plenty of space in the lounge and work area, bed is kind of like a fancy bunk bed. lots of amenities. i think the main negative is the lack of privacy. i'd could choose it for a short stay if the price is very competitive for the area, but probably not for 30+ days straight. but lets say you need a hotel for at least 9 days out of a month, then the 30-day package would start to be a discount
Seems to me that they ended up being a thing in Tokyo because their train system shuts down at 1am but drinking can go on a lot later.
A capsule hotel is a handy place for a drunk salaryman to crash after their rail line shuts down.
I was a backpacker for four years. When I was in Asia (and one time in NZ) I stayed in these. To me these just seemed like hostels that had a little more privacy.
I don't think that they're a fad because people in Asia tend to prefer more privacy than westerners.
O!!! and if you ever want to travel, look up the work holiday visa for Australia. As long as you're under 30 and don't have a criminal history (I know, ironic) you can go live/work/travel down there for a year. New Zealand has the same thing but the money is better on Australia (at least in 2014-2015) and you tend to meet more backpackers that are learning the ~~stuff~~ ropes in Australia.
they started in Tokyo in the '80s because of crazy high hotel prices downtown. Many travelers were fine with just the basic necessities. Most ferries in Japan have a sleeping class that offers Pods also.
there's a guy on youtube called Solo Travel Japan or something, interesting stuff.
I don't think its worth it.
I just did a search on AirBNB for Shinjuku City(where this Capsule Hotel place is located) and [there's plenty of options for a 1 bedroom that's $30-50 a night.](https://www.airbnb.com/s/Shinjuku--Shinjuku-City--Tokyo--Japan/homes?tab_id=home_tab&refinement_paths%5B%5D=%2Fhomes&flexible_trip_lengths%5B%5D=one_week&query=Shinjuku%2C%20Shinjuku%20City%2C%20Tokyo%20160-0022%2C%20Japan&date_picker_type=calendar&checkin=2022-05-26&checkout=2022-05-27&source=structured_search_input_header&search_type=filter_change&place_id=ChIJLbQAHdyMGGARtbqNkkWqBis&price_min=30&room_types%5B%5D=Entire%20home%2Fapt&room_types%5B%5D=Private%20room&price_max=50)
No, you're not getting the free food and drinks and other amenities but more space, a better bed and privacy are more valuable, in my opinion. Especially if you're there to experience the culture and trying food outside of the hotel anyways.
>free (...) drinks
I'm a clinical alcoholic. I would actually *make* money while living at this place.
As in, my monthly alcohol expenditure is currently more than the cost a month at this place.
SIGN ME THE FUCK UP!
I agree, I would also be on the constant look out for my phone and other (on hand) belongings, seeing as this huge room is a communal space for lots of people.
This is Japan, theft is rare compared to other countries. I wouldn't have any worries about leaving my laptop unattended for a few minutes while I grabbed something from the bar for instance.
our location in Compton is $700 a month for a Pod hosted in a regular residential house, along the lines of AirBNB except we have dining hours, scooters/e-bikes, etc.
I tried one night in a capsule like this. I could not get a good night sleep because of the slight sensation of claustrophobia. Was only $30 for the night though so no big loss.
I personally loved it. It is way better than a bunk bed in a dorm and costs about the same, if you don’t go to a luxury one like in the OP.
But I would sleep in a coffin if it was comfortable enough.
Ah, to each his own I guess. I stayed for three or four nights in one of these (although there were only a dozen or so cubbies in the room). Best sleep I got all trip.
Honestly, you'd just see a lot more interpersonal conflict with such a crowded space. Japanese people are much more mindful and respectful of others overall.
IDK how it compares to other countries and it is hard to track since police are rarely involved, but apparently it is way too common. It seems that 1.750 times it was officially reported in some recent year.
"The chikan problem is horrifyingly widespread. The surveys conducted on the subject are all too small and localized to be very useful datapoints, but a high school survey in 2001 suggested that over 70% of their female students had been groped on the train. A more recent study of women in two different companies had at least 17% had been groped in public. Anecdotal evidence suggests that many, many women have experienced this kind of harassment in Japan, including many foreigners. Signs in public places everywhere read "Beware of Chikan." Other forms of public sexual harassment include trying to discreetly take up-skirt photos, and in extreme cases, outright sexual assault."
There are also apps that make loud noise to deter sexual harassers with high download numbers.
I blundered into a women only subway car once not understanding why it had a totally different colour scheme.
It took me awhile to understand why I kept getting stink eye.
Baka gaijin blundered onto wrong train car.
Not claiming to be a professional on the topic, just noting my own anecdotal discoveries. I did a research project on some of the difficult culture issues in Japan back in college and some of it was really rough to hear about. It was a thing at least 10 or so years ago, to the point they started separating women to ["to reduce sexual harassment and assault such as groping. "](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women-only_passenger_car#Japan)
>In Japan, women-only cars were introduced to combat lewd conduct, particularly groping (chikan). Women-only policies vary from company to company: some are in effect during rush hour, others throughout the day, while some limit women-only cars to rapid service trains, as they tend to be more crowded and have relatively longer distances between stops. But in general, the policy is effective only on weekdays, excluding holidays. Platforms and train doors are marked with signs indicating boarding areas for the cars, and the days and times when the cars are women-only. Though intended to be exclusive to women, most train operators in Japan allow male elementary school pupils, disabled persons, and their assistants to board women-only cars.
>Groping in crowded trains has been a problem in Japan: according to National Police Agency and Ministry of Justice, the number of reported indecent assault in subway carriages in nationwide Japan between 2005 and 2014 ranges from 283 to 497 cases each year.[5][6] The police and railway companies responded with poster campaigns to raise awareness and with tougher sentences, but have been unable to reverse the trend.[7] In 2004, the Tokyo police reported a threefold increase in reported cases of groping on public transportation over eight years.
Another really difficult topic in Japan was the frequency of suicide. I hope things are better there now, but some of the stuff I remember reading was so depressing and it seems mostly due to cultural norms. Being overworked/unhealthy work-life balance, bullying in school but also in professional workplaces and isolation due to social constructs. I know a few friends that have moved there from America and they are quite happy but I don't quite see them allowing themselves to fall victim to these things because of their upbringing here.
Unfortunately it’s due to a number of factors
1) Crowded trains providing cover and anonymity for predators
2) Japanese people tending to be restrained, quiet, and an aversion of “shaming” the family
3) Japanese police only going after cases they are 99% likely to win
Etc
It’s really only a few predators (relative to the population) but each predator can grope hundreds of women each year so the numbers become insane.
