Hello one day more!
In this post we are going to talk about a current phenomenon in Japan.
Look at the picture below:
It seems a doghouse but is the room of a hotel. No bathroom, no view, no
closet. It is the fashion of capsule hotels in Japan.
What are capsule hotels?
Basically are hotels where you don’t rent a room but a kind of closed
bunk . Each capsule has a television, radio, Wi-Fi and air conditioned.
The bathrooms are common and most of these hotels have restaurants, or at
least, vending machines, swimming pool and other entertainment facilities.
The reason for these hotels is to have a cheap alternative of
accommodation. There are designed for people who works in Tokyo but lives miles
of it and they miss the last train. For tourists also can be an unforgettable
experience.
The first capsule hotel was designed by Kisho Kurokawa and was open to the
public in 1979 in Osaka’s city.
It is
impossible to spend a night in central Tokyo cheaper than here. It costs from
20 to 40 euro per person, which is quite hard to beat.
The capsule
hotels are not recommended for claustrophobic people !
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What do you think about capsule hotels?
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Would you like to have capsule hotels here in
Spain?
