Canal Palace Sumiyoshi
A landing house in Tokyo ／ Sumiyoshi
Your first month in Japan.
Your own lockable room with a desk and a 24-inch monitor, dinner together every Wednesday, and no upfront fees. Akihabara is 6 minutes away, Shinjuku 22, Shibuya 27.
Why Canal Palace
A 24-inch monitor and 10 Gbps, in your own room.
Your own desk & monitor
Every room has a desk and a 24"+ HDMI monitor — ready for remote work.
10 Gbps contract, 866 Mbps in use
Two lines (NTT and KDDI) on a 10 Gbps contract. Effective Wi-Fi speed is 866 Mbps, up to 2 Gbps — about 8x the 80–100 Mbps typical of coliving spaces. Smooth for calls and big uploads.
A lock on the door, a monitor on the desk. All 13 rooms.
Lockable door, your own desk, a 24-inch monitor and 866 Mbps — focus in your room, no fighting for a lounge seat. Please keep voices down after 10 pm.
No morning queue: a shower on every floor.
One on each floor — roughly one per four rooms. Nobody waits while someone showers.
Your phone is your key: a smart lock built by the owner.
Unlock with your phone — the key system is built in-house by the owner.
Printing and laundry, without leaving the house.
Printer 7 am–11 pm. Coin washer/dryer (about ¥300 per wash).
Your own fridge, everyone's kitchen.
A fridge in every room. Shared kitchen and lounge where residents meet.
No deposit. No key money. No guarantor. No agency fee.
No deposit, key money, guarantor or agency fee — none of the usual worries of renting in Japan.
Shinjuku in 22 min, Shibuya in 27. No transfers.
Hanzomon & Toei Shinjuku lines. 27 min to Shibuya, 22 min to Shinjuku.
Internet
NTT and KDDI. Two 10 Gbps fiber lines.
The house has fiber from two of Japan's leading providers, NTT and KDDI. If one connection ever goes down, the other keeps you online. The contract is 10 Gbps; effective Wi-Fi speed is 866 Mbps, up to 2 Gbps.
Access
Anywhere in Tokyo from Sumiyoshi.
30 seconds on foot from Exit B2 of Sumiyoshi Station (Hanzomon & Toei Shinjuku lines). Exact address and directions are sent once your booking is confirmed.
- 30 sec — station & convenience store
- 3 min — shopping street & Sarue Park
- 6 min — supermarket
- 10 min — Kinshicho Stn (JR Sobu line)
From Haneda Airport About 50 min
- Take the Keikyu line on a train running through to the Toei Asakusa line, and get off at Higashi-Nihombashi.
- Walk 1–2 min through the connecting passage to Bakuro-yokoyama Station.
- Take the Toei Shinjuku line toward Motoyawata and get off at Sumiyoshi.
⚠ Do not board a train toward Shinjuku.
From Narita Airport About 70 min
- Take the Keisei line to Oshiage (Skytree) Station.
- Take the Hanzomon line toward Shibuya and get off at Sumiyoshi.
⚠ Do not board a train toward Kita-Senju. The platform may change.
Take Exit B2 at Sumiyoshi Station. It is a 30-second walk. Times are approximate. The exact address and directions are sent after your booking is confirmed.
Our map of nearby recommendations →Rooms
Alone, as a pair, or with friends.
Rooms in different styles to suit you: 8 semi-double, 2 twin, 2 bunk and 1 double. Every room has a desk, chair, A/C, mini fridge, linens and towels.
2nd floor — 7 rooms
Rates and availability vary by room and season — please ask.
Private apartmentYour own bath and kitchen, the whole place to yourselfUp to 4 guests · 1 bedroom, 2 beds · 13.4 jō room.See the apartment →
Your host
This is a home, not a hotel.
Your host SOY is a marathoner and a DIY enthusiast who builds and repairs almost everything himself — even the smart-lock system. The building is old, but problems get fixed fast. Everyone becomes friends over Wednesday dinner.
The mix
Japanese residents, and friends from the world.
Japanese residents live alongside foreign guests who stay a month or more. Guests rotate every two months at most, so there are always new faces — while Japanese residents keep the house steady. Both languages come up naturally in daily life.
Weekly Dinner
Every Wednesday, 7:30 pm. One table, many languages.
Hide's Table is a weekly international dinner cooked by a resident chef — no MSG, organic ingredients. It is not just for residents: neighbors, past guests who now live in Japan, and travelers staying at other places (found through Peatix and similar) all sit at the same table. ¥1,000 cash; residents are asked to join at least once during their stay. From time to time, SOY's Cooking teaches Japanese home cooking hands-on.
- Residents
- Neighbors
- Past guests now living in Japan
- Travelers from other stays
Recent dinners
See how the dinners really go on our Instagram.
Good to know
Good to know
- Length of stay
- Monthly stays (around a month or more)
- Upfront costs
- No deposit, key money, guarantor or agency fee
- Long-stay discount
- A monthly rate applies automatically to stays of around a month or more
- Price
- From ¥150,000 / month (varies by room & season), utilities & Wi-Fi included
- Check-in
- From 3:00 pm ／ check-out by 11:00 am
- Key
- Smart lock on every room (unlock with your phone)
- House rules
- No outdoor shoes from the 2nd floor ／ quiet in shared areas after 10 pm ／ registered residents only
- Languages
- English & Japanese (staff speak English)
About
The same operator since 2006.
- Name
- Canal Palace Sumiyoshi
- Operating since
- Share house operation since 2006
- Type
- Share house / shared space
- Company
- De Lampe Inc
- Representative
- SOY (Soichi Taga)
- Location
- Sumiyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo (30 seconds from Sumiyoshi Station)
- Registration
- Minpaku (home-sharing) registration no. M130014540
- Contact
- Contact formInstagram DM
Spend a month in Tokyo with us.
Ask us about availability and rates — in English or Japanese.