Many people who are booking holidays in Japan are, understandably, confused by bed sizes and bed types in Japan. Read here if you are confused about why a booking site is expecting you to share a bed in your child in Japan and how to get around that if that’s not what you have in mind.
Standard bed sizes in Japan
(Not every single hotel in Japan follows these measurements but it is a standard)
If the cheapest accommodation is a priority to you over everything – you may like my lowest priced acommodation suggestions in Tokyo for families here.
A ryokan with tatami style bedding, of course, can take the bed size issue away as most hotels with Japanese style rooms will have futons for sleeping.
Single (often titled a “twin” in a room with two single beds is 97 x 195 cm (in Australia, a single is 91.5 x 190cm) – it’s longer than an Australian single and is slightly wider so feels more like a “King Single” to me.
Semi-double bed is 120 x 195 cm
Double bed is 140 x 195cm (in Australia, a double is 138.5 x 190cm)
Queen bed is 152 x 195cm (152.5 x 203cm)
King bed is 180 x 195cm (183.5 x 203cm)
HOWEVER, each hotel can also have their own custom bed sizes (especially the big brands like Hilton, Hyatt, Westin -so it is best to check.
For example, at the Tokyo Disneyland hotel they have their own bed sizes (see here).
This picture is of a “twin room type” and we did have 1 adult and 1 child in the bed to save us having to pay for 2 separate rooms.
I’ve written about our stay in the Beauty and the Beast room at the Tokyo Disneyland hotel here.
*Please note that park entry tickets for Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disneysea are NOT included in your hotel price like in some other Disney parks around the world. You will need to buy Tokyo Disney Park tickets separately (I explain how here) or, if you are staying in an official Tokyo Disney Hotel, you can purchase while you check-in for your stay. The exception? If you’ve purchased some sort of vacation package. *
So it is important to remember that the hotel’s room type doesn’t dictate the size of the bed – only the number OF beds.
This is also called a twin room – this is at the Hotel Anteroom in Kyoto. On the website it specifies that the beds in this room we stayed are 110 x 205 cms.
If you are especially tall, the Grand Nikko Hotels seems to have the longest bed options in Japan and most of my readers who are very tall have been happy with their bed length during their stay.
See are my recommended hotels for families in Tokyo (with pictures and I explain why.)
And here are my favourite places to stay as a family in Kyoto.
