Whole house near Tokyo Skytree for a family or group of 8

If you are looking for one house for eight people near Tokyo Skytree rather than three or four hotel rooms, Hoang Ha House is the one to look at: a 132 m² two-storey whole house in Narihira, Sumida-ku, about a 5-minute walk from Oshiage Station and a short walk from the tower itself. BB Online operates it, and this is the official direct-booking website: you book directly with the owner, with live availability and no agency fees.

Where can a family or group of 8 stay near Tokyo Skytree?

Hoang Ha House sleeps up to 8 across four bedrooms with seven beds: a double bed in bedroom 1, a semi-double and a single in bedroom 2, two singles in bedroom 3, and two futons in a tatami room. There are two toilets, one on each floor, a bathroom with a bathtub, a full kitchen with an induction cooker, and a living and dining room with a table for six, a large sofa, a TV with internet channels and a desk. The whole house is yours.

• Hoang Ha House — 4 bedrooms, sleeps 8, from ¥50,900 per night →

How far is the house from Tokyo Skytree and Solamachi?

A short walk. Narihira is the district at the foot of the tower, and Tokyo Solamachi, the shopping complex under the Skytree with more than 300 shops and restaurants, is about a 3-minute walk from the house. Asakusa, with Senso-ji and Nakamise, is within walking distance, or about 3 minutes on the Tōbu Skytree Line from Tokyo Skytree Station. The surrounding streets are a traditional downtown district with small restaurants and shops.

How do you get from Narita or Haneda Airport to Oshiage?

Oshiage Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line, the Toei Asakusa Line, the Keisei Line and the Tōbu Skytree Line. By Tokyo Skytree's own access guide, Haneda Airport is about 39 minutes on the Keikyu and Toei Asakusa lines, and Narita Airport about 46–49 minutes on the Keisei Narita Sky Access line. Through-trains run onto both airport lines from the Asakusa Line, though not every train, so check the destination board. Tokyo Station is about 20 minutes away.

What should a family know before booking?

Check-in is between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. with a lockbox, so tell the host in advance if you will arrive later; check-out is before 11 a.m. The minimum stay is 2 nights. The house is two storeys with an internal staircase. The washing machine washes only, with no dryer; the toilets have no bidet function; slippers are not provided; and the listing does not include a crib or high chair, so ask before booking if you need one. Pets, parties and smoking are not allowed, and quiet hours are 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. Japanese law requires every guest's name, address, occupation and nationality, so each guest sends a passport copy before check-in.

What if Hoang Ha House is booked on your dates?

BB Online runs two other whole houses for 8 in Tokyo, both in Kita-ku on the north side of the city:

• Kimiko Jujo House — 3 bedrooms, sleeps 8, about a 3-minute walk from Jujo Station on the JR Saikyo Line, direct to Shinjuku, from ¥20,000 per night →
• Sunny House — 2 bedrooms plus a living-room sofa bed, sleeps 8, its own parking space, about a 4-minute walk from JR Kami-Nakazato Station with direct trains to Ueno, Akihabara and Tokyo Station, from ¥25,000 per night →

All three are whole homes: you never share with another group or with the host, and every one is professionally cleaned before arrival. Book on this site to pay the owner directly, with no Airbnb or Booking.com commission on top.