Dressed in black and purple pajamas with keycards around their necks, two Japanese businessmen sip whiskey in a Tokyo hotel lobby bar. Next to them, a woman in business attire dress puffs away on a ...

Capsule hotels are commonplace in Tokyo, but the recently renovated ºC (Do-C) Ebisu hopes to stand out from the pack with its contemporary Finnish-inspired design. Conceived by Tokyo-based Schemata ...

Capsule hotels fascinate me. As a traveler, they combine both my biggest desires and largest fears. First, they're cheap. They typically cost the same as a hostel, but they offer the privacy most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I ended a trip to Tokyo with an experience on my Japan bucket list — a night in a capsule hotel. For $50, I slept at the Nine ...

He travels to Tokyo to spend 96 hours testing Japan’s capsule hotels, starting with a budget pod that costs just £30 a night.

Experience a comparison of two capsule hotels in Tokyo, Japan, at different price points—one budget-friendly and the other luxurious. The video showcases the simplicity of a basic tiny pod versus the ...

Would you sleep in a sleek, spotless hotel room that's no bigger than a tent? At the 9 Hours capsule hotel in Tokyo, travelers get Japanese service and precision without paying for all the wasted ...

In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 photo, manager Akiyoshi Kaneko stands by the rooms at the Capsule & Sauna Century Shibuya in Tokyo. The capsule concept has been around for at least 30 years, starting ...

Arrive in Tokyo late at night and you will see the city still glowing. Trains have just stopped running, offices are closing, and streets are busy. For someone who misses the last train or needs a ...

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 ...

If you were the type of kid who spent long, happy hours reading comic books under a blanket with a flashlight, this is the overseas vacation for you! The new Manga Art Hotel is a capsule hotel in ...

TOKYO — For Atsushi Nakanishi, jobless since Christmas, home is a cubicle barely bigger than a coffin, one of dozens of berths stacked two units high in one of central Tokyo’s decrepit “capsule” ...