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Capsule blast[edit]

Apparently a new sport has errupted inside the capsule hotel phenomenom. Everyone Fart at a set time and because it is inside the capsule, the sound is amplified by a magnitued of n^4. As the sound came from no particular capsule, the capsule staff does not know who to kick out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.13.58.35 (talk) 16:15, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Capsule Hotels in London[edit]

I have heard they have popped up in London, meaning they have gained acceptance in other countries.

When?[edit]

The first capsule hotel was the Capsule Inn Osaka, in the Umeda district of Osaka. It opened in 1977 and the initial room rate was 1,600 yen. -- This article.

なお、このカプセルホテル (capsule hotel) を初めて設計したのは建築家 (architect) として著名なja:黒川紀章 (Kurokawa Kisho) 氏である。1979年に大阪 (Osaka) で開業した。 -- ja:ホテル

The Japanese Wikipedia says the first capsule hotel was opened in Osaka in 1979. Which one is true?

「カプセルホテル」が誕生 (birth) したのは今から２５年前 (25 years ago)。１９７９年２月１日 (February 1, 1979)、第一号 (No. 1) として大阪 (Osaka) ・梅田 (Umeda district) に「カプセルイン大阪」がオープンした。驚くなかれ、このカプセルホテルの設計をしたのは日本が世界に誇る建築家・黒川紀章 (Kurokawa Kisho) である。 -- http://www.excite.co.jp/News/bit/00051084156966.html

According to this Japanese page, the first capsule hotel opened on Feb 1, 1979 in Osaka. -- Toytoy 16:29, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

prior art?[edit]

In the Akira Kurosawa film The Lower Depths (1957) there exists a 'flophouse' that is central to the plot (bringing characters together to talk), where the spaces rented are very nearly identical in size to the spaces rented in a modern capsule hotel. The primary difference appears to only be the building materials and level of engineering. Nothing in the description, other than the specification of material (in the movie, wood is used) appears to exclude such a structure, and the primary definition on the first line of the article seems in fact to explicitly include this type of hotel. Zaphraud (talk) 07:48, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't seen the film, but if what you are describing is just a guesthouse with very small (2-mat size?) rooms, such places exist today, and no one would ever confuse them with capsule hotels. --DAJF (talk) 08:08, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The spaces in the film looked like they were slightly larger, but most significantly, the rented spaces were stacked - essentially rented places on a shelf, with a sliding blinder for a small increase in privacy. There were spaces above and spaces below, with both joining a common room in the middle and occupants hopping up to the top spaces or sliding down into the lower spaces.

You are correct in stating that nobody would confuse this setup with a modern capsule hotel, but likewise, nobody would ever confuse a flophouse of old Europe with a modern bed and breakfast; what is interesting is that the differences between a typical flophouse of old Europe, and the one portrayed in the Kurosawa film, are the same differences that distinguish a modern US roadside motel as I might envision it, from a modern capsule hotel.Zaphraud (talk) 02:41, 25 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Two units high?[edit]

I think I've seen a picture of them 3 high. Can anyone else verify?

Also, might be good to explain why these are male-only (i.e. -- good for salarymen who've missed the last train after a night drinking)

Ckamaeleon 13:35, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

also, the units are not large enough to facilitate comfortable copulation, so... Zaphraud (talk) 07:50, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Could the photo author contact me here please. I would like to use that photo. I have a special attachment to that Capsule Hotel in Umeda because I stayed there soon after it opened and I was the first foreigner to stay in that hotel and in fact I was the first foreigner therefore to stay in a capsule hotel in Japan.

I would like to use the photo in a book.

Thank you Robert Delphion also my email address is crux800@yahoo.com

Pricing[edit]

Is 5000-40000 Yen right? That means prices upto $360 a night! Answer: No. It is more around 3000-6000 Yen.

window[edit]

is there a window or is it just a curtin?

The curtain covers the entrance once you are inside. There are no windows. -alhead

New York perfect for capsule hotels[edit]

I think there really should be a capsule hotel in NY. because its a very busy city, people there need everything fast, and i think a capsule hotel could be very useful for the newyorkers, because it has a very quick service and really suitable for the people in NY. But that's just me speaking, but its a VERY good idea to open a Capsule hotel in NY. You will make a a lot of profit from there. If you really want to success, i can help you, just contact me, i'll be happy to help. Thanks.

New Photos[edit]

These pictures are very outdated, is it possible to obtain new photos? ChronoSphere 15:48, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sex?[edit]

"Some capsule hotels offer low daytime discounts for those needing an afternoon nap or sex." I've never heard of capsule hotels allowing customers to use their facilities for sex. Many don't even accept women at all. Perhaps whoever wrote this statement was thinking of love hotels. Can anyone confirm or deny this? -alhead

You're right, some of them don't allow women at all. And the ones that do, will often have women on a different floor. These are primarily for traveling Japanese business men, and those who missed the last train to return home. Not for sex.... mz (talk) 07:49, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pop-culture/trivia section[edit]

The user who removed the section is on a pop-culture-section-removal rampage. He's blindly removed about 100 of them so far. This is not the way such sections are to be handled: as per WP:TRIVIA, these sections are supposed to be kept around for possible improvement or integration with other sections. I've reverted all such edits by this user, as vandalism, because that's what it constitutes. If there are specific reasons why the contents of a section would never be suitable for the article, even if improved and/or integrated into other sections, then specific rationale should be cited, and then the items can be removed. Categorical removal of all pop-culture sections is not acceptable, and will be reverted just as categorically.

Equazcion • argue/improves • 14:22, 10/9/2007

Ventilation[edit]

Surely these have some sort of air flow going through them? Vranak (talk) 03:16, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Many just have curtains to block them off, they aren't actually closed in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.88.152.223 (talk) 13:49, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Slang term?[edit]

I've heard them referred to as "coffin" hotels. When you google the term, this page is at the top of the list. Shouldn't that be included?Kalaong (talk) 06:23, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Inebriated hotels?[edit]

"Capsule hotels vary [...]. Others [...] are often too inebriated to [...]."

What others? Capsule hotels can get drunk now? That doesn't make any sense. I'm fixing it. --oKtosiTe ^talk 11:23, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

New York POD hotel isn't a capsule hotel.[edit]

As of now, POD Hotel redirects here. The NYC POD Hotel is named after the iPod, and is not a capsule hotel. -- megA (talk) 14:05, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Talking banned ?[edit]

The only capsule hotel I stayed with was in Bilbao, Spain and they banned people from talking (on their phones) in the capsules. It meant that I slept well, which would not have been the case in a hostel. But the article makes no mention of this... -- Nic Roets (talk) 10:29, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]