A capsule is a moulded sleeping shell, entered feet first and closed by a screen. Around it sit lockers, washing rooms and, in many houses, a bathing floor. One address here is not a capsule house at all, and the data sheet says so in the first line.
Tokyo, Japan
Guests leave shoes and bags in lockers on the entrance floor, then take a lift to a sleeping level reached only with their own key. Lighting inside the shell dims and lifts on a timer.
Tokyo, Japan
Cabins are larger than a capsule and closed overhead by a screen rather than a door, which is why the operator borrows shipboard wording for them. A lounge and a bathing floor are shared by the whole house.
Tokyo, Japan
This address stands in for the Kanda branch, which the operator does not list. Bathing rooms and a sauna occupy their own floor, and short daytime stays are sold alongside the overnight arrangement, counted by the hour.
Tokyo, Japan
Named for degrees of heat, the house was drawn around its sauna, with sleeping shells arranged behind it. It replaces the Kyoto address, which the operator does not list among its current houses of the same name.
Barcelona, Spain
The room here is a compact bedroom of the ordinary kind, entered by its own door and fitted with a bathroom, so it belongs beside the capsule houses only by floor area. Signage and fittings follow the chain's own pattern.
This site is independent and for reference. Readings are taken from open sources and can change without notice. Winter buildings stand only in the cold months and are put up again from nothing each year. The site is tied to no hotel, sells nothing and holds no reservations; confirm everything with the house itself.