Capsule Hotels

Nadeshiko Hotel Shibuya is a capsule house on Dōgenzaka, on the hill west of Shibuya station. It is the Shibuya address of the operator, listed separately from its other houses. Sleeping berths are arranged on upper floors, and a bathing floor with a sauna is run as part of the same building.

Berths are timber-fronted and closed with a blind rather than a door, with a light, a socket and a shelf inside each one. Luggage goes to lockers on the same floor. A lounge with long tables sits between the sleeping floors and the bathing floor.

Worth knowing

• Berths are closed with blinds, not lockable doors.
• Bathing floor hours are set by the house.
• Ask which floors are open to your booking type.

Do-C Ebisu is the Ebisu address of the operator, a short walk from the station in south-east Shibuya. It puts capsules and a bathing and sauna floor on the same levels of one building, which is the arrangement the house is known for. Other addresses of the same operator are run separately and are not described here.

Capsules are moulded units set into partition walls, with a blind at the mouth and a shelf inside. Washing, changing and the sauna are handled on the bathing floor, and lockers stand between the two. Common areas are small, with a bench and a water point rather than a lounge.

Worth knowing

• Sauna and bathing hours are posted by the house.
• Luggage size limits apply to floor lockers.
• Ask the house about late arrival and check-in times.

Sleep ’n fly is a lounge of sleeping modules inside the transit area at Dubai International Airport, at Concourse B. It is reached without clearing immigration, so it serves passengers between flights rather than the city. The operator runs other lounges in the airport, each with its own opening arrangements.

Modules are enclosed cabins with a bed, a light and a power point, sold by the block of time. Shower rooms and a small seating area sit beside them. Because the lounge is airside, entry depends on holding an onward boarding pass and on the concourse being open to you.

Worth knowing

• Airside location; entry needs an onward boarding pass.
• Check which concourse your connection actually reaches.
• Confirm shower and luggage arrangements with the lounge.

Capsule by Container Hotel is a separate site of the Malaysian operator, set inside a building at the Kuala Lumpur airport gateway rather than in a street of the city. The operator’s other houses in the capital are run under different names and addresses. Sleeping capsules are laid out in blocks on one level.

Capsules are steel-fronted units in two tiers, closed with a blind and reached by a short ladder for the upper row. Shower and changing rooms sit at the end of the aisle, and lockers stand beside the entrance. There is a small seating area but no restaurant.

Worth knowing

• Inside an airport building, not in the city centre.
• Blocks of hours are sold as well as nights.
• Ask the operator which of its houses you booked.