Hostel Nui, Tokyo
Expert reviews
“In a former warehouse, the Nui hostel has raised the bar for stylish budget digs in Tokyo. High ceilings mean bunks you can comfortably sit up in and there is an enormous shared kitchen and work space.”
What guests liked
- Great place
- Friendly staff
- Excellent Wifi
- Great location
- Subway station
All you need to know
This stylish hostel is popularly referred to as Nui. Hostel & Bar Lounge and is located on 2-14-13 Taito-Ku Kurama. The hotel is situated in a vibrant and lively district of the city where it offers proximity to the commercial and entertainment hub of Tokyo.
The hostel is the perfect lodge for tourists and travelers in groups; it provides dorm-like accommodation options fitted with needed amenities, both standard, and luxury.
The hostel has a shared lounge area with a café and bar where guests can have a lovely time. The hotel is highly rated for giving the best value in Tokyo.
The hostel offers stylish and chic accommodation options such as Double Room with River View, Economy Twin Room, Bunk Bed in Mixed Dorm Room for eight people and a Bunk Bed in Female Dorm Room for eight people.
The hostel is located at just a 2-minute walk away from Kuramae Subway Station on the Asakusa line and Toei Oedo line which provides guests with easy access to their destinations. The iconic Tokyo Tower is located 7 km away from the hotel.
Rooms in the hotel are fitted with standard amenities reading light, privacy curtain, electric outlet, air conditioning and a comfy sofa and are locked with a security card for maximum security. The hostel has a shared kitchen equipped with the necessary kitchenware.
The hostel has an on-site bat where guests can enjoy several drinks and cocktails. This is the ideal place to relax and chill after a long day.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
11 February 2025
A relaxing Tokyo stay with great staff, meals, luggage storage, and easy access from Haneda.
My last night in Japan after a busy week in Sapporo was a seamless and enjoyable stay, with helpful staff, great meals, convenient luggage storage, and an easy journey from Haneda—perfect for unwinding before departure.
How short my stay was. The next time I'm in Tokyo, my partner and I plan to stay at Nui.
9 February 2025
A great hostel with a great atmosphere — we enjoyed our stay!
Really a great hostel with a nice and cozy atmosphere in the common areas. Sweet and helpful staff. The shared bathroom was Well furnished as well as the kitchen. We definitely enjoyed our stay !
The rooms were a bit too cold and pretty small (had a Room for 2).
5 February 2025
A great funky place to stay in Asakusa
Funky hostel in Asakusa, located very near Kuramae metro station and riverside walkway. We stayed in a private room with bunk beds for two. The beds were super comfy. The hostel had everything we needed. The bathrooms were well equipped and had excellent showers. The downstairs café was a cool place to hang out.
It was a little bit noisy at night – bring earplugs.
3 February 2025
Exceptional
Staff very friendly and accomodating
25 January 2025
Nice stay
Really nice and fancy hostel. My first impression was wow. I would stay again. It is well located..5 min walking distance from the underground. The lounge/bar area is really cozy and coffee was great! I stayed in a female dorm and overall, I really enjoyed my stay.
Lockers are quite small. And remember to bring with you a towel otherwise you have to rent it.
23 January 2025
Fabulous
Beautiful place, cafe/bar in lobby was great, met people there, coffee/breakfast was delicious
The double room with river view is nice and spacious but also faces the highway so I needed to wear earplugs at night. With earplugs I was able to sleep comfortably though, it wasn’t too bad. I stayed in a different room after when a friend arrived and that one didn’t have the same issue
23 January 2025
Exceptional
Beautiful place, cafe/bar in lobby is great, met people there, coffee and food are really good, staff is helpful, bathrooms kept very clean
21 January 2025
Cute and cool place, young vibes
Cool vibe and beautiful setting, close to the river and walking distance from the center of Asakusa
Bedroom very small but manageable
16 January 2025
Cute neighborhood, nice private rooms, would recommend
Loved the little cafe/bar downstairs. Rooms were clean and beds were comfortable, everybody was so nice and I love the little kitchen area on the top floor.
10 January 2025
Exceptional
Comfortable beds, all amenities, i English, great vibe
Maybe a room fan, a little warm
9 January 2025
Chic hostel in a quiet part of Tokyo. Great stay for couples in a private room. The rental bikes were the best part.
Chic lounge and coffee shop. Simple room with good basic amenities. Great for the price. Absolutely loved the rental bikes.