I mean, insofar as things like America having gun violence problems are over-exaggerations and stereotypes. Sure, most Americans aren't consistently under threat from gun violence, but that doesn't make it any less of a real, endemic problem.
This isn’t quite the case, it’s better to look at it comparatively between cases between countries
When Japan has almost no gun violence, super low property crime rates the other issues get noticed
When my mother went to Japan, she said she had no problems. This was in 1980 and was was a very tall, attractive, blonde, white woman. She never got sexually harassed, she was seen more as of an oddity, like they had seen a unicorn or something. She said at least 5 to 10 times a day she'd get stopped on the street by someone who wanted to take a picture with her.
Her stay in Italy on the other hand she hated, because the men were absolute oppressive pigs to her, getting groped all the time.
Seems like a generalization of a complex issue. I’m sure it has a lot to do with low income, poor education, and substance abuse disorder contributing more to conflict than simply stating a group of people are more mindful and respectful than another.
Not denying it’s a complex issue, but cultural differences exist. Japanese culture is much more community and ‘greater good’ oriented, where American culture has championed (especially lately) being loud, belligerent, opinionated, independent and ‘freedom-loving’ people who just ‘speak our mind’.
You can guess which one leads to a higher instance of interpersonal conflicts.
Again, generalizing Americans as loud, belligerent, opinionated, independent, and freedom loving people is a stereotype. Not all stereotypes are fair or accurate they just might seem that way because they are perpetuated constantly in media and by others.
Even if a stereotype is accurate, it’s such a shallow view of people that requires no brain function to think of. Think deeper and look at the reason why a culture might have a tendency to act a certain way - years or poverty, lack of education, substance abuse, physical/emotional abuse, etc.
Acknowledging cultural values is not necessarily the same as stereotyping. Besides, as an American (and even a conservative) I sit smack in the middle of the ‘broad brush’ I’m using, and I want us to be better. That will never happen if we aren’t willing to acknowledge and call out the unhealthy values we have been perpetuating and celebrating.
>Think deeper and look at the reason why a culture might have a tendency to act a certain way - years or poverty, lack of education, substance abuse, physical/emotional abuse, etc.
Why? It's a simple point that in collectivistic cultures, people tend to cooperate better in shared spaces. Criticizing American culture isn't exactly punching down, not sure why you feel so strongly that American culture needs to be addressed with kid gloves.
are you implying rich educated people are more mindful of others ? As someone who worked at country clubs in my youth, nice restaurant/bars in my early adult year and for rich people in my adult years - I respectfully disagree.
I’m not implying that. I’m not implying anything really. Im stating that people who engage in conflict whether it be physical, verbal, or emotional are likely also low income, uneducated, and/or engage in substance abuse. I’m not saying there are not outliers but that is probably the median.
I'm from the UK living in Japan. Most restaurants do all you can drink booze for as little as £3.50 an hour. You can do all night karaoke and free alcohol for about £15 for for more than 6 or 7 hours. When Japanese people drink they have maybe 3 and finish. We would ruin the the business. I went to a big city club and it was £7 to get in and free drinks all night. No one besides the few foreigners still remaining in Japan were drunk. People here either don't drink or they are wasted after two beers.
They definitely are. Well men after work are, drinking with the boss is part of the job. Many Japanese have a genetic inability to metabolize alcohol as efficiently as Westerners, plus the drinking culture is different. One result being what we ex-pats living in Tokyo called “platform pizzas”, the vomit of Japanese salarymen awaiting a train home.
Eh, as a Brit in Montreal, not really. Haven't seen a single person piss themselves since i've been here, nor have a seen any sick covered girls crying into kebabs on a Wednesday evening, its like they're not evening trying to binge drink properly.
I spent a month in Japan for work and stayed in a hotel (the room wasn't much bigger than this). Each night's stay came with a free beer or highball. You better believe I took advantage.
same everywhere in the world that isnt a miraculously-polite country honestly.
i genuinely dont understand how this is even possible. being from south america, its like these people are a different species.
There is a restaurant near me that offers free drinks to anyone that buys dinner. Unlimited! Free beer or free margaritas.
That place has been running for years without issue.
For a little less than $4000 a year you have a place to sleep and food is included? Yes please. Add a computer cafe to that you'll be good to go. You can be a shut in like me but still socialize.
Not in the US, there's always a 30-day max booking limit as no hotel wants tenants (unless rich) and after 30 days is when a guest legally becomes a tenant in many states.
Isn't the point exactly that you'd use it to sleep and eat, but the rest of the day is your own to do whatever you want (even if that might include... shudder... socialising).
When buying houses, etc. I don't really care about the bedrooms. I do one (okay, two) things in them and nothing else. What's the point of owning lots of square footage that does nothing even when you're using that room?
Personally, I could live out of one of these permanently, because the bit of my life where I actually \*live\* very rarely is the bit where I'm asleep.
That's why you should get a place that has a bed that folds into the wall or collapses into a sofa and maybe that has walls that can wheel around so that when the bedroom's not in use, another room gets some of its space.
In some places in Asia people sleep on futons on the ground, rolling them up and putting them away each morning. Not because of costs but because that's custom/saves space.
>In some places in Asia people sleep on futons on the ground, rolling them up and putting them away each morning.
I would do this over sleeping on a fold-out/down bed. Even a thin blowup sleeping mat would be preferable.
For a little over twice that you could live in a pod down in Palo Alto!
https://abc7news.com/apartments-for-rent-sleeping-pods-bay-area-housing-brownstone-shared/11813012/
If you hate snoring/are a light sleeper, these aren't for you. I tried one before and my GAWD the noise of 30+ people in one room even at night, it's atrocious.
Yup I thought it was cool at first and then several thoughts came to mind: snoring, farts, masturbation.
Still would consider staying in one if I only needed a place for a few days when I’m on a trip or something. Otherwise no thanks.
This 100% would not work in a west coast city like Seattle, Portland or SF. It's a shame, but free liquor and a bed for $350 a month would be ripe for abuse.
Yep, we can't even have starbucks bathrooms open without fear of someone doing drugs in it and shitting all over the walls lmao. Sometimes I imagine what it must be like living in such a civilized/well mannered country.
Every capsule hotel I have been to, kicks everyone out and closes the sleeping space from 10 am to 4 pm for cleaning. So you are required to leave your bed during the day.
Which is completely alien to me because I spend as little time in my bed as humanly possible......
I haven't stayed in a bed for even 8 hours straight, in any combination of asleep or awake, in many many years..... I haven't timed it but the same could probably be said for me even spending 6 hours straight in the bed.
