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 ...

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 Hours Narita Airport, a pod hotel inside the airport. The sleep wasn't ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Jo Nagasaka of Schemata Architects and Japanese hotel chain ninehours joined forces to modernize Tokyo’s Shibuya hotel, they did much more than paint the walls and upgrade the floors. They also ...

TOKYO >> Two firms opened a women-only capsule hotel in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward this summer in an effort to meet a need for simple and reasonable accommodation for women. The seven-story hotel — Nine ...

In this video, I compare two capsule hotels in Tokyo: a budget option with basic tiny pods and a more luxurious alternative offering upscale accommodations. Join me as I share insights on whether ...

TOKYO – Tokyo is known for being densely populated and crowded. Living space is at a premium; hotel rooms are small or expensive or both. Enter the capsule hotel, where a tube-like pod barely bigger ...

A new capsule hotel called 9hrs has just opened in Tokyo to improve the conditions and experience traditionally provided by capsule hotels. In the past, capsule hotels have been thought of as ‘grimy, ...

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 ...