I tried it when i went to Europe. A bit of hit and miss there. Got a very nice place in london and the owner was really nice enough to pay for my cab to the train station. As for Paris i did not do a better research and ended up in a not so nice surrounding. The apartment was really nice but just that outside....

Was there 3 years back where my company booked the whole restaurant for our party. Atmosphere quite nice but the food so-so only. Maybe because its custom made for us.......

Yeah I agree with you too. Not much of a romance. I got mine last minute so could not get those front seat where you can have much better view. Seat wise, especially the width also pretty much like the shinkansen. If you like to look at the view, it will be better than shinkasen. Shinkansen move way too fast for you to check out the view.

If you really want to go to Ginza, try to go during the weekend before 6pm. They will close the main roads for cars and put some chair and tables in the middle of the road. Just to get a feel of the atmosphere. Imagine they do this for Jln Sultan Ismail.

Since you are on holiday, is it important if Meguro is a nice place to stay? If ease of transportation and you need to be in the "action" quickly is what you want, of course Shibuya/Shinjuku is a better place to stay. You can just walk out of your hotel and spend whole day in Shinjuku or Shibuya. As for meguro, not much to see, so you will need to go take the train. Tokyo is pretty much very convenient in whatever place you stay as its pretty much connected by bus/metro/train. Just that the further away you stay from the tourist place, you need to pay more for transportion