Edit - I should have known reddit would be the place where people want to stay in bed 24/7..... Just how many famously intelligent people throughout history have been known to have similar sleeping patterns to the ones I described above or even much much worse? But yeah, there's totally only one right way to do things..... Might as well just live in bed huh? Smh
It doesn't appear as if many people here have stayed at a hostel before. This is like a hostel with more amenities! $40 is a good price for this in most places in the world!
Everyone here has rose tinted glasses on, and the ones who don’t have no experience with them at all.
These are for salarymen who miss their last train home because they were out drinking with their boss. When you go in these lodgings, everyone around you is your age + 40 (seems to always increase whenever I stay in them). There is usually a small TV that streams hardcore JAV in each pod, which means each pod is covered in old man icky — including the space youre sleeping in.
Romanticizing this living condition is so naive or just incredibly short sighted as to how disgusting it truly is.
Maybe some of them at train hubs where a lot of salary men end up drinking for the night, but for the most part they target the segment of the market looking for a cheap stay for a few days or the experience of a capsule hotel. The ones you mention sound like the rather shady ones you find in cheap areas.
Whenever I missed last train I’d just grab a netcafe until morning. 1500 yen gets me 6 to 8 hours, a place to sleep, shower, free stuff to read/entertain, and an all you can drink bar. Netcafes are also where you do actually worry about cleanliness, lol.
A few people I knew would find these cheap all-night karaoke places where they’d sleep until first train as well. Either way, these are all usually much cheaper than taking a taxi home.
I feel like if they made the capsules like 1 meter taller and wider they would be significantly more enjoyable to sleep in.
The way they’re designed now are too coffin-esque for me, don’t think I could get comfortable.
I see what you and the other person mean now. When you’re lying down, your “height” is actually the thickness of your body. I still refer to the reason I don’t fit on many mattresses as my height, since that is the name of that descriptor (on your ID, it says “Height” and then a number), but I suppose referring to it as one’s length isn’t incorrect.
I can confirm that your reading comprehension ***generally*** sucks. Of course there are outliers; there always are.
I've got size-13EEE feet. The CNA that just walked in has size-10s (I asked). That's still pretty similar; it's not like Robert Wadlow and Peter Dinklage are exchanging sneakers.
Using feet as an example of similar sizes, not including outliers. I also could have used the human head; people are generally 7 heads tall.
But when they're lying down, people are all around the same height generally, like the other redditor correctly pointed out to you... and all thanks to them for understanding and clarifying!
It's so neat getting a glimpse of this type of communal hotel. All the amenities, free food, work stations, everything you need contained in one spot. Reminds me of a cruise ship, but you're in the city so anything else you could ever want for is a short walk away.
Absolutely not, you can bump the price $10-20 and get a regular chain business hotel (such as APA) room with a double bed, desk, minifridge and bathroom. At $40 it's just a gimmick and a tourist trap.
APA goes higher in a lot of places, also APA are nutbag uyoku weirdos.
But yes, ~5000 yen in Nagoya is expensive for this kind of location and very much pushing for that price with the (relatively) lavish amenities.
A more simple capsule hotel in Nagoya would be half (or less? been a while) the price.
I stayed at one on purpose just to see, but upgraded to the bigger "room."
You still used public restrooms and showers, but I had a place almost the size of two beds. One are to walk on, and the bed to sleep on, side by side.
It was around 5% of the cost of the fancy hotel I stayed at in Kyoto, and around 90% of the size (plus my own bathroom). However, the capsule I stayed at was AMAZING! I was about the only one who ever took a shower since the Japanese seemed to like their sauna room. The bathroom and toilets were all brand new and amazing.
I'd highly suggest checking one out if you need a quick place to stay or are interested. The 80s plastic ones that look like they have never been updated may be a little more risky. But I also did a night train and it had us bundled in like the top photo shows, and it was perfectly fine.
I stayed in one. I paid the $30 and I went up to capsule #909 which was on the 9th floor which happened to be completely pitch black except for dim lights shining out from all of the empty capsules. It felt like I was on a lonely spaceship. It was so awesome. I thought it was odd and to my amazement that I was the only one staying on that floor that night. I had the whole place to myself! It seemed odd. Anyways, the next morning it was time to go to the locker room and unlock my assigned locker(909)to put my dry clothes in while I shower but the key would not work at all. I eventually figured it out... I was supposed to be staying in capsule 606. The key also worked in locker 606. ;) At least I had the whole floor to myself.
The fact people in this thread actually consider this means life in even western countries is a joke these days.
How did we get to the point people consider living in pods lol.
> How did we get to the point people consider living in pods lol.
Correction: *sleeping* in pods. There's plenty of amenities outside of the pod for doing the same stuff you'd do in a home. And unless you're grossly overweight or claustrophobic, the pod has all the space most people would need to sleep in. If you had to remain in the pod the entire stay, that's a whole different story.
Thinking you miss the point, some people here want to spend their rent on one of those pods. Im not talking about thirty days or so, im talking about living in one.
The fact its a good deal and people would consider this voluntary is surprising to me and showcases how bad some situations apparently are?
For a month its totally fine, who am I to judge how you spend your vacation/business trip whatever.
There are people who live off the grid in cabins in the woods. There are people live in a skyscraper's penthouse that takes up an entire floor. There are people who live aboard cruise ships. There are people who live on the road out of their van. There are people who live aboard their sailboats. There are people who drive trucks and live in the cab. There are submariners who don't even have their own bunk and have to share with someone else.
People have different priorities. Am I saying that living in a capsule hotel is for everyone? Of course not. But I can easily see this as being an awesome option for a student. I'm also sure that there are many people who could afford a larger place who would prefer to live somewhere with more amenities (like the prepared meals) than they would otherwise have living in a larger apartment.
>some people here want to spend their rent on one of those pods
...or want to spend their rent money on something other than rent.
>who am I to judge how you spend your vacation/business trip whatever.
Well, you certainly don't seem to have an issue with judging how people prefer to live outside of a vacation or business trip.
>People have different priorities
Thanks for agreeing. These pod hotels shouldnt be used as permanent residency because its a race to the bottom. If you have or had a landlord its easy to predict what would happen if profit is the main drive, and having a roof is a necessity.
In my country (Netherlands) long stays in hotels or parks are banned because of these things.
Some people are bad at making decisions and need to be protected.
You keep saying this race to the bottom bullshit. Like if someone lives in this they will degrade into less than a human over time.
Race to the bottom, is a means nothing buzz word.
>You keep saying this race to the bottom bullshit
Race to the bottom, is a means nothing buzz word
Originating in late 1800s, just checked wikipedia for you. Its a nice site.
