I spent a night in a capsule hotel in Japan. It was cheap, but it was also some of the worst sleep I had on my 14-day trip. Capsule hotels originated in Japan, so I insisted on staying in one on my ...

I stayed at Nine Hours Otemachi, a capsule hotel in central Tokyo. One night cost me $26. The hotel was separated by gender, and the pods looked like something out of a sci-fi movie. The accommodation ...

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 ...

Do you ever walk into a hotel room and notice something immediately wrong? Maybe the sheets are still dirty. Or there are double beds instead of a king. Or the room is too big. Maybe you just long for ...

You won’t get room service or cool, crisp sheets in a capsule hotel. Instead, the concept is quirky, convenient, clean and ...

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 ...

We've looked at some radical ideas for hotels in the past, including Russia's Ark Hotel, Mexico's Tubohotel and Sweden's Treehotel. Perhaps it is the Japanese "capsule hotels," however, that most ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The first capsule hotel in the world opened in Osaka, Japan in 1979. Since then, capsule hotels have not only spread to across the country but around ...

If you find yourself out late and a little worse for wear in downtown Sydney, you may soon have a unique place to rest your head. Sydney is set to get its first capsule hotel, Century Capsules, ...

Japan might just be the ultimate destination for solo travelers — it's safe, easy to navigate by public transportation, and full of dining adventures fit for one. And now, a savvy hotel has introduced ...