Capsule hotels!

Today, having got back from Kyoto last night on the bullet train, we spent about 3 hours traveling round various parts of Tokyo looking for a capsule hotel, specifically one which accepts both boys and girls!  Capsule hotels, incase you’ve not heard of them before, are tiny little compartments you can sleep in, and thats about all.  It has a TV, radio, little light- it’s like a bed on a space ship or something.  These are generally men only, but as they are becoming more popular are gradually opening up to the fussier gender :p

It’s very minimalist- and you have to endure a communial bathroom with showers, but it is something we were both eager to experience, being totally japanese– i’m　not sure any other country in the world has these- they seem like a logical solution to Japan’s work obsessed way of life, and their lack of building space!

Here’s a link to the website of the exact hotel we are staying in, as at the moment we don’t have any pictures to put up as i forgot the lead for my camera (will try to put some up when we get back).  It’s about 8 mins walk from the main Akihabara (electric town) sub way station.