Pretty quiet but I wished the door to the room made it more quiet with sound proofing from the hallway.
3 January 2025
Awesome upscale Hostel in the heart of Tokyo
Nice common room with decent kitchen and roof terrace, everything you'd expect from a hostel. Location was good with easy access to the Metro system, although a bit away from the main attractions.
2 January 2025
Very good
Great place to meet people either in the dorm or the common room for solo travelers. Beds were very comfortable and dorms had plenty of space for designated luggage storage. Lockers were provided in the room. The staff were also very helpful and understanding :)
Wifi was spotty and would drop out consistently. The downstairs breakfast/bar was a little expensive for hostel guests imo. A lot of subway-ing needed due to the location; although within ~5 minute walk to 2 major lines.
1 January 2025
Extremely clean
Extremely clean bathroom and room, awesome coffee / food just at the ground Floor. Has a great rooftop for you to chill or smoke. The hostel is also located next to like a river so it's very beautiful and chill
1 of the staff during check in was kinda unfriendly but it might be because they were busy . Rest of the staff were great
31 December 2024
Nice hostel witha beautiful bar and close
Amazing hostel! Nice staff. Good location!
31 December 2024
Amazing hostel near to a subway station with a kind English speaking staff.
Amazing hostel with clean rooms and nice staff.
27 December 2024
Cosy stay
Really feel like home, super cosy cafe and close to the metro. Rooms are small but enough space for 2 and shared bathrooms are clean.
The walls are thin so we could hear the people talking and moving around the floors, which was quite annoying after midnight. But I guess it’s not the hostel fault but the behaviours of people :)
26 December 2024
Very good
someone sex at night
24 December 2024
Great hostel in a quiet area that is well connected.
Staff is very nice and cleans the hostel everyday, sometimes multiple times a day, has multiple floors connected via staircase/lift. The sixth floor is used as lounge where you can bring you own food/cook and eat there as well as a laptop working stations. There is a lovely roof to hang out and watch the sunset (rooftop closes around 22:00). Beds are good, they provide sheets and you make your own bed. Toilets and showers and good and provided with amenities such as different soaps etc.
Sometimes there are guests who are loud but it is very rare and can happen anywhere. Loud snoring people as well
17 December 2024
Fabulous
Friendly staff, great cafe and bar. Perfect location to stay in Tokyo.
16 December 2024
Fabulous
Comfort bed with nice facilities and common area, met nice people too
12 December 2024
Fabulous
Very good
5 December 2024
Exceptional
Really enjoyed my stay here. Location is great and staff is very friendly.
3 December 2024
Good location, comfortable stay, and worth the money.
The location was excellent. Close to the necessities and fun activities, but away from the hectic tourist areas. Close to the subway stations. Close to restaurants, etc. The staff was friendly and the building had a fun vibe and the room was spacious relative to other hostels in Japan. There is not a social vibe here, it is more like a hotel. The common area was enough for cooking and a good place to hang out. I would stay here again.
29 November 2024
Excellent stay at Nui Hostel
The staff were lovely and bar restaurant downstairs had an awesome vibe.
Didn’t have a natural feeling space to connect with other hostel guests if you weren’t eating or drinking in the restaurant.
28 November 2024
My favourite hostel I stayed at in Tokyo
Cool aesthetic, lots of great places to hang out. Comfortable dorms and beds. Quiet area, close to a riverside walking track and the subway.
A male guest mistook our female only dorm for his own and was able to enter using his room code, it wasn’t an issue but probably should be fixed. It is a little far from a lot of the tourist locations but the subway is close by and easy to use.
22 November 2024
Great vibes
Fantastic hostel. The vibes in the bar area at dinner are fantastic. Great place to just hang out and relax. The bed were on the more comfortable side of hostels I've stayed in.
The rooms were SO HOT ! Be warned you can't change the room temperature, it's locked. Also not great access to the trains compared to other locations I've stayed in. You're right on the bay.
20 November 2024
Exceptional
A quite area close to the metro. A really nice bar welcome you. Wide room, comfortable bed, locker for each guests. The bathroom was always clean, the room as well. Everything is as it is described. The staff is kind.
It would have been appreciated the towels included in the price.
