Capsule Hotels

Four houses built around compact cabins rather than standard rooms. Washing, storage and sitting are moved out of the sleeping unit and onto shared floors, so the plan of the building matters more than the plan of the room. Each of the four is one address of a chain that runs several separate houses, and each entry says so.

Stacked sleeping capsules with open doors along a corridor under a painted night-sky ceiling.

First Cabin Atagoyama · Book and Bed Tokyo Shinsaibashi · YOTEL Porto · easyHotel Barcelona Fira

A compact cabin with a made bed, a round side table and even built-in lighting.

First Cabin Atagoyama

Tokyo, Japan

First Cabin Atagoyama stands in the Atago district of central Tokyo, a short walk from Kamiyacho and the hill that gives the house its name. It is one address of the First Cabin chain, and the operator runs several separate houses across Japan under the same name. Sleeping space here takes the form of enclosed cabins rather than standard rooms, with washing and sitting moved to shared floors.

What it is

The building is laid out as runs of cabins along quiet corridors, with the fittings repeated from one cabin to the next. Bathing is handled in a shared bathing area rather than in the sleeping unit, and there are common floors for changing, storing luggage and sitting. Around the house the district mixes offices with temple ground on the hill, and the streets are calm outside working hours.

Good to know

Cabins are separated by partitions and a screen rather than by a locked door, so the house suits guests who are comfortable with a shared floor. Men's and women's areas are usually kept apart, and the bathing part keeps its own hours. Check the address carefully, since the chain runs more than one house in the city.

Capsule Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
Checked August 2029

A white reading room with stepped magazine shelves and pages hanging from a ceiling grid.

Book and Bed Tokyo Shinsaibashi

Osaka, Japan

Set in the Shinsaibashi quarter of Osaka, this house belongs to the Book and Bed group, which keeps separate addresses in several Japanese cities. The plan puts the beds inside and behind the shelving, so the reading room and the sleeping space are the same room. Guests are given a berth with a curtain, and washing and lockers sit outside it on the shared floor.

What it is

Shelves line the walls and carry the books that give the place its name, with berths cut into them at two levels. A common area with seating stands beside the shelving, and bathrooms and showers are shared. Shinsaibashi runs on covered shopping arcades and side lanes of small restaurants, and the house sits above street level in a building shared with other tenants.

Good to know

This is one address of the group rather than the group itself, so confirm which house a booking refers to. Quiet is expected because the sleeping berths and the reading room share the same floor. Luggage goes into lockers rather than into the berth, and check-in and lights-out hours are worth reading before arrival.

Capsule Hotel
Osaka, Japan
Checked August 2029

A compact hotel room with a fold-down bed, a desk shelf and a narrow window.

YOTEL Porto

Porto, Portugal

YOTEL Porto is one house of the YOTEL brand, which runs separate hotels in a number of cities. The rooms are built to a compact cabin plan borrowed from ships, with the bed, the desk and the bathroom fitted into a repeated shape. Communal space is gathered on its own floor, away from the sleeping levels, so the two parts of the house stay separate.

What it is

Every cabin follows the same plan, which keeps the corridors short and the building efficient. The shared floor holds seating, a place to work, a bar and a place to eat, and it is used through the day rather than only in the evening. Porto puts the house within reach of the river quarter and the shopping streets, with tram and metro lines close by.

Good to know

Because the cabins repeat, the difference between them is mostly the outlook rather than the plan. The brand runs more than one kind of house, so read which one a booking belongs to. Storage inside the cabin is limited by design, and shared floors keep their own opening hours, which the front desk can confirm.

Capsule Hotel
Porto, Portugal
Checked August 2029

A plain hotel corridor with identical doors on both sides under flat lighting.

easyHotel Barcelona Fira

Barcelona, Spain

Near the Fira exhibition grounds on the edge of Barcelona, this house is one address of easyHotel, a chain with separate hotels in several European cities. Rooms are narrow and built to a single pattern, set along both sides of a corridor. Extras are unbundled and added only if a guest asks for them, which keeps the room itself stripped back to bed, shower and storage.

What it is

The plan repeats one room shape from floor to floor, so the building reads as a long corridor with matching doors. The ground floor holds reception and a small sitting area rather than restaurants or halls. Outside, the district is given over to trade fairs, offices and metro connections towards the centre, and the streets around the halls are quiet when nothing is on.

Good to know

Windows, cleaning during a stay and other services are handled separately from the room in this chain, so read what a booking includes. The chain keeps more than one address in the city, and the Fira house is not the central one. Exhibition weeks fill the district, which is worth checking against the dates of a stay.

Capsule Hotel
Barcelona, Spain
Checked August 2029

Before you use this page

Lunentra is an independent reference and sells nothing. Every house in this section is one address of a chain that runs several separate hotels, and the details given here belong to that address only. Layouts, shared floors and house rules are taken from public sources and can change without notice. Anything that matters to a stay should be confirmed with the hotel directly.