Originating in Japan, the capsule concept has evolved and spread to countries across the globe. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when you click to or take ...

I stayed at Nine Hours Otemachi, a capsule hotel in central Tokyo. One night cost me $26. The hotel was separated by gender, and the pods looked like something out of a sci-fi movie. The accommodation ...

Maybe you are going to Japan. Maybe you’re not, but one day, you hope to. There is an array of options—from fancy hotels and traditional inns to more budget-priced lodging. Or, perhaps, you just ...

We've looked at some radical ideas for hotels in the past, including Russia's Ark Hotel, Mexico's Tubohotel and Sweden's Treehotel. Perhaps it is the Japanese "capsule hotels," however, that most ...

They’re unlike any other accommodation: Individual pods, sometimes dozens to a room, each a self-contained mini-hotel room, with a bed, lights, and sometimes even a TV. You can find capsule hotels all ...

You can find capsule hotels in every major city in Japan, but the very first to have one was Osaka. February 2, 1979 was the opening date of Capsule Inn Osaka, Japan’s, and by extension the world’s, ...

From their obsession with minimalism to an omelet that divided the internet, Japan is often considered a step ahead the latest trends. So it comes as no surprise that their popular 'capsule hotel' — a ...

Writer Francesca Syz at Zedwell, a new capsule hotel near Piccadilly Circus - Rii Schroer You know that anxiety dream where you get trapped in one of those refrigerated body drawers in a morgue… no?

I'm an expat living in Japan, and I paid $26 for a one-night stay at a capsule hotel. As a freelance journalist and travel writer living in Japan, I move around a lot for work. When I want to save a ...

You can find capsule hotels in every major city in Japan, but the very first to have one was Osaka. February 2, 1979 was the opening date of Capsule Inn Osaka, Japan’s, and by extension the world’s, ...