Capsule hotel

A capsule hotel (カプセル ホテルkapuseru hoteru; occasionally honeycomb Hotel or locker Hotel, derogatory coffin Hotel) is a common, particularly in Japan Hotel form that arose from the need for an inexpensive accommodation in cities with a large lack of space. Most Japanese capsule hotels are located in red-light districts near major train stations. Many capsule hotels are only open to men. In Shanghai there is a hotel of this type

Business travelers in particular use capsule hotels because the accommodation costs are much lower than in conventional hotels. However, no meals such as breakfast available, but are always customary in Japan vending machines for drinks and snacks available. However, some use has access to Japanese baths, called onsen, where people are excluded from using tattoos.

Exist in the capsule hotel " room " usually made ​​of small plastic cabins with about 2 m² of floor space and 1.20 m height. In the capsules are a mattress and a TV and a radio. Some of them are air-conditioned. The capsules have no proper door, only a curtain separates them from the common areas. For toilets, sinks and the like, there are community facilities.

The first capsule hotel opened in 1979 in the Japanese Osaka.

There is in the meantime very modern capsule hotels that look a little elevated, but / still narrower lower without media equipment, but with door and air conditioning.