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Capsule Hotels

Four addresses where sleeping space is deliberately compact. Two are Japanese capsule houses with cabin-style berths; two are European buildings whose rooms are small and standardised rather than berths, and each entry says which it is in its opening lines. All four rest on shared space downstairs to make the arrangement work.

A shared lounge floor beneath rows of compact sleeping berths

MyCUBE by MYSTAYS Asakusa Kuramae

Tokyo, Japan

Cabin-style berths stacked along a shared floor in a Tokyo lodging house

MyCUBE by MYSTAYS sits in Kuramae, in Taito City, a quiet workshop district on the east side of central Tokyo. The address belongs to the MYSTAYS group and is one of several the operator runs across the city. Sleeping places are cabin-style berths rather than ordinary rooms, set in blocks along shared floors. The district is quiet in the evening and easy to reach from the main lines.

Each berth is a boxed bunk with a panel or curtain, a light, sockets and lockable storage under the mattress. Floors are separated for women and for men. Bathing, washing and lounge areas are shared, and reception handles luggage. Kuramae station lies a short walk from the entrance. A lounge with tables serves as the common room for the floors above.

Write ahead if you need a particular floor, expect to arrive late, or travel with a large case, since the storage under a berth has fixed dimensions. Arrival and departure hours, towel arrangements and the house rules for shared areas are also worth confirming.

  • CategoryCapsule Hotels
  • LocationTokyo, Japan
  • CheckedSeptember 2026

Do-C Ebisu

Tokyo, Japan

Pale timber capsule openings in two tiers along a quiet corridor

Do-C Ebisu occupies upper floors of a building a minute from Ebisu station in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is run as a separate address by the operator behind the nine hours chain, and the building is shared with other tenants. Berths here are capsules in the Japanese sense, stacked in two tiers along quiet corridors. Ebisu itself is a compact district of small restaurants and narrow streets.

The address is built around bathing. Sauna and shower rooms sit on separate floors for women and for men, and daytime use is sold alongside overnight stays. The refit, completed in 2017, stripped the interior back to plain surfaces, pale timber and small printed signs. A lounge and a small counter sit beside the entrance floor.

Ask in writing whether the floor you need is open on your dates, as the women's and men's floors are managed apart. Daytime hours, towel and locker arrangements, and luggage storage before arrival are all worth settling first. Ask as well whether the sauna keeps different hours from the sleeping floors.

  • CategoryCapsule Hotels
  • LocationTokyo, Japan
  • CheckedSeptember 2026

citizenM Tower of London

London, United Kingdom

A long ground-floor lounge with shelves of books and a self-service desk

This address belongs to the citizenM chain and stands north of the Tower of London, toward Aldgate. Rooms are small and standardised rather than sleeping berths: each holds a full double bed, a shower pod and a tablet that controls light and blinds. The building was raised for the chain rather than adapted from another use.

Public space carries the weight here. The ground floor runs as one long lounge with a self-service desk, a bar and a canteen open through the day, furnished with design pieces and shelves of books. Meeting rooms sit above, and a top-floor bar looks toward the river and the fortress. Two mainline and underground stations stand within a short walk of the door.

Confirm by email which room types face the fortress, since the outlook changes floor by floor. Guests are checked in by screen, so ask about staffed assistance if that would suit you better, and about luggage handling before and after your stay.

  • CategoryCapsule Hotels
  • LocationLondon, United Kingdom
  • CheckedSeptember 2026

Jo&Joe Paris Gentilly

Gentilly, France

Painted corridor walls and bunk fittings inside a modern hostel building

Jo&Joe Paris Gentilly stands just south of the Paris boundary at Gentilly, beside the tram and rail stops at Cité Universitaire. The house is not a capsule address: rooms are small and standardised private ones, offered alongside shared rooms with several beds. The building was put up new for the brand, which belongs to the Accor group.

Private rooms repeat the same compact fittings, while the shared rooms hold bunks and lockers. Downstairs there is a kitchen, a bar, a canteen and a wide terrace used for events. Painted work by invited artists covers the walls of the upper corridors and the stairwells. A courtyard and a bicycle store sit at the entrance level.

State clearly whether you want a private or a shared room when you write, because the two are handled differently. Ask about the age rules for shared rooms, about luggage storage, and about how loud the ground floor becomes on evenings with events.

  • CategoryCapsule Hotels
  • LocationGentilly, France
  • CheckedSeptember 2026

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