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Pods for sleeping, shared spaces for everything else — three properties in Japan.
Yokohama, Japan
Rows of sleeping pods share the building with a generous sauna and bathing floor. That pairing defines Capsule Plus, in central Yokohama.
Guests stow bags in lockers, change into the supplied loungewear and use the baths as the hotel's living room. The pods are plain: a mattress, a reading light, a curtain. Sleeping halls are shared rather than soundproofed, and that trade is what keeps the price modest.
Kyoto, Japan
Northern Kyoto is mostly residential, and Manyudo fits in without fuss. It sits in Sakyo ward, within reach of Shimogamo Shrine and the lanes that lead toward Ginkakuji.
This is a small property. Its pods are roomier than the classic capsule and each has its own screen. People who pick it tend to want a calm base away from the busy centre, with the eastern hills close at hand.
Osaka, Japan
Paper lanterns crowd the ceiling of the lounge. This Osaka capsule hotel opened in 2022 with an Edo-period theme, and it commits to it.
Traditional patterns line the pod interiors, and the motif carries on through the shared spaces. Men and women sleep on separate floors. A co-working lounge and a rooftop terrace give guests somewhere to be outside their pods. The neighbourhood, in Higashiyodogawa ward north of the city centre, is residential; central Osaka is a short ride south.
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