Although most of the action is concentrated on the west side of Shinagawa station, where the Prince hotels and entertainment complex is situated (there are theaters, shops, restaurants, and even a row of ramen restaurants underneath the Shinagawa train tracks), my family recently had the good fortune to stay on the "other side of the tracks," on the east side of Shinagawa (technically, 港南 konan, or "southern portside") which has been transformed over the last, I don't know for sure, maybe ten years into a row of office buildings and a convention center like building (where I had seen a Pompei exhibition quite a long time ago). This was only the second or third time that I had been on the other side of Shinagawa (the Shinagawa station is so huge it takes 5 minutes to walk across) and so for me, too, it was a real discovery.
To have a luxury hotel so easily accessible is a treat: the Four Seasons is a beautiful hotel but like the Sheraton Miyako, nigh inaccesible without a car. More recently opened first-class hotels have chosen much better locations: the Peninsula, near the Teikoku hotel over in Yurakucho; the Ritz Carlton, just a few minutes from Roppongi station and smack dab center in one of the newest spots, Roppongi MidTown; and the Conrad hotel, just minutes from Shiodome/Shinbashi stations.
Here are photos of the room and the view of Shinagawa down below. As the hotel begins on the 26th floor of the building it occupies, you have a tremendous view of down below. And it is like an oasis in the middle of Tokyo. You literally walk into a different space the moment you step out of the elevator ...
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