A Single sounds like the small room and a Double like the bigger one. On several of APA Hotel’s own pages for Tokyo, the Single and the Double list the same area, and sometimes the same bed. Toyoko Inn’s page goes the other way: it names its bed sizes and gives no measurements at all.
This page lays out what each chain’s official pages say. There are no advertising or affiliate links on this page, and room rates are left out because they move with the date.
Most Tokyo APA doubles list the same area
Each APA hotel page has a guest-room block with one line per room type, giving area and bed width. The standard double line from each Tokyo page, tallied:
| Area | 120 cm (47 in) | 140 cm (55 in) | 142 cm (56 in) | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m² (108 ft²) | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 m² (118 ft²) | 0 | 43 | 17 | 60 |
| Over 11 m², up to 16 m² (172 ft²) | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| All three | 2 | 58 | 19 | 79 |
Rows are the room’s area and columns are the bed’s width, so every page appears once. The 60 pages at 11 m² all list a 140 or 142 cm bed, so the common room is a small floor with one bed of 55 or 56 inches. For what a furnished room one square meter larger looks like, see How Big Is a 12 m² Japanese Hotel Room?. For what 55 inches means with two adults in it, see Can Two Adults Sleep Comfortably on a 140 cm Bed?, which sets that width against a US full and queen.
Some pages add square feet and inches themselves, as Kanda Jimbocho Ekihigashi does.
As of October 2026, from APA Hotels’ English Tokyo hotel list and the hotel pages under it. Tallied from the pages: 85 Tokyo hotel pages, of which 79 have a standard double entry that could be counted (a room called Double Room, Standard Room for 2 adults, or a combined Single/Double line). Rooms named small double, Cozy, View, Deluxe or Superior are not counted. Where a page lists both a Standard Room for 2 adults and a Double Room, the first is counted (at Kamata, the 13.6 m² room with a 120 cm bed). Of the other six pages, two list only a small-double room and four others are not counted. A count may be off by a page or two.
Five APA hotels side by side
Each row is a room type as that hotel’s page names it.
| Hotel | Room | Area | Bed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akihabara Ekimae | Single Room | 11 m² (118 ft²) | 120 cm × 1 (47 in) |
| Double Room | 11 m² (118 ft²) | 140 cm × 1 (55 in) | |
| Deluxe Twin | 22 m² (237 ft²) | 120 cm × 2 (47 in) | |
| Kanda Ekimae | Single | 11 m² (118 ft²) | 140 cm × 1 (55 in) |
| Double | 11 m² (118 ft²) | 140 cm × 1 (55 in) | |
| Deluxe Twin | 21 m² (226 ft²) | 122 cm × 2 (48 in) | |
| Shinagawa Sengakuji Ekimae | Single Room/Double Room | 11 m² (118 ft²) | 140 cm × 1 (55 in) |
| Superior Double | 12 m² (129 ft²) | 160 cm × 1 (63 in) | |
| Twin | 16 m² (172 ft²) | 103 cm × 2 (41 in) | |
| Deluxe Twin | 27 m² (291 ft²) | 122 cm × 2 (48 in) | |
| Kanda Jimbocho Ekihigashi | Single | 10 m² (108 ft²) | 140 cm × 1 (55 in) |
| Double Room | 10 m² (108 ft²) | 140 cm × 1 (55 in) | |
| Nihombashi Bakurocho Ekimae | Standard Room for 1 adult | 11 m² (118 ft²) | 142 × 195 cm (56 × 77 in) |
| Standard Room for 2 adults | 11 m² (118 ft²) | 142 × 195 cm (56 × 77 in) |
Nihombashi Bakurocho adds that luggage storage under the bed is available. How Much Luggage Fits in a Japanese Hotel Room? covers what a room this size does with bags.
As of October 2026, from APA Hotels’ English hotel pages: Akihabara Ekimae, Kanda Ekimae, Shinagawa Sengakuji Ekimae, Kanda Jimbocho Ekihigashi and Nihombashi Bakurocho Ekimae. The square feet and inches in the tables are converted from the meters and centimeters the hotels give, except Kanda Jimbocho Ekihigashi, which gives them itself.
