Comments on: What’s the Coolest Budget Tokyo Stay : A Capsule Hotel or Manga Cafe?

By: Putri Dwinatalis Baeha

Putri Dwinatalis Baeha — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 23:27:00 +0000

I’m now in the Gran Cafe Bagus manga Cafe. Arrived too early in Shinjuku station at 7 am so I decided to look for a place to laze around before the stores are open. It’s awesome indeed! A 5 hours stay for only 1000 yen. Will be using the shower too. Glad these kind of places exist 🙂

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:47:40 +0000

It’s worth noting that your capsule experience was only one hotel – I have stayed in capsules that have had wifi, outlets, and TV in the capsule, and allowed food in there too. The Hotel Asakusa and Capsule (4-14-9 Kotobuki) allows all of these, and I was astonished how large the capsules were, too! By contrast, Hotel Kawase (2-19-14 Kaminarimon, also in Asakusa) had tiiiiiny capsules with only one outlet that was already taken up by the TV (which I unplugged and used anyway). So it varies a great deal, really!

By: Jacki

Jacki — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 05:49:44 +0000

Thank you for this post! I think I’ll cancel my hostel stay and hit up Manga Kissas. Couple questions .. 1) How do you find one near you for the night? and 2) How early should you be there to get a spot? THANK YOU!

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 20:55:48 +0000

Just wondering if there was a maximum usage time for the storage lockers? I plan on moving around quite a bit and am interested if I could store my souvenirs in the lockers for days while I wander the country until departure time ^_^

By: Christine Kaaloa

Christine Kaaloa — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 17:47:14 +0000

In reply to Juan. @Juan: haha... yes, they porn ones can be a little raunchy and smoke-filled. Glad you found somewhere at least! =)

By: Juan

Juan — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:14:36 +0000

I made the same mistake of going to what I thought was a normal one, but as soon as I got in I understood what it was about! Left to an Internet cafe near Okachimachi but although the staff was super friendly, it didn’t seem very clean.

I wish I had found this article earlier 🙂

By: Christine Kaaloa

Christine Kaaloa — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 03:01:14 +0000

In reply to Randy.

Great to know @Randy! Thanks for sharing. When I researched capsule hotels, I didn’t come across many. ha ha… you went to a porn manga cafe! There’s those too. I don’t think I’d want to sleep there. ha ha.

By: Randy

Randy — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 11:19:29 +0000

I like staying at the Green Plaza Capsule Hotel in Shinjuku everytime I come through Tokyo. This place has recently added a female only section as well for the women. Both places run you about $40-$50 per night.

I tried an internet cafe in Tokyo, but it seemed quite small for a 6’4″ guy like me. The café seemed to be good if you need a quick power nap or a quickie as the place had so much porn and provided a condom at check in.

The capsule hotel is definitely the way to go in my opinion if you don’t have tatooes and just plan a single night. Here is the link http://www.hgpshinjuku.jp/en/

By: Christine Ka'aloa

Christine Ka'aloa — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:25:53 +0000

In reply to Melissa. @Melissa: Yeah, most of them are male only. The only one I know of is in Asakusa. Think I found it on Hostelbookers or Hostelworld. Thought about AirBnB for a more local perspective. How did that turn out for you?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:07:18 +0000

I looked into a couple capsule hotels online before I went to Tokyo but they were all male only and still pretty pricey so I gave up and went to AirBnB. If I was only going for a few days and could travel lightly these cafes sound like a great option.