I had always been both curious and a bit scared by those sleeping capsule hotels in Japan. On one hand - how cool, it's just like being in a spaceship. On the other - I'm a tiny bit claustrophobic, and the thought of being packed in a box with little wiggle room terrifies me.
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| Checking in |
Despite my curiously, I never gave much thought to staying in one, at least on this trip. Most of them are for men only, and they have a reputation for catering mostly to a hard-drinking crowd.
But when we heard about 9hours, a high-design, co-ed capsule hotel in Kyoto, Yo insisted we cancel our luxe room at the Westin to give it a try.
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| Men's corridor |
Cool experience overall - more comfortable, and roomier, than I imagined. The biggest surprise was that you aren't actually sealed into your capsule. There's just a privacy curtain separating you from the corridor. So not quite as cool as space travel, but much less scary. And there was a lot of room to move around. It was sort of like a luxury, and private bunk bed in a dorm. Business class hostel?
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| Oscar in his pod |
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| Pod selfie |
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