We never skipped breakfast and staying in a hotel that provides complimentary breakfast is an important requirement for us. Having a complete (and complimentary breakfast) help to cut down our lunch cost too because we won't be needing a heavy lunch afterwards.
The majority of our nights in Japan are spent in Toyoko-Inn branches and most of them provide Japanese breakfast with the exception of a few branches.
A complete breakfast for us - onigiri (rice balls), miso soup, pickles, veges and maybe a slice of toast with jam and margarine.
Most Toyoko-Inn provide standard fare of onigiri, miso soup and veges but different branches have different touches added. The best breakfast we had at any Toyoko Inn around Japan was at their Akita branch. There were onigiris, rice, simmered veges, pickles and also salmons, sardines for side dish, fruits (in this photo, it was a banana) and our favourite stuff to put on a hot rice: natto! I can just eat rice with natto for breakfast and be completely satisfied. :-)
What's a natto, you ask? Natto is a kind of fermented soybeans with very slimy texture. Some people may not like it, and natto is kinda smelly but I think if you like "tempeh", you'd have no problem eating natto.
At some branches of Toyoko Inn, instead of Japanese breakfast, we were served with bread. At Nanba branch is Osaka it was freshly baked bread and the photo above was our breakfast at Kawasaki Original branch.
With Air Asia having a collaboration with certain branches of Toyoko-Inn, I anticipate plenty of guests from my part of the world staying at this hotel. If I can put a plea to my fellow tourists when enjoying breakfast here: please bus your own table and please, please do not take your time eating. The breakfast area at most Toyoko-Inns are small so when we linger there, we deprive of others their time to eat too. And please lah... don't stuff your face eating of what seems to be eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner all combined at one seating just because it is free! Malu, man! You know most Japanese guests only took three onigiris, drink their miso soup, had a cup of green tea or coffee and be off.
With Air Asia having a collaboration with certain branches of Toyoko-Inn, I anticipate plenty of guests from my part of the world staying at this hotel. If I can put a plea to my fellow tourists when enjoying breakfast here: please bus your own table and please, please do not take your time eating. The breakfast area at most Toyoko-Inns are small so when we linger there, we deprive of others their time to eat too. And please lah... don't stuff your face eating of what seems to be eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner all combined at one seating just because it is free! Malu, man! You know most Japanese guests only took three onigiris, drink their miso soup, had a cup of green tea or coffee and be off.
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