So you’ve paid a fortune for your luxury hotel room (not to mention the cab ride from Narita) and now you’d just like to check your email quickly before hitting the sack to begin your battle with jet lag. Depending on where you’re staying you may be out of luck. Despite Tokyo’s reputation as one of the world’s most high-tech cities, the availability of broadband internet access is still surprisingly spotty in many of the city’s hotels.

Internet access in a Japanese hotel might mean anything from a good old analogue phone line to high-speed wireless (and just about everything in between). Some hotels tout broadband internet access, when they really mean they’ve got a couple of computers you can use in the lobby or business center (for a fee no less). Other hotels offer wireless, but only in the lobby.
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