Capsule Hotel in Tokyo

[Telstra]

Looks quite comfy to me.
Are you any capsule hotel in the west ?

 

[Telstra]

LOL at this two big guys fit in a capsule

 

[Vannie]

I wouldn't stay in one if I had stuffed cabbage for lunch

 

[Alistair]

I wouldn't mind if it was quiet.

 

[LeicsDom]

I guess it is a really cheap way to get a bed

 

[Kyanimal]

My problem with that concept is that ANYONE can SEE IN!

Not that I'd mind "strolling down the line".

 

[frankfrank]

It probably costs more than any motel/hotel room I've ever stayed in.

 

[cityboy-stl]

Where is the bathroom?

 

[gsdx]

They have smaller capsule spaces. There is certainly no room for 2 people, and there's not even enough room to sit up. You basically crawl into it and lie down.

 

[Telstra]

Where is the bathroom?

I assumed there are big bathrooms for sharing with lots of people.

 

[seioussuction69]

Could you imagine using "Grindr" or some hook-up app in Japan, the guy asks you to meet him at his hotel room, and this is it? I hope there is a door that shuts, and least some soundproofing. Maybe I ought to look on xtube for "capsule hotel sex".

 

[Rickrock]

I wouldn't like for other people to see me. Also, I would like a private bathroom. However, when I was younger and in the military I shared an open bay barracks with about 40 other guys and a big open bathroom as well. You do what you have to do.

 

[Kahaih]

LOL at this two big guys fit in a capsule

By the looks of the nectar on the shelf, there'll be a buzz or two in the hive tonight.

But which one is the Queen?

 

[pat grimshaw]

... Are you any capsule hotel in the west ? ...

There would have been if the Japanese succeeded in their intended invasion of our country and the western USA.

 

[Cormac135]

They have smaller capsule spaces. There is certainly no room for 2 people, and there's not even enough room to sit up. You basically crawl into it and lie down.

Must be like crawling into your own coffin.

 

[gsdx]

Must be like crawling into your own coffin.

That's what I thought they were called. They are about the size of a coffin that is as high as it is wide. There was an episode on Seinfeld in which Kramer heard about them and rented out his dresser drawers to Japanese visitors to New York. I can't find it on YouTube, but you can see it here:

EDIT: Oh, never mind. JUB linked it directly.

 

[Pierresro]

None in NY that I know of, they are popular in Japan as there hotel rates are the highest on earth . I spent two weeks there when I first started working as an officer of a major bank in the states. The room was $450 a night that was in 1992.

 

[rareboy]

you can check in any time you like

but you can never leave.

 

[MrRochesterNY]

Are you any capsule hotel in the west ?

If you are talking to me, the answer is, "No, I am not any capsule hotel anywhere."

Now my question to you is: Do you ever write anything that makes sense?

 

[yhtang]

I would really like to try out sleeping in a capsule hotel. Yes, the bathroom and facilities are shared.

I have stayed in a capsule hotel in Taipei, but that one had more space that the ones shown in the pictures above.

I understand from a Japanese friend that these capsule hotels are cheap compared to normal hotels in Japan. Many Japanese live in the outskirts of town, and if they fail to catch the train home, the taxi fare can be exorbitant - and it takes a while to get back home anyway. It makes more sense for them to just crash in one of these capsule hotel and perhaps can even have a bit of a lie-in before going to work the next day.

I suppose they would not have a change of clothes if and when they do that - or they have a change of clothes kept in the office.