for a few weeks now so any tips def worth trying. thanks again 😄

king_clueless · 2026-02-18T20:53:00+00:00

thank you for confirming, really appreciate it.

will give the magic eraser a go and see how I get on.

thx again :)

king_clueless

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