The Single that isn’t smaller
At Kanda Ekimae and Kanda Jimbocho Ekihigashi, the Single and the Double list the same area and the same 140 cm bed. At Akihabara Ekimae both are 11 m², but the Single’s bed is 120 cm (47 in), which is 20 cm (8 in) narrower than the Double’s. At Shinagawa Sengakuji Ekimae one line serves as both. So a Single can come with a 55-inch bed, and a Double can be the same room as the Single. How these names are used across hotels in general is in Japanese Hotel Rooms Decoded.
The name doesn’t settle it
APA Hotel Kamata Ekimae lists three standard lines. Standard Room for 1 adult is 11.6 m² (125 ft²) with a 120 cm bed. Standard Room for 2 adults is 13.6 m² (146 ft²) and also has a 120 cm bed (47 in). The Double Room is 14.1 m² (152 ft²) with a 140 cm bed. A room labeled for two adults, then, has a bed 20 cm narrower than the room labeled Double. Both are larger than the 11 m² most hotels list. The hotel also lists the bathroom for the Standard Room and the Double Room as a separate type, with bath and toilet apart.
Shinagawa Sengakuji Ekimae shows it from the other direction. Its Superior Double is 12 m² (129 ft²), only 1 m² (11 ft²) more floor than the 11 m² line, but the bed is 160 cm (63 in) against 140 cm.
Two Tokyo pages list only a “Double Room with Small Double Bed.” Nishiazabu has 10 m² (108 ft²) with a 110 cm bed (43 in), and Tokyo Kiba has 10 m² with a 122 cm bed (48 in). Neither is counted in the tally above.
As of October 2026, from APA Hotels’ English pages for Kamata Ekimae, Nishiazabu and Tokyo Kiba. The Sengakuji page is linked in the table above.
What Toyoko Inn lists
Toyoko Inn’s page on its rooms and services names four main types and says how many people each holds.
| Room | Beds | Adults |
|---|---|---|
| Single Room | 1 | Up to 1 |
| Double Room | 1 | Up to 2 |
| Twin Room | 2 | 2 to 4, varies by room |
| Triple Room | 3 | Up to 3 |
The hotel also lists a Wide Space Single, described as a room with extra space for guests with large luggage, plus Separate Twin, Connecting, Heartful, Premium Plus, Pet-friendly and Sleep Analysis rooms. For every one of them, the hotel gives no area and no bed width.
On beds, the page’s line translates as “double size bed in a Single room, queen size bed in a Double room.” It also says equipment and service quality are standardized across all hotels, and that the bath is a unit bath with a deep tub. The Unit Bath in a Japanese Business Hotel explains what that module is.
So the hotel confirms the room types, how many guests each is set up for, and a size name for the bed. It doesn’t give floor area in m² or ft², bed width or length, or whether a given type is the same size at every hotel. Because a queen bed you may know from home and a “queen size” bed on this page share a name, and the hotel doesn’t say whether they share a width, the name alone can’t tell you whether two adults fit comfortably.
An individual hotel page doesn’t fill the gap. Toyoko Inn Tozai Line Nishikasai gives a free buffet-style breakfast, 6:30 to 9:00, a 3-minute walk from the North Exit of Nishikasai Station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, and icons for Wi-Fi, unit bath, nightwear and an automatic check-in machine. Area and bed width don’t appear there either.
APA does the reverse, with a line per room type per hotel in meters and centimeters, which is why the first half of this page can count and this half can’t.
As of October 2026, from Toyoko Inn (in Japanese): the rooms and services page (the /eng/ address redirects to it) and the Tozai Line Nishikasai hotel page. The English wording of the room types and the bed line is a translation.
The short version
- At APA, read the line for the room you would book: area, bed width and number of beds. The type word (Single, Double, Standard, Superior) doesn’t carry the same meaning from hotel to hotel.
- The Tokyo pages follow a common pattern, but pages with a different area or a narrower or wider bed exist, so the hotel’s own page decides.
- At Toyoko Inn, the chain’s page names sizes and gives no measurements. If bed width matters, such as two adults on one bed, treat “queen size” as unconfirmed and get the figure from the hotel itself before booking.
Cover photo: APA Hotel Keisei-Ueno Ekimae by Abasaa, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
