Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I stayed in a Japanese capsule hotel for $26. My tiny sleeping pod was fine, but I wouldn't stay for more than a night. I stayed ...

Capsule hotels fascinate me. As a traveler, they combine both my biggest desires and largest fears. First, they're cheap. They typically cost the same as a hostel, but they offer the privacy most ...

A capsule hotel is a kind of urban accommodation with one-person capsules, shared washing facilities, and basic services. When you enter a capsule hotel, you remove your shoes and put them in a shoe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Zedwell capsule hotel in London's Piccadilly Circus is the largest of its kind in the world. Photograph by Zedwell This ...

A travel tip: When staying in a “capsule hotel,” the Japanese style of budget accommodation that packs guests into tiny, adjoining rooms not much bigger than their bodies, be considerate of your ...

Since a lot of people who work in Tokyo actually live outside the city limits, the commute times can pose a difficulty, especially if you have a tendency to stay late at the office. Sometimes it 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 ...

A picture shows sleeping pods at the new "Ostelzzz" capsule hotel in Milan (AFP) Cheap and cheerful capsule hotels are forever expanding from their Japanese cradle, including now in Milan where the ...

First introduced in Osaka in the late 1970s, capsule hotels were conceived as a solution to a growing problem in Japan’s centers of commerce. The “salarymen”—white-collar workers who spent their days ...

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 ...

Join me as I experience my first stay in a capsule hotel in Lucerne. Discover the unique features of this innovative ...