I think capsule hotels are one of the best ways for a foreigner to travel around Japan. They do have a few constraints though:
1. They dont offer much in the way of English-language support, and I dont think they want high-manitenance gaijin. Its a very traditional crowd I think.
2. You have limited space for storage. Basically your sleeping area is open so you dont have storage space there. You get one elongate, school-type locker in the bath area. This is not terribly secure, but I have never had a problem. I have often stored a locked case on ground floor in the office storage area, and this has been fine, though not always secure. i.e. They have left the door open. They did not mind me taking things out daily for overnight stays.
3. They dont really suit more than 2 night stays.
4. I am not aware of any website which provides a list of capsule hotels in Japan, and since they are advertised in Japanese, they are not always easy to find. Your best chance is going to a youth-entertainment district in a major city and asking people. I dont know the Japanese name, but they will know enough English.
I have stayed at capsule hotels in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka (Green Cell?), Nagoya (near JR station), Tokyo (near Prince Hotel, Shinjuku) and Hiroshima. Could not find anything in Osaka, though I'm sure they are there. I literally couldn't find anything, so I dislike the place to this day. Ok, not literally. They tend to be around the Y3500-4500/night. The value is the hot bath before and after a night out. Dont forget you save on transport too (Y300+). Sometimes they have a discount for the 2nd night.
As indicated they dont stand out very well. They dont have signs saying 'capsule hotel'. Just a lot of Japanese garb. Ask people. If you have trouble storing your bags, maybe you should use a locker at the station overnight, and recover your things the next morning. But as indicated, I never had a problem storing or accessing a lockup case.
For more info see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel and Osaka Capsule Hotels (paradoxically I found this list) and here for pictures of a capsule hotel.
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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com
1. They dont offer much in the way of English-language support, and I dont think they want high-manitenance gaijin. Its a very traditional crowd I think.
2. You have limited space for storage. Basically your sleeping area is open so you dont have storage space there. You get one elongate, school-type locker in the bath area. This is not terribly secure, but I have never had a problem. I have often stored a locked case on ground floor in the office storage area, and this has been fine, though not always secure. i.e. They have left the door open. They did not mind me taking things out daily for overnight stays.
3. They dont really suit more than 2 night stays.
4. I am not aware of any website which provides a list of capsule hotels in Japan, and since they are advertised in Japanese, they are not always easy to find. Your best chance is going to a youth-entertainment district in a major city and asking people. I dont know the Japanese name, but they will know enough English.
I have stayed at capsule hotels in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka (Green Cell?), Nagoya (near JR station), Tokyo (near Prince Hotel, Shinjuku) and Hiroshima. Could not find anything in Osaka, though I'm sure they are there. I literally couldn't find anything, so I dislike the place to this day. Ok, not literally. They tend to be around the Y3500-4500/night. The value is the hot bath before and after a night out. Dont forget you save on transport too (Y300+). Sometimes they have a discount for the 2nd night.
As indicated they dont stand out very well. They dont have signs saying 'capsule hotel'. Just a lot of Japanese garb. Ask people. If you have trouble storing your bags, maybe you should use a locker at the station overnight, and recover your things the next morning. But as indicated, I never had a problem storing or accessing a lockup case.
For more info see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel and Osaka Capsule Hotels (paradoxically I found this list) and here for pictures of a capsule hotel.
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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com
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