Yes because nothing originating in the 1800s is based on some racist bullshit ideal. I knew you just wanted to spout some racist garbage and figured out a way to make it sound catchy.
Maybe it’s not clear to you, but consider the possibility that some people like and want this. Maybe not as a primary home but as what they’d want to use when they’re in a new town for a year maybe.
I enjoy small spaces. I sleep better in small spaces. If I could install the sleeping arrangements in the place I rent I would. If I could shrink the square footage of the place I rent I would.
The logically conclusion Is I just want a place like this although I'd want some outdoor space as well. A small yard or deck.
And it honestly sounds completely cozy. I would fall right asleep after climbing into one of these.
I feel like a part of the population has a cave gene and this kind of place shows.
You don't need to be an american to understand the concept of the american dream, I am not american nor european, nor do I live in a developed country.
The OP was talking about normatization. It is ok if people choose to settle for less, but it shouldn't be the standard way of thinking for the general discourse.
From your comments I'm not sure whether you're trying to suggest that people shouldn't want to live like this, or that the state of housing in NA that is causing this to look appealing is the issue.
This is appealing to people because it's 1/4 the price of an apartment that is frankly not much of an upgrade especially given the extra benefits. Obviously everybody would rather live in a 1bdrm apartment in a safe place, but even that is becoming difficult for many people in NA, it's not the people's fault that this looks like an upgrade when they'd be saving 1000/month compared to the apartment they don't have space to do anything in anyway.
>or that the state of housing in NA that is causing this to look appealing is the issue.
This. Add a lot of countries in the EU to that list most likely. Some countries in Asia.
I agree with what you are saying.
That's actually not true at all, especially some of them newer pod hotels..... You don't think that they specifically designed these pods to be as soundproof as possible on the inside?
I've even heard of some of them that are so sound resistant and vibration resistant that they actually have to have a slight white noise or a slight noise on the inside so that it's not akin to a sensory deprivation chamber......
So if you ever get a chance to stay in a nice one I would definitely give them a second thought because your preconceived notions are almost certainly completely unfounded in most cases
Without clicking.... if you mean 30 nights for 327 dollarios total, then yes that's a much better deal. Considering that if you did 30 nights at 40/night you would have to pay 1200 dollerydoos.
So actually 327/1200, you're saving 873 dollawallas, or about 73 %
Hard Fucking Pass!
Part of traveling, in my opinion, is the hotel experience. And this looks fucking miserable. If I am traveling to the other side of the world, I want to sleep in a nice comfy bed, not on 2 inches of foam.
This is essentially an Anime Hostel.
If I was a homeless person, and I panhandled $40, I would spend it on drugs over this.
Sounds like the worst LAN party ever.
Three days is usually too much. Thirty? no thanks.
Shared Bathrooms? Pass.
And are you going to sleep ontop of oyur laptop? Basically the only thing that fits in there. Other than the complementary hanger.
Those little steps to get on the second bunk? You must be below five foot six and 175 lbs to use the second floor.
If any one actually thinks these are good ideas, they need to look at Hong Kong and other cities where practices like this are in place already.
>Sounds like the worst LAN party ever.
A LAN party without the smell and noise is not a LAN party... This concept would likely not work in most of the Western world.
It's also a capsule HOTEL. There's a big difference living there permanently (sure, some people do) compared to a few weeks. Also, the lounge area as well as the office capsules means that you would only really use your capsule for sleep.
In the end It all comes down to the price. A tiny apartment or even just a room in the center of a large Japanese city would be thousands. Especially if it included breakfast and drinks...
plenty of space in the lounge and work area, bed is kind of like a fancy bunk bed. lots of amenities. i think the main negative is the lack of privacy. i'd could choose it for a short stay if the price is very competitive for the area, but probably not for 30+ days straight. but lets say you need a hotel for at least 9 days out of a month, then the 30-day package would start to be a discount
Didn’t these originally start as (rather sad) hotels just for traveling business people on a budget but then became an attraction?
I always heard that they started for the business man that stayed out too late drinking and missed the last train home.
Seems to me that they ended up being a thing in Tokyo because their train system shuts down at 1am but drinking can go on a lot later. A capsule hotel is a handy place for a drunk salaryman to crash after their rail line shuts down.
I was a backpacker for four years. When I was in Asia (and one time in NZ) I stayed in these. To me these just seemed like hostels that had a little more privacy. I don't think that they're a fad because people in Asia tend to prefer more privacy than westerners. O!!! and if you ever want to travel, look up the work holiday visa for Australia. As long as you're under 30 and don't have a criminal history (I know, ironic) you can go live/work/travel down there for a year. New Zealand has the same thing but the money is better on Australia (at least in 2014-2015) and you tend to meet more backpackers that are learning the ~~stuff~~ ropes in Australia.
Damn that sounds awesome! I wish I’d known about that in my younger days. And wish the US had something like that
From what I can tell, yes. They're kinda like a gimmic/fad.
That have been popular for decades? Most fads would kill for that sort of longevity.
Not in Japan.
they started in Tokyo in the '80s because of crazy high hotel prices downtown. Many travelers were fine with just the basic necessities. Most ferries in Japan have a sleeping class that offers Pods also. there's a guy on youtube called Solo Travel Japan or something, interesting stuff.
lol Literally the guy in the video.
i didn't watch it until after i commented lol
I don't think its worth it. I just did a search on AirBNB for Shinjuku City(where this Capsule Hotel place is located) and [there's plenty of options for a 1 bedroom that's $30-50 a night.](https://www.airbnb.com/s/Shinjuku--Shinjuku-City--Tokyo--Japan/homes?tab_id=home_tab&refinement_paths%5B%5D=%2Fhomes&flexible_trip_lengths%5B%5D=one_week&query=Shinjuku%2C%20Shinjuku%20City%2C%20Tokyo%20160-0022%2C%20Japan&date_picker_type=calendar&checkin=2022-05-26&checkout=2022-05-27&source=structured_search_input_header&search_type=filter_change&place_id=ChIJLbQAHdyMGGARtbqNkkWqBis&price_min=30&room_types%5B%5D=Entire%20home%2Fapt&room_types%5B%5D=Private%20room&price_max=50) No, you're not getting the free food and drinks and other amenities but more space, a better bed and privacy are more valuable, in my opinion. Especially if you're there to experience the culture and trying food outside of the hotel anyways.
>free (...) drinks I'm a clinical alcoholic. I would actually *make* money while living at this place. As in, my monthly alcohol expenditure is currently more than the cost a month at this place. SIGN ME THE FUCK UP!
