And we're staying in Shinjuku

In Kabukicho

At the Hotel Gracery

Which is the Godzilla Hotel

We'd seen it before

When you're walking around Kabukicho

You can't miss the great big Godzilla head

On the top of the hotel

So we thought, as a treat

We're going to stay here while we're in Tokyo

Because I always thought it looked really cool

In this video

I'll show you the big Godzilla head

The amazing view of the city

And I'll show you what our room's like as well

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In reception there's this display

Of all the old movie posters throughout the years

And there's little touches

Like this Godzilla dessert in the restaurant

But the main attraction is the big Godzilla head

If you're staying at the hotel

You can go up to see it

He's out here on the terrace!

Wow, he's massive!

When you're up close

And here he is!

He looks so much bigger when you're right up close to him

Than when you're on the ground

He's massive!

And look: he's swallowed some lights

He's got some lights in his mouth

Ah wow, there's one of the claws

That is one big claw

Here he is, tearing up Tokyo

You'd have a view...

Right at his face

And here's the view of Kabukicho

From the terrace

I think there's a bar up here as well

You can catch Godzilla's Roar

Gaw!

On the hour

Between 12 and 8

As well as the rooms with a view of the Godzilla head

There's also a special themed room

With a model of Godzilla

And these big claws above the bed

To give you nightmares

If you want to stay here

It's 50 or 60 thousand yen

Per night

And as far as I can see

You can only book it on the Japanese site

Most of the rooms (including ours)

Are normal hotel rooms

But I did really enjoy staying here

The location in Kabukicho

Is excellent

And just wait till you see the view from the window!

The room is actually pretty big

For a Japanese hotel room

Let me show you around

Here's the room

And the bed

We also get a little, mini sofa

And a little coffee table

Over here we've got this stylish lamp

There's the phone

And I didn't realise they give you a free phone to use while you're here

You can use it for calls & internet

So if I'd known that

I wouldn't have had to book the pocket wifi for quite so long

In here is the fridge

Which is really useful for keeping your drinks cool

You didn't get us any drinks Phil!

You were supposed to go to the vending machine

There's not a big choice

Aah, ok

There's lots of tea & peach things

Which I don't think you like

Go out for drinks then

Here's the art on the wall

Some strange textured panel

Ooh I didn't see that

There's a safe down here as well

That must be a very flat safe

So you could fit your money in that I guess

Or any keys or valuables you've got

Here's the controls for the lights

Ooh that's good, we've got a USB charger

There's this foot light

Which is down here!

A little mouse-hole light

To use in the night

So you don't blind yourself

This is done up pretty nicely

Looks quite stylish

And for once

We've got an amazing view

Look there's the Yamanote Line train going along

Look at this!

We're on the 17th floor

It goes up to about 30 floors I think

The hotel starts on floor 8

It's on top of some cinemas

So wherever you are, you'd probably get a pretty good view

This is probably the best view we've had of Tokyo

Over there, that's quite a famous building in Shinjuku

In the business district

You can see right into that bar down there

Spying on people!

That's where Shinjuku Station is

Down there where you can see where the trains are running

You can see a pretty long way over there

I bet this is going to look really cool at night

I'll show you what it looks like then as well

*Harp sound effect*

The TV is really big

We'll have fun watching some Japanese TV on that

We've got some bits & pieces in here

This thing

That looks like a stapler

Is your emergency earthquake torch

Ta-dah!

Let's hope we won't need that!

I was in the underground in Tokyo when there was an earthquake once

No one even cared, no one batted an eyelid

In here, there's a kettle

Tea & coffee making facilities

And this thing

I'm not sure what it is

Phil thinks it might be a steamer

The top comes off

And you can take this section off

I'm not sure... what it's for...

Check the guide!

Round here's the entrance

There's room to put your suitcases here

What is it?

It's a humidifier

Aah!

Which I don't think you need

It's pretty humid already

In Japan, a lot of the year it's humid

Well that's there if you want it

There's all these things you can have for free

Nail clippers

Useful, they're a thing you often forget

Here's the air conditioning

You need that quite a lot of the year in Japan

It gets really hot in the summer

There's some room to hang some clothes up

There isn't a whole wardrobe

But you can hang a couple of things up

If you've got anything that's going to get creased

Again, we've got 2 pairs of slippers here

It says: these ones you can take home with you when you go

And these ones are to use in the room

Let's have a look at the bathroom

Now this is actually very spacious

For a Japanese bathroom

We've got the sink

And the toilet in one section

Then there's a separate door

That goes through to the bath

And the shower

Which is a kind of wet room

It's a bit echo-ey in here!

So that's quite unusual

They've given us some shampoo & conditioner

And there's a mirror across here

Not sure about watching yourself while you shower...!

And the bath is quite big

Ooh there's an LCD screen on the tap

Very fancy

I wonder if that's some sort of timer

That kanji means minutes

So maybe you can set it to run

So you can fill up the bath

You don't have to stand here waiting for it, maybe?

Here's the controls for the Japanese toilet

Always fun

It's a nice-looking bathroom actually

Here's the free bits & pieces

What you get...?

There's razors, cotton buds

Hair brush

Shower cap

And toothbrushes

So if you've forgotten anything

They're there

There's some extra towels

A hair dryer

Pyjamas

And a little basket

To put bits & pieces in

And there's actually room to store things in here

It's pretty good

Ooh, I almost missed this big trouser press here

You don't always get one of them

I think you do but sometimes it's hidden away

I never use it

While we were checking in

They gave us those little hot towels

Which we really needed

After dragging the suitcases across Shinjuku

From the station

We've just come from Osaka on the shinkansen today

So we needed them!

So this is a really nice hotel

I think this is one of the nicest hotels we've stayed in, in Japan

Although it is a little bit more expensive

Than some we've stayed in

But we really wanted to stay in the Godzilla Hotel

So it's a little treat for us

It's quite easy to get here from Shinjuku Station

Head for the East Exit

Not the Central East Exit

That's something else

Go for the East Exit

Then continue straight

Once you've managed to get out of the station

Which can take quite a while

With Shinjuku Station

It's only about a 5 minute walk

You go over several major roads

Just carry on more or less straight

If you see a sign towards Godzilla Street

Go for that!

Follow all signs to Godzilla

You might see the building from a distance away

It's sort of a grey & white stripy building

You can see it in the distance

The entrance to the hotel

Is just to the right of the entrance to the cinema

The cinema is in the same building but below it

There's quite a lot of restaurants & cafes down there as well

So just go in to the right of the escalators

Carry on straight

And you'll find the lifts that go up to check-in

Which is on the 8th floor

Next time we'll be in Harajuku

And I'm going to give you a tour

I'll show you all the shops

All the streets

And my favourite places

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