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In Japan, these are often "Sleep off a drunk" hotels. They aren't really meant as regular accommodations; which seems to be the point of the article.

My biggest worry about these types of places would be safety. A fire could be horrifying.





I wouldn't worry about fire: it seems to be quite modern so most likely has quite some fire equipment and concrete. Common parts from the pictures don't seem to have much flammable stuff. Last time I stayed in London was in a hotel assembled from multiple old 3-4 floors buildings and multiple old wooden staircases, like to go to your room you had to go to floor 2 then end of a corridor then to floor 3 and right left and stuff like this in 1-person wide corridors and stairs. There I was scared of a fire because there was definitely a feeling of no way to escape fast.

There are definitely backpacker/frugal traveller-oriented capsule-ish hotels in Japan. For example, in some rural resorts like Hakone.

Really? I spent a few nights in a capsule hotel in Shinjuku (Tokyo) and the experience was great. It was cheap, quiet, clean, and had everything I wanted (quiet private space, free coffee and "onsen" bath. Would definitely recommend.

Never stayed in one, but "quiet and clean" are pretty much de facto standard for any Japanese accommodation.

I always enjoyed their hotels, and my preference was usually some of the cheaper ones, like the Prince hotels. I have stayed in ones like the fancy Dai Ichi ones, but I felt that they weren't really all that much better than the cheaper ones (but I'm sure there's even fancier ones, for folks that can afford).




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