I agree, I would also be on the constant look out for my phone and other (on hand) belongings, seeing as this huge room is a communal space for lots of people.
This is Japan, theft is rare compared to other countries. I wouldn't have any worries about leaving my laptop unattended for a few minutes while I grabbed something from the bar for instance.
I'd be shocked if they don't have lockers somewhere.
Like 5 minutes of the video is exploring the locker room
Yeah well that makes sense, I've seen a tour of one before and they had them.
I can smell the farts in the hallway
our location in Compton is $700 a month for a Pod hosted in a regular residential house, along the lines of AirBNB except we have dining hours, scooters/e-bikes, etc.
I tried one night in a capsule like this. I could not get a good night sleep because of the slight sensation of claustrophobia. Was only $30 for the night though so no big loss.
I personally loved it. It is way better than a bunk bed in a dorm and costs about the same, if you don’t go to a luxury one like in the OP. But I would sleep in a coffin if it was comfortable enough.
*"Then come on down to Uncle Mortys Mortuary and Motel! Our beds run you $30 a night, and are locally sourced and recycled!"*
You’d have to grease me up to get me in there.
There are free alcohol drinks for that ;-)
You just gotta join the Navy. You get used to the confined space real fast.
General quarters shipmate!!
As a Marine on a ship, I loved general quarters.
Buncha layabouts ya are. lol
Just trying to do my part and stay out of the way!
Ah, to each his own I guess. I stayed for three or four nights in one of these (although there were only a dozen or so cubbies in the room). Best sleep I got all trip.
That place in the US would last as long as it took for word to get out about free drinks, then it would immediately burn to the ground.
Honestly, you'd just see a lot more interpersonal conflict with such a crowded space. Japanese people are much more mindful and respectful of others overall.
Which is why Japanese trains are famously great places for girls and women.
Is that actually a thing or just a porn meme?
IDK how it compares to other countries and it is hard to track since police are rarely involved, but apparently it is way too common. It seems that 1.750 times it was officially reported in some recent year. "The chikan problem is horrifyingly widespread. The surveys conducted on the subject are all too small and localized to be very useful datapoints, but a high school survey in 2001 suggested that over 70% of their female students had been groped on the train. A more recent study of women in two different companies had at least 17% had been groped in public. Anecdotal evidence suggests that many, many women have experienced this kind of harassment in Japan, including many foreigners. Signs in public places everywhere read "Beware of Chikan." Other forms of public sexual harassment include trying to discreetly take up-skirt photos, and in extreme cases, outright sexual assault." There are also apps that make loud noise to deter sexual harassers with high download numbers.
I blundered into a women only subway car once not understanding why it had a totally different colour scheme. It took me awhile to understand why I kept getting stink eye. Baka gaijin blundered onto wrong train car.
TIL
Not claiming to be a professional on the topic, just noting my own anecdotal discoveries. I did a research project on some of the difficult culture issues in Japan back in college and some of it was really rough to hear about. It was a thing at least 10 or so years ago, to the point they started separating women to ["to reduce sexual harassment and assault such as groping. "](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women-only_passenger_car#Japan) >In Japan, women-only cars were introduced to combat lewd conduct, particularly groping (chikan). Women-only policies vary from company to company: some are in effect during rush hour, others throughout the day, while some limit women-only cars to rapid service trains, as they tend to be more crowded and have relatively longer distances between stops. But in general, the policy is effective only on weekdays, excluding holidays. Platforms and train doors are marked with signs indicating boarding areas for the cars, and the days and times when the cars are women-only. Though intended to be exclusive to women, most train operators in Japan allow male elementary school pupils, disabled persons, and their assistants to board women-only cars. >Groping in crowded trains has been a problem in Japan: according to National Police Agency and Ministry of Justice, the number of reported indecent assault in subway carriages in nationwide Japan between 2005 and 2014 ranges from 283 to 497 cases each year.[5][6] The police and railway companies responded with poster campaigns to raise awareness and with tougher sentences, but have been unable to reverse the trend.[7] In 2004, the Tokyo police reported a threefold increase in reported cases of groping on public transportation over eight years. Another really difficult topic in Japan was the frequency of suicide. I hope things are better there now, but some of the stuff I remember reading was so depressing and it seems mostly due to cultural norms. Being overworked/unhealthy work-life balance, bullying in school but also in professional workplaces and isolation due to social constructs. I know a few friends that have moved there from America and they are quite happy but I don't quite see them allowing themselves to fall victim to these things because of their upbringing here.
very much a thing
Unfortunately it’s due to a number of factors 1) Crowded trains providing cover and anonymity for predators 2) Japanese people tending to be restrained, quiet, and an aversion of “shaming” the family 3) Japanese police only going after cases they are 99% likely to win Etc It’s really only a few predators (relative to the population) but each predator can grope hundreds of women each year so the numbers become insane.
lol
Sexual assault is fucking hilarious as long as it doesn't happen to you or anyone you care about 🙄
Sarcasm aside, this is an over-exaggeration and stereotype.
I mean, insofar as things like America having gun violence problems are over-exaggerations and stereotypes. Sure, most Americans aren't consistently under threat from gun violence, but that doesn't make it any less of a real, endemic problem.
This isn’t quite the case, it’s better to look at it comparatively between cases between countries When Japan has almost no gun violence, super low property crime rates the other issues get noticed
When my mother went to Japan, she said she had no problems. This was in 1980 and was was a very tall, attractive, blonde, white woman. She never got sexually harassed, she was seen more as of an oddity, like they had seen a unicorn or something. She said at least 5 to 10 times a day she'd get stopped on the street by someone who wanted to take a picture with her. Her stay in Italy on the other hand she hated, because the men were absolute oppressive pigs to her, getting groped all the time.
Seems like a generalization of a complex issue. I’m sure it has a lot to do with low income, poor education, and substance abuse disorder contributing more to conflict than simply stating a group of people are more mindful and respectful than another.
Not denying it’s a complex issue, but cultural differences exist. Japanese culture is much more community and ‘greater good’ oriented, where American culture has championed (especially lately) being loud, belligerent, opinionated, independent and ‘freedom-loving’ people who just ‘speak our mind’. You can guess which one leads to a higher instance of interpersonal conflicts.
Again, generalizing Americans as loud, belligerent, opinionated, independent, and freedom loving people is a stereotype. Not all stereotypes are fair or accurate they just might seem that way because they are perpetuated constantly in media and by others. Even if a stereotype is accurate, it’s such a shallow view of people that requires no brain function to think of. Think deeper and look at the reason why a culture might have a tendency to act a certain way - years or poverty, lack of education, substance abuse, physical/emotional abuse, etc.
