The main equipment of a capsule hotel, the main equipment of a capsule hotel

It looks pretty good.

Wake up early in the morning with free toiletries. The toothbrush here is fun because you don't need to squeeze toothpaste to lather your mouth. In addition to the showers in the public baths, there are also artificial hot springs.

Thanks to the ultrasonic device installed at the bottom of the pool, the turbulent water can give you leg beats, back knocks, and body massages, which is really relieving.

After bathing, men can use a free disposable razor, and women also have a variety of free skincare products. Although the wooden comb is not disposable, it is divided into two baskets, used and unused. Every day, the staff cleans it and then puts it in the ultraviolet light box for disinfection.

There are multiple vending machines in the common room, **cigarettes, juice, coffee, instant noodles, batteries, ice cream, hamburgers, etc. There are free magazines next to the sofa, and people who love to be lively can watch TV with everyone. If you feel tired, throw a few coins into the automatic massage chair and enjoy a 20-minute electric massage.

Some capsule hotels have reading rooms where business people can use computers to work, and free broadband Wi-Fi is fast. Go up to the 2nd floor and come to the most distinctive part of the entire hotel, which is also the sleeping area of the "capsule hotel" name**. The very creative space composition, once you enter the sleeping area, the entire sleeping area is divided into many sections, arranged in alphabetical order.

On the two walls of each entry, there are more than 20 "capsule holes" such as a beehive, neatly distributed, each hole is only 1 meter long and wide, and the depth is about one person. (On the third floor, there is a "big hole" where men and women live together and three people sleep together, and the shape is similar, but the area is a little larger.)

Each capsule hole has the same number as the locker hand, "Look, does it look like a capsule?" Is there a bit of living space for people in the future in the science fiction world? New York Times reporter Hiroko Tabuchi recently came to the "Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510" where Jun Nakanishi stayed for an interview.

As far as the eye can see, on both sides of the hotel corridor are two rows of neat round lattices, like train sleepers. The lattice shop is divided into two layers, each of which is no more than 2 meters deep and no more than 2 meters wide and high. The lattice is completely sealed.

A person can at most be half-lying and half-sitting in the cubicle, and cannot stand up at all. There was no door between the lattices, only a thin screen to cover it.

Each cubicle is equipped with only one lamp, several hangers, a thin blanket, a pillow and a small TV. The small TV can only listen to the sound with headphones, because the lattice sound insulation effect is poor, and even the slight coughing sound can be heard by the "neighbor".

The space is small, and the "ant tribe" also has to stack all the daily necessities in the cubicle. The entire hostel has a unified restaurant and public restrooms, and the hallways are filled with the smell of smoke and cameras everywhere.

Capsule hotels are mostly only available in busy urban areas, as Japan's dreaded overtime culture has prompted the creation of capsule hotels. This kind of hotel is dozens of neatly folded "capsules". Each capsule "holds" one customer.

Some say it's a spaceship capsule, and some say it's like a coffin. At the beginning of 2011, China's first capsule hotel appeared near the North Square of Shanghai Railway Station. In August 2011, after Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an, another capsule hotel appeared in Kunming.

In November 2012, the first capsule hotel in Southwest China was officially opened in Guanyin Bridge, Chongqing.

Capsule hotels, also known as capsule hotels for short. Designed in 1979 by the famous architect Kisho Kurokawa, Motoshu Ashuna was made famous at the Japan International Technology Expo in 1985 for its cheap and novel accommodation for tourists.