Japanese

"Capsule Hotel"

Guess what on earth is the one that the Japanese with a long foreign life miss very much? The answer must be various but I often hear is "Safe downtown".
There are not so many countries we can drink outside as safely and happily as Japan till a late at night. You can find a lot of cities in the foreign countries that looks safe in daytime but turns into dangerous towns suddenly at night.

As for this theme "Capsule Hotel", downtown circumstances of such Japan might be big causes of established. Of course, not only drink sake but also diligent company employees who have missed the last train by the overtime work are also great guests of the hotel.

Such a convenient Capsule Hotel's having appeared for the first time in Japan was about 25 years ago. "Result of aiming at the service of the hotel level by the charge of the same low price as the sauna." It was born. Moreover, it is a thing "Capsule house" advocacy in the Osaka Expo in 1970. There increases rapidly to Japan the businessman soldier who works in recklessness, and this country had rushed into the high economic growth period. The population that keeps increasing in narrow land...
Such advocacy's being performed in that background can be fully agreed although I am not sure if that house was a great invention to solve the problems all.

Rate for a night stay is around 3,000 yen to 4,000 yen. It is equipped fully with the coin-operated locker. The room is very narrow as its name suggests. It exactly becomes shape like capsule of 1m x 1m x 2m and you slip into it. Of course, rest room, shower, and sauna, etc. can be used. For the person who is anxious
about the snore in the next room, there might be lending service of the earplug, too. Moreover, as a service to businessman, you can buy a shirt and necktie there. There are usually a lot of 10:00AMs the checkout time though the check-in is 24 hours possible.

Most people commute to the heart of Tokyo by train. People drink and eat while always considering the time of the last train because there are a lot of families that buy their wider and comfortable houses in suburbs. I have to emphasize that people will be bothered so much if they miss the last train. Taxi costs too much and no one loves sleeping outside. Under such disguising situation, "Capsule hotel" will proudly provide you with a comfortable and safe bed anytime for everyone (In the past, this kind of hotels were only for men but recently, hotels or floors for women only are newly appeared.)

I believe that you will have a lot of invitations for welcome or farewell parties in the coming spring. Why don't you try sleeping in a capsule?

Editor: sugarplum