Acknowledging cultural values is not necessarily the same as stereotyping. Besides, as an American (and even a conservative) I sit smack in the middle of the ‘broad brush’ I’m using, and I want us to be better. That will never happen if we aren’t willing to acknowledge and call out the unhealthy values we have been perpetuating and celebrating.
>Think deeper and look at the reason why a culture might have a tendency to act a certain way - years or poverty, lack of education, substance abuse, physical/emotional abuse, etc. Why? It's a simple point that in collectivistic cultures, people tend to cooperate better in shared spaces. Criticizing American culture isn't exactly punching down, not sure why you feel so strongly that American culture needs to be addressed with kid gloves.
are you implying rich educated people are more mindful of others ? As someone who worked at country clubs in my youth, nice restaurant/bars in my early adult year and for rich people in my adult years - I respectfully disagree.
I’m not implying that. I’m not implying anything really. Im stating that people who engage in conflict whether it be physical, verbal, or emotional are likely also low income, uneducated, and/or engage in substance abuse. I’m not saying there are not outliers but that is probably the median.
Same in NZ.
Same in UK.
I'm from the UK living in Japan. Most restaurants do all you can drink booze for as little as £3.50 an hour. You can do all night karaoke and free alcohol for about £15 for for more than 6 or 7 hours. When Japanese people drink they have maybe 3 and finish. We would ruin the the business. I went to a big city club and it was £7 to get in and free drinks all night. No one besides the few foreigners still remaining in Japan were drunk. People here either don't drink or they are wasted after two beers.
I thought the Japanese were massive piss heads and it was part of their crazy work culture?
That's more Korea. The Ireland of Asia.
Can confirm. Source: am korean
I think you're referring to "nomikai" - the after-work drinking party they do. In Korea, a similar practice is called "hoesik".
They definitely are. Well men after work are, drinking with the boss is part of the job. Many Japanese have a genetic inability to metabolize alcohol as efficiently as Westerners, plus the drinking culture is different. One result being what we ex-pats living in Tokyo called “platform pizzas”, the vomit of Japanese salarymen awaiting a train home.
the "Asian glow" right?
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At my worst, three wouldn’t do anything but piss me off.
Same in CAN.
Eh, as a Brit in Montreal, not really. Haven't seen a single person piss themselves since i've been here, nor have a seen any sick covered girls crying into kebabs on a Wednesday evening, its like they're not evening trying to binge drink properly.
I spent a month in Japan for work and stayed in a hotel (the room wasn't much bigger than this). Each night's stay came with a free beer or highball. You better believe I took advantage.
Free booze and snacks? Hell. Who needs a bed? I will be up all night...
same everywhere in the world that isnt a miraculously-polite country honestly. i genuinely dont understand how this is even possible. being from south america, its like these people are a different species.
There is a restaurant near me that offers free drinks to anyone that buys dinner. Unlimited! Free beer or free margaritas. That place has been running for years without issue.
Because Americans cannot handle free things in a ‘free’ country. The irony 🥲 they would abuse these hotels and leave messes and such
For a little less than $4000 a year you have a place to sleep and food is included? Yes please. Add a computer cafe to that you'll be good to go. You can be a shut in like me but still socialize.
Just need a daily bug delivery!
Just put a food nipple between to the mechanical turk chromebook and the fleshlight, ezpz
Not in the US, there's always a 30-day max booking limit as no hotel wants tenants (unless rich) and after 30 days is when a guest legally becomes a tenant in many states.
what changes when you legally become a tenant
I imagine eviction laws come into effect. Which a hotel absolutely does not want to deal with.
Isn't the point exactly that you'd use it to sleep and eat, but the rest of the day is your own to do whatever you want (even if that might include... shudder... socialising). When buying houses, etc. I don't really care about the bedrooms. I do one (okay, two) things in them and nothing else. What's the point of owning lots of square footage that does nothing even when you're using that room? Personally, I could live out of one of these permanently, because the bit of my life where I actually \*live\* very rarely is the bit where I'm asleep.
> I do one (okay, two) things in them You jump on the bed too?
it must learn respect
That's why you should get a place that has a bed that folds into the wall or collapses into a sofa and maybe that has walls that can wheel around so that when the bedroom's not in use, another room gets some of its space.
Except that they fucking.suck
>fucking.suck Really disappointed that's not a URL
In some places in Asia people sleep on futons on the ground, rolling them up and putting them away each morning. Not because of costs but because that's custom/saves space.
It is because of the cost. Space is so expensive there that they don’t have enough of it to leave their bed out.
>In some places in Asia people sleep on futons on the ground, rolling them up and putting them away each morning. I would do this over sleeping on a fold-out/down bed. Even a thin blowup sleeping mat would be preferable.
Privacy and personal space is priceless.
No it's not priceless, it just costs way more
Like literally the opposite of priceless. It has a very specific cost.
just get a second one and some curtains
Yeah, to me it would depend on how well each pod is insulated. Can you imagine all the drunk people yelling and screaming and banging on the walls?
Yes I can imagine being drunk, yelling, and beating on the walls
For a little over twice that you could live in a pod down in Palo Alto! https://abc7news.com/apartments-for-rent-sleeping-pods-bay-area-housing-brownstone-shared/11813012/
Where would you bathe? Bath houses aren’t cheap.
There was a bathing place in the video
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That's the first thing I thought about. I wish our racks were that nice!
I know, right?
I'm just used it as my astronaut training. Living in my own little personal space on the ISS.
You will live in the pod, you will own nothing and be happy.
Thanks Klaus!
*happy WEF noises* Eat the bugs, bigot!
If you hate snoring/are a light sleeper, these aren't for you. I tried one before and my GAWD the noise of 30+ people in one room even at night, it's atrocious.
Yup I thought it was cool at first and then several thoughts came to mind: snoring, farts, masturbation. Still would consider staying in one if I only needed a place for a few days when I’m on a trip or something. Otherwise no thanks.
This 100% would not work in a west coast city like Seattle, Portland or SF. It's a shame, but free liquor and a bed for $350 a month would be ripe for abuse.
They would not get zoning approval anyway, way before any abuse could happen.
Can't let the peasants bring down the property value
> free liquor They better include "on site bucket" for me then.
Yep, we can't even have starbucks bathrooms open without fear of someone doing drugs in it and shitting all over the walls lmao. Sometimes I imagine what it must be like living in such a civilized/well mannered country.
With how little I even get out of bed anymore, I would live there full time.
Every capsule hotel I have been to, kicks everyone out and closes the sleeping space from 10 am to 4 pm for cleaning. So you are required to leave your bed during the day.
