Oak Hostel Zen

Me da mucha pena dos cosas: haberme olvidado de sacar fotos, y solo haberme quedado dos noches.
El primer gran punto de este hostel es que está a dos cuadras de la estación de JR Uguisudani, a 5 minutos de Tokyo Station, lo que lo hace perfecto para todas las personas que se mueven por Japón en el JR.
El hostel no tiene ascensor, pero si estás medio vago siempre en la recepción se ofrecen a subir tu equipaje por vos, nosotros siempre viajamos solamente con carry on así que no hacía falta.
El hostel tiene varios tipos de habitaciones, desde camas en habitaciones mixtas, camas en habitaciones de mujeres, habitaciones privadas con baño compartido y habitaciones privadas con baño privado. Hicimos la reserva a través de Expedia y las habitaciones son tal cual se ve en las fotos ahí y en Booking.
Nosotros decidimos alquilar una habitación privada con baño compartido.
La habitación era bastante amplia, con una cama doble de 1.60m de ancho, un escritorio y un perchero. El hostel a demás te provee de cepillo de dientes y pasta dental, y yukatas para salir de la ducha y dormir.
Las duchas son pequeñitas pero están muy bien y son muy limpias (como todo el hostel en realidad), y tiene todo lo necesario: shampoo, enjuague, jabón para el cuerpo, etc. Los baños también están muy bien.
El espacio comun del hostel es muy cómodo, con un par de sillones, libros y mesita ratona, y unas maquinitas para comprar bebidas. A demás el personal es super amable.
No dudaría volver acá.

This hostel is a great location. Super close to the JR station and very easy to find. The hostel looks like a hotel inside. I stayed in the 16 bed dorm and it was pleasant. Bed was comfy, I loved the lockers and privacy curtains. Staff was friendly and nice. There’s no lift but they helped me bring my 50 pound luggage upstairs to my room

Amazing hostel. Great location, away from the noise but still a very active night life around, more chill. It’s clean, quiet, and has a very friendly staff. I would definitely come back.

Nice and helpful staff, quiet room, clean place… Good wifi
Really good hostel, however it was a little too expensive.
If you get a good price, go for it :)

Great hostel! The staff is super friendly, the lobby looks like a hotel, and they have fun events like a delicious takoyaki party.
–Location is a short walk to the train station but you’re out in the middle of nowhere so it’s about 30 minutes to any cool districts.
–Good cheap/​easy food options and you can walk to Ueno park which is a nice picnic spot.
–They use electronic key cards which are way easier to carry around inside your wallet than the old school keys.
–Strong wifi, even in the rooms!
–Nice showers, they even provide conditioner! What luxury!
–They take credit card (a lot of hostels in Japan are cash only)!

I wanted to visit Tokyo on a weekend. Unfortunately, because of my last minute booking, I was only able to book rooms for the weekday. This hostel had good reviews and stated that it was near a train station (I didn’t want to pay for a cab and I was carrying luggage), so I decided it would be the perfect place to stay while in Tokyo. You can take the JR Yamanote-​line (the one that goes to Shinjuku, Harajuku, Shibuya) to get here.
It’s a clean hostel. During my stay in Japan, I think this was the cleanest, newest, hostel I stayed in. You feel like you’re in a hotel until you enter your bedroom and realize that you’re actually sharing a sleeping space with 10 other people. I stayed in the 10-​bed female dorm. The beds were comfortable, individual beds (not the usual bunk beds). There’s a short screen that provides a little bit of privacy between beds, so you don’t have to wake up awkwardly staring at some stranger’s face. Linens are provided and towels are provided on rental (100 yen). There’s a gym-​type locker assigned to each bed as well, where you can store your valuables with a four digit code you make up. There’s an in-​room shower/​bath in each room you can use until 11 PM.
For food, there’s no major grocery stores/​malls (like aeon) around here, so bring food! There’s a convenient store right around the corner though, so in case you forget, you can buy food and eat in the kitchen at the hostel.
The only downside about this hostel is that because the beds have no curtains, it got a little bit loud when a large group took over one part of the room. The lights in the hallway/​rooms also turn on for the entire room, so it gets a bit annoying when you can’t shield out the light when someone randomly decides to turn it on. Just be prepared and bring eyemasks/​earplugs, and it shouldn’t be a problem!

One of the best hostels I ever had the chance to stay in. It was cheap, staff was friendly, the entire place feels and looks brand new, I believe it was just opened and found it on
I booked it with the hostel world app, very convenient, and when I got there the staff knew i was coming. You can check in as late as 12:30am even if you forgot to let them know. There is a nice lounge area with computers you can use to check emails. The kitchen is on the first floor and it was always empty with a huge 50 inch tv on. Lots of pots and pans to use for cooking, and refrigeration, etc.
Right around the corner is a mart where you can get sodas and food, the train station is only a 5 minute walk away right across the bridge. If you have large luggages this may not be the place for you since there is at least a two floor stair case that you walk from. What you can do is take the taxi and that would be $ 7
I loved the mix dorm, curtains to every bed that gives you privacy. Chargers right by your head so you can plug in your phone/​laptop.
Very clean!!! Private showers! Will definitely come back