19 November 2024
Great hotel on the eastern side of Tokyo
I had a nice stay at Nui Hostel. I stayed in the dorm and it was very comfortable. There was absolutely no noise coming from the bar at the ground floor. I enjoyed particularly the facilities, like the open area on the 6th floor reserved for the hotel guests, ideal to do some work, to relax or to cook yourself something. The hotel is not on the Yamanote line, which for me was not a problem at all. I actually appreciated greatly how close it is to Senso-ji in Asakusa, and I would definitely recommend it especially if it's not your first time in Tokyo and you are looking forward to explore the eastern wards of the city (Taito, Sumida, Bunkyo, ecc).
I booked the room + breakfast. The food was good, but quite inexplicably there is no coffee/tea included. That's another 500Y I had to pay every morning. What's the point to serve breakfast without coffee or tea?
19 November 2024
Close to subway, quiet sleeping, great networking, lovely bar.
I loved the lounge and bar for its style and offer, and also the kitchen/common room for its social mingling.
I found it hard to store, sort, pack and unpack. The common area was relatively small and packed compared to other hostels I have been in.
15 November 2024
Great experience
Great
14 November 2024
Exceptional
We began and ended our 3-week Japan trip at Nui, and it was fantastic! The vibe is amazing, and the staff is incredibly friendly and helpful. We loved starting our mornings with coffee before exploring Tokyo and winding down with a beer in the evening—it's a great hangout spot. Rooms are small but comfortable and clean, and the bathrooms are excellent.
14 November 2024
Convenient comfortable friendly hostel
Close to public transport- very friendly helpful staff - other international travellers to chat with- the meals at the bar were great- walking by the river close by- cleanliness
Nothing
12 November 2024
Exceptional
Very clean and very comfortable.
11 November 2024
Fabulous
Staff is very kind and welcoming. The events that Nui staff set up helped me meet lots of people. Yuki and Shota made my Japan trip experience amazing. The common room is a nice place to hang out at. Bathrooms are good, there are a good amount of toilets and showers.
10 November 2024
Excellent stay guaranteed.
Superb excellent location, ~850m from Senso-ji and close to metro station and less than a minute walk to the river. Absolutely loved the location, accessibility, kind staff to also get me a super-early morning check-in without any added cost. They’ve such a quaint beautiful work-friendly bar. All the staff is very friendly and kind. The hostel gets a good crowd and you get to connect well with people.
9 November 2024
Exceptional
The location is perfect.
The staff is really good
9 November 2024
Very good
Great hostel facilities, really clean and lovely cafe for breakfast downstairs in a calm quieter neighbourhood
7 November 2024
Exceptional
It was super clean, the staff was super kind and lovely, the location was good.
2 November 2024
Exceptional
Great location and lovely staff. Rooms are comfortable and bathrooms are clean and nice!
31 October 2024
Go to TOKYO and get hypnotized by Nui
I just love it ! the hostel design and architecture was very neat! mix of Japonese and industrial style. They have everything to make your stay smooth. I loved the kitchen ( they even have ice!) Very good location with different subway around and convenience stores. The staff is dedicated to make the place clean and welcoming, Thank you for everything.
31 October 2024
Exceptional
Friendly staff
30 October 2024
Very good
Location and value for money would be great for families
Sharing the bathroom with strangers but it was ok very well designed facilities
30 October 2024
Exceptional
The staff, the food, the bar, and the common areas.
N/A
28 October 2024
Lovely quiet stay
The location is great, very quiet and safe. The ground floor bar/cafe and the kitchen are great for socializing. Overall, very cozy stay.
There is a strange smell in the bathroom.
26 October 2024
Make your reservation in advance before it's fully booked
This is my third time staying in Nui. It is one of my favorites by far. Location is great, but it's also relaxes. The facilities are amazing, the cafe/ bar is a super hip place loved by locals. I love it.
22 October 2024
Incredible. Would stay here again.
The staff were nice! The food and the location is amazing.
Nothing, loved the property.
21 October 2024
Fabulous
Very nice staff, good bathrooms - they even have a bathtub! Big common rooms
19 October 2024
Nicest hostel
everything
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Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
Outdoors
- - Terrace
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
Services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying
- - Luggage storage
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Lockers
- - Shared lounge/TV area
Kitchen
- - Shared kitchen
Entertainment and family services
- - Board games/puzzles
Activities
- - Live music/performance
- - Bicycle rental (additional charge)
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - Fire extinguishers
13 February 2025
Exceptional