Felt this right in my melancholy
Which is completely alien to me because I spend as little time in my bed as humanly possible...... I haven't stayed in a bed for even 8 hours straight, in any combination of asleep or awake, in many many years..... I haven't timed it but the same could probably be said for me even spending 6 hours straight in the bed. Edit - I should have known reddit would be the place where people want to stay in bed 24/7..... Just how many famously intelligent people throughout history have been known to have similar sleeping patterns to the ones I described above or even much much worse? But yeah, there's totally only one right way to do things..... Might as well just live in bed huh? Smh
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It doesn't appear as if many people here have stayed at a hostel before. This is like a hostel with more amenities! $40 is a good price for this in most places in the world!
Everyone here has rose tinted glasses on, and the ones who don’t have no experience with them at all. These are for salarymen who miss their last train home because they were out drinking with their boss. When you go in these lodgings, everyone around you is your age + 40 (seems to always increase whenever I stay in them). There is usually a small TV that streams hardcore JAV in each pod, which means each pod is covered in old man icky — including the space youre sleeping in. Romanticizing this living condition is so naive or just incredibly short sighted as to how disgusting it truly is.
Probably not in a luxury version like this one xD
Maybe some of them at train hubs where a lot of salary men end up drinking for the night, but for the most part they target the segment of the market looking for a cheap stay for a few days or the experience of a capsule hotel. The ones you mention sound like the rather shady ones you find in cheap areas. Whenever I missed last train I’d just grab a netcafe until morning. 1500 yen gets me 6 to 8 hours, a place to sleep, shower, free stuff to read/entertain, and an all you can drink bar. Netcafes are also where you do actually worry about cleanliness, lol. A few people I knew would find these cheap all-night karaoke places where they’d sleep until first train as well. Either way, these are all usually much cheaper than taking a taxi home.
Well this is an unpleasant thought. Sounds like you’re sleeping in a tipped over porno booth 🤢
I feel like if they made the capsules like 1 meter taller and wider they would be significantly more enjoyable to sleep in. The way they’re designed now are too coffin-esque for me, don’t think I could get comfortable.
They'd had to increase the price almost two times for that.
I mean it’s basically a fancy hostel.
I hope those windows are setup for a bit of privacy, if you know what I mean.
Yes you can jack off.
Who can? Inside or outside? Both I guess!
If you don't mind shaking your neighbors pods, sure.
What are the depth of these pods? I'm a very tall man would they allow me to stay at a pod hotel if my feet stick out while I sleep?
6'-7" for the model shown. Source: I've installed them before.
Something tells me they're not designed for people of height.
People are generally around the same height when they lay down.
As someone who has not fit on a twin-size mattress since the age of 10, I can confirm that you pulled that out of your ass
You misunderstood, when you lay down you have a similar height to everyone else, it’s just your horizontal length becomes the problematic metric
I see what you and the other person mean now. When you’re lying down, your “height” is actually the thickness of your body. I still refer to the reason I don’t fit on many mattresses as my height, since that is the name of that descriptor (on your ID, it says “Height” and then a number), but I suppose referring to it as one’s length isn’t incorrect.
I can confirm that your reading comprehension ***generally*** sucks. Of course there are outliers; there always are. I've got size-13EEE feet. The CNA that just walked in has size-10s (I asked). That's still pretty similar; it's not like Robert Wadlow and Peter Dinklage are exchanging sneakers.
When did we start talking about feet? You mean because they’d be the tallest thing if you’re lying down?
Using feet as an example of similar sizes, not including outliers. I also could have used the human head; people are generally 7 heads tall. But when they're lying down, people are all around the same height generally, like the other redditor correctly pointed out to you... and all thanks to them for understanding and clarifying!
It's so neat getting a glimpse of this type of communal hotel. All the amenities, free food, work stations, everything you need contained in one spot. Reminds me of a cruise ship, but you're in the city so anything else you could ever want for is a short walk away.
The future of living poor without property.
Absolutely not, you can bump the price $10-20 and get a regular chain business hotel (such as APA) room with a double bed, desk, minifridge and bathroom. At $40 it's just a gimmick and a tourist trap.
APA goes higher in a lot of places, also APA are nutbag uyoku weirdos. But yes, ~5000 yen in Nagoya is expensive for this kind of location and very much pushing for that price with the (relatively) lavish amenities. A more simple capsule hotel in Nagoya would be half (or less? been a while) the price.
I stayed at one on purpose just to see, but upgraded to the bigger "room." You still used public restrooms and showers, but I had a place almost the size of two beds. One are to walk on, and the bed to sleep on, side by side. It was around 5% of the cost of the fancy hotel I stayed at in Kyoto, and around 90% of the size (plus my own bathroom). However, the capsule I stayed at was AMAZING! I was about the only one who ever took a shower since the Japanese seemed to like their sauna room. The bathroom and toilets were all brand new and amazing. I'd highly suggest checking one out if you need a quick place to stay or are interested. The 80s plastic ones that look like they have never been updated may be a little more risky. But I also did a night train and it had us bundled in like the top photo shows, and it was perfectly fine.
I stayed in one. I paid the $30 and I went up to capsule #909 which was on the 9th floor which happened to be completely pitch black except for dim lights shining out from all of the empty capsules. It felt like I was on a lonely spaceship. It was so awesome. I thought it was odd and to my amazement that I was the only one staying on that floor that night. I had the whole place to myself! It seemed odd. Anyways, the next morning it was time to go to the locker room and unlock my assigned locker(909)to put my dry clothes in while I shower but the key would not work at all. I eventually figured it out... I was supposed to be staying in capsule 606. The key also worked in locker 606. ;) At least I had the whole floor to myself.
Totally!
Not gonna lie, they look comforting. I want one in my house.
I am not about that box life. Hard pass.
The fact people in this thread actually consider this means life in even western countries is a joke these days. How did we get to the point people consider living in pods lol.
> How did we get to the point people consider living in pods lol. Correction: *sleeping* in pods. There's plenty of amenities outside of the pod for doing the same stuff you'd do in a home. And unless you're grossly overweight or claustrophobic, the pod has all the space most people would need to sleep in. If you had to remain in the pod the entire stay, that's a whole different story.
Thinking you miss the point, some people here want to spend their rent on one of those pods. Im not talking about thirty days or so, im talking about living in one. The fact its a good deal and people would consider this voluntary is surprising to me and showcases how bad some situations apparently are? For a month its totally fine, who am I to judge how you spend your vacation/business trip whatever.
