Four hotels

Capsule Hotels

Four properties in this section replace the room with a berth. Each is one address of a wider brand, and the pages say so plainly, because branches differ in layout, in the guests they accept and in their daily routine. Read these entries as descriptions of a specific house rather than of a chain.

A corridor of stacked sleeping berths lit by low strip lighting

The hotels

Timber capsule berths built in bays along a shophouse upper floor
  • CategoryCapsule Hotel
  • LocationSingapore
  • CheckedMarch 2029

01

CUBE Boutique Capsule Hotel @ Chinatown

Singapore

CUBE Boutique Capsule Hotel @ Chinatown is the Chinatown address of the CUBE brand, and it is a separate house from the brand's other location. It offers capsule berths rather than rooms, with shared bathrooms and a common lounge on the entrance level.

It sits on Keong Saik Road, a shophouse street in Chinatown lined with restaurants and bars. Outram Park and Maxwell are short walks away. The door opens straight from the five-foot way, and reception stands immediately inside the shophouse front.

The building is a conserved shophouse, so floors are reached by stairs and ceilings sit low. Capsules are built in timber, arranged in bays along the upper floors, each with a screen, a reading light and a socket. Bathrooms, lockers and the lounge are shared and kept plain.

Berths are sold by type, and some floors are set aside for women. Luggage space is limited by the size of the shophouse. Confirm which floor you are booked on, and remember that this address is not interchangeable with the brand's other house.

A narrow low-lit corridor lined with cabin doorways
  • CategoryCapsule Hotel
  • LocationTokyo, Japan
  • CheckedMarch 2029

02

First Cabin Akasaka

Tokyo, Japan

First Cabin Akasaka is one branch of the First Cabin chain and stands at its own address in Tokyo. Sleeping space is arranged as cabins modelled on ship accommodation, with a shared bathing area in place of private bathrooms, and a plain reception floor.

Akasaka lies in Minato, close to government offices, broadcasters and a dense grid of restaurants. Akasaka and Akasaka-mitsuke stations are both nearby. The entrance sits inside a commercial building, and guests take a lift up to the hotel's own floors.

Cabins come in a small range of sizes, each with a bed, a television and a frame closed by a curtain or shutter rather than a locking door. Corridors are narrow and dimly lit. The bathing area follows Japanese practice, with washing places and a communal bath.

Cabins are not soundproof, and quiet hours matter here. Floors are separated by gender, and the arrangement can differ from other branches. Check with this branch about shoe rules, luggage storage and bathing times, since every First Cabin house sets its own routine.

Moulded white sleeping pods stacked in two tiers under even light
  • CategoryCapsule Hotel
  • LocationTokyo, Japan
  • CheckedMarch 2029

03

nine hours Ningyocho

Tokyo, Japan

nine hours Ningyocho is one house in the nine hours chain and has its own address in central Tokyo. The idea behind it is a short, plain stay: a capsule for sleeping, a shower floor for washing, and a locker floor for everything a guest carries.

Ningyocho is an old merchant district in Chuo, with narrow shopping streets, shrines and long-standing food shops. Ningyocho station is close, and Nihonbashi is a walk away. The entrance is a glass front on the street, with reception on the ground floor.

The design is stripped back and consistent across the chain: white surfaces, moulded capsules stacked in two tiers, and clear signage instead of decoration. Showers, lockers and drying space each take their own level. There is no lounge or restaurant, and the sleeping floors stay dim.

Guests keep bags in lockers rather than in the capsule, and access to sleeping floors is limited during the daytime cleaning window. Floors are separated by gender. Ask this branch which guests it accepts and how a daytime rest booking differs from an overnight stay.

Sleeping berths set into a tall wall of filled bookshelves
  • CategoryCapsule Hotel
  • LocationTokyo, Japan
  • CheckedMarch 2029

04

Book and Bed Tokyo Asakusa

Tokyo, Japan

Book and Bed Tokyo Asakusa is the Asakusa address of the Book and Bed group, and it is not the same house as the group's other branches. Beds are built into and behind bookshelves, and the shelves hold a library that guests are free to read.

Asakusa is in Taito, the district around Senso-ji temple, and it stays busy with visitors through the day. Asakusa station and the Sumida river are close. The property occupies an upper floor of a building, reached by lift from the street door.

The main room is a library wall, with sleeping berths set into the shelving and a communal area of tables and low seating in front of it. Berths are curtained, and each carries a light. Bathrooms and showers are shared, and the collection mixes Japanese and English titles.

This suits a light stay rather than a base for luggage, and the shared area stays lively into the evening. Not every branch keeps the same layout. Ask about check-in times, locker sizes and whether a bunk or a compartment is being held for you.

About this page

Blue Resort Group is an independent guide. Everything here is drawn from open sources and may be out of date by the time you read it, since branches of the same brand change their arrangements separately. This site is not connected to any hotel, sells nothing and takes no bookings. Confirm the details with the property itself.

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