our hotel

Dave and I love the hotel we are currently staying in: The Gate Hotel Asakusa, which is right by the Kaminarimon Gate to the Asakusa temple (ie. well located for tourists). It is also attractively designed and the staff is friendly and the service is great - Booking.com did us proud.
The hotel rules, set out in the guest guide book, are fairly strict and nothing I have noticed in a Western hotel: Any item with a strong, unpleasant odor is prohibited entry to the hotel, as are guns and swords. Using guest rooms or the lobby for business purposes is prohibited. Lodging of any individual incapacitated by alcohol without a responsible caretaker is prohibited.
I have put here a couple of photos of our bathroom. One is the shower room, which is outfitted so one may wash in the traditional style (note stool, rinsing bowl and low hand shower) before taking their bath (which is for relaxing, not cleansing). Dave and I use the North American style rain shower head and love the enormous shower room. The other photo is our toilet which includes a touch pad on the wall for it's bidet/ "buttock washing" purposes. Luckily it flushes itself so we've never had to figure out just what the other buttons do.