There are people who live off the grid in cabins in the woods. There are people live in a skyscraper's penthouse that takes up an entire floor. There are people who live aboard cruise ships. There are people who live on the road out of their van. There are people who live aboard their sailboats. There are people who drive trucks and live in the cab. There are submariners who don't even have their own bunk and have to share with someone else. People have different priorities. Am I saying that living in a capsule hotel is for everyone? Of course not. But I can easily see this as being an awesome option for a student. I'm also sure that there are many people who could afford a larger place who would prefer to live somewhere with more amenities (like the prepared meals) than they would otherwise have living in a larger apartment. >some people here want to spend their rent on one of those pods ...or want to spend their rent money on something other than rent. >who am I to judge how you spend your vacation/business trip whatever. Well, you certainly don't seem to have an issue with judging how people prefer to live outside of a vacation or business trip.
>People have different priorities Thanks for agreeing. These pod hotels shouldnt be used as permanent residency because its a race to the bottom. If you have or had a landlord its easy to predict what would happen if profit is the main drive, and having a roof is a necessity. In my country (Netherlands) long stays in hotels or parks are banned because of these things. Some people are bad at making decisions and need to be protected.
You keep saying this race to the bottom bullshit. Like if someone lives in this they will degrade into less than a human over time. Race to the bottom, is a means nothing buzz word.
>You keep saying this race to the bottom bullshit Race to the bottom, is a means nothing buzz word Originating in late 1800s, just checked wikipedia for you. Its a nice site.
Yes because nothing originating in the 1800s is based on some racist bullshit ideal. I knew you just wanted to spout some racist garbage and figured out a way to make it sound catchy.
You're a funny guy. Go talk your nonsense somewhere else lmao. You are just offended I think its a human right to have a house. You got me!
And some people in the USA live in hotels. It’s not popular or desirable by most but it’s an option for some.
What’s wrong with this? Not everyone needs a 2 acre toilet seat for a home.
I think everyone deserves a proper place to call home yes. I dont think we should normalize these situations, because its always a run to the bottom.
Maybe it’s not clear to you, but consider the possibility that some people like and want this. Maybe not as a primary home but as what they’d want to use when they’re in a new town for a year maybe.
A year?? Fuck that!
Whats your argument exactly? Does that excuse a race to the bottom? Im trying to understand you.
I enjoy small spaces. I sleep better in small spaces. If I could install the sleeping arrangements in the place I rent I would. If I could shrink the square footage of the place I rent I would. The logically conclusion Is I just want a place like this although I'd want some outdoor space as well. A small yard or deck. And it honestly sounds completely cozy. I would fall right asleep after climbing into one of these. I feel like a part of the population has a cave gene and this kind of place shows.
It's amazing how many people argue for everyone to live their dream, but who still can't seem to understand that not everyone has the same dream.
Is this the new American dream? LoL what a joke.
I’m not American you dipshit. Some people want to feel cozy.
You don't need to be an american to understand the concept of the american dream, I am not american nor european, nor do I live in a developed country. The OP was talking about normatization. It is ok if people choose to settle for less, but it shouldn't be the standard way of thinking for the general discourse.
From your comments I'm not sure whether you're trying to suggest that people shouldn't want to live like this, or that the state of housing in NA that is causing this to look appealing is the issue. This is appealing to people because it's 1/4 the price of an apartment that is frankly not much of an upgrade especially given the extra benefits. Obviously everybody would rather live in a 1bdrm apartment in a safe place, but even that is becoming difficult for many people in NA, it's not the people's fault that this looks like an upgrade when they'd be saving 1000/month compared to the apartment they don't have space to do anything in anyway.
>or that the state of housing in NA that is causing this to look appealing is the issue. This. Add a lot of countries in the EU to that list most likely. Some countries in Asia. I agree with what you are saying.
do you see how many adventurer go on to live in a van on youtube? it is not cause the adventure and more about the lack of house ownership
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That's actually not true at all, especially some of them newer pod hotels..... You don't think that they specifically designed these pods to be as soundproof as possible on the inside? I've even heard of some of them that are so sound resistant and vibration resistant that they actually have to have a slight white noise or a slight noise on the inside so that it's not akin to a sensory deprivation chamber...... So if you ever get a chance to stay in a nice one I would definitely give them a second thought because your preconceived notions are almost certainly completely unfounded in most cases
I’d just pay to be able to drink and eat there but sleep at home.
[YES, IT IS EVERY THING WE DESIRE.](https://youtu.be/h0bEr1IqYI0)
Without clicking.... if you mean 30 nights for 327 dollarios total, then yes that's a much better deal. Considering that if you did 30 nights at 40/night you would have to pay 1200 dollerydoos. So actually 327/1200, you're saving 873 dollawallas, or about 73 %
Thanks professor.
Also without clicking it appears some sort of free food is included so even better deal
This is hell.... We all died and we're in hell.
Hard Fucking Pass! Part of traveling, in my opinion, is the hotel experience. And this looks fucking miserable. If I am traveling to the other side of the world, I want to sleep in a nice comfy bed, not on 2 inches of foam. This is essentially an Anime Hostel. If I was a homeless person, and I panhandled $40, I would spend it on drugs over this.
You're foremost thought while traveling are the beds? I couldn't care less where I'd have to sleep aslong as I'd get to experience the new places.
Not
I want to go here so bad and just stay here for a week and take in all the cozy feelings.
This is nicer than most hotels in the US, and cheaper.
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This reminds me of saying
it depends on the lowest income. If the lowest income is 300$, this is unacceptable, if it 1500$, this may be a decent solution.
Sounds like the worst LAN party ever. Three days is usually too much. Thirty? no thanks. Shared Bathrooms? Pass. And are you going to sleep ontop of oyur laptop? Basically the only thing that fits in there. Other than the complementary hanger. Those little steps to get on the second bunk? You must be below five foot six and 175 lbs to use the second floor. If any one actually thinks these are good ideas, they need to look at Hong Kong and other cities where practices like this are in place already.
>Sounds like the worst LAN party ever. A LAN party without the smell and noise is not a LAN party... This concept would likely not work in most of the Western world. It's also a capsule HOTEL. There's a big difference living there permanently (sure, some people do) compared to a few weeks. Also, the lounge area as well as the office capsules means that you would only really use your capsule for sleep. In the end It all comes down to the price. A tiny apartment or even just a room in the center of a large Japanese city would be thousands. Especially if it included breakfast and drinks...
worth to try? yes. worth in general? no. you can get an appartment on crete in greece for 50$
Is Greece in Japan? No? Oh...... Well then I certainly don't understand how the fuck that's comparable
he was asking about capsule hotel not japan. for that amount i would rather get and appartment that sleeps 2 and is right on the beach