its energy and ability to offer near endless  distraction fruitful or frivolous to all who walk  

down its busy streets is near legendary one such experience that has a uniquely japanese feel to it  

is staying at a capsule hotel whoever finds themselves laying down in one of these dystopic  

tubes at the end of the night be that a weary salary man or whoever else would be hard-pressed  

not to feel at least a little like their life  now in some ways resembled a futuristic novel  

it is to explore that freaky phenomenon that we have made our way down to tokyo today

welcome to the video guys i have found my way downtown in tokyo today in shinjuku  

or more specifically one stop away to shin  okubo to explore the nine hour capsule hotel  

now you're gonna find other capsule hotels are gonna be cheaper than this one at about 3000 yen  

this one clocks in at 5700 but what you're getting for that little bit additional increase in price  

is a totally different experience the aesthetic of this place is why i chose it and it's very  

unique it's all futuristic and minimalistic and you're getting a lot for the amount of money that  

you're spending so without further ado let's go check it out

where design aesthetic is concerned  

the nine hour capsule hotel is certainly  in its own league in a cut above the rest  

however when it comes to overall layout they run things as you might predict

in tokyo space comes at a premium and as a result the usual  habit is to build up not outwards

nine hour is  no exception to this and the floors for sleeping and bathing are accessible by elevator  

and each other point of interest has a floor dedicated to some particular use

if they could be said to  

deviate at all nine hours seems to vary slightly by having dedicated elevators for each sex which  

is a bit unusual all else that you would expect to  be here is but whether it's the shower room or the  

lockers each has received the nine hour design treatment which usually means a little better  

a little more minimal a little more futuristic 

they've got a cool route here where they have  essentially a QR code that's assigned to your locker

a little scanner here as you would voila  

it opens up and here's a little amenities bag that you get too they got pajamas toothbrush all  

that kind of cool stuff the little bonuses you're getting because you were paying that extra little  

bit compared to like a 3000 yen place any hotel whether that be a capsule hotel whether it be a  

normal hotel i think a standard that you need to check to get the stamp of approval whether  

it was good or not is what is the quality  of the bathroom now we are uniquely gifted  

here in japan to having some pretty sweet bathrooms and some pretty sweet toilets as well  

we are going to show you guys why not only do you have your bidet not only does it sanitize but

it opens to greet you welcome to the future  

i've always wanted to

ever since spacex started  talking about going to mars

i always wanted to be in a rocket ship

now i don't even know if that's a  dream that i'm going to ever get to fulfill in my life

but this is the first time in a capsule hotel  i feel like you're getting that experience

look at this place

it's like directly taken out of space  odyssey 2001 something like that

and they got the simple amenities up there i think you got like a radio

you got your light and of course if you crawl up top

you got your privacy screen that you  can pull down

really really basic stuff but i've rarely seen one that is this clean this cool and  trippy

it's great and we got here early enough in the day

if you want to explore one of these places kind of look around

go early because everybody's crashing at night

so you you won't get this this is uncommon to come in where it's completely open

welcome to pod 307

my pod for this evening

so i was pointing out before that these are a little bigger in length

which is really cool  if you're a tall person because

if you come to tokyo and you stand these often you'll find your feet hanging out the end

but not only i have noticed is it longer

but it's actually wider  as well

so if you're a broad shouldered mofo like myself

then this would be another good reason  to stay at this place as opposed to another one

another thing that i would point out  in the whole design style where usually  

you would see something like a tv or a couple of other things that you might be able to mess  around

with to occupy your time when you're  in here

they don't have any of that

it's all stripped away for them to achieve this kind of hyper minimalistic modern thing

that it you basically the only things you got here are plug-in for your phone

and your book light

but you got your phone that's probably all you need anyways

and so it fits it works with what i think they're trying to do

and given the space that you  have in here

i think it really does warrant that extra you know 3 000 yen or so if you can afford it

you'd be much more comfortable to stay in

okay so when you come here

there's going to be a  couple of floors that you can go to

you're going to have your locker floor

you're going to have  your pod floor

and then you're gonna have your shower floor

so when i was a kid one of the things  i used to do with my brothers was build forts

and everything you're doing in these forts

any chair that you put in any signage no girls allowed something like that

is done to give you the feeling like you're transported away to a different place

now here one of the things they've done best is

all their signage is this hyper minimalistic

makes you feel like you're being processed by soulless greenish people

that kind of thing

it really makes you feel like you were  in a different world

and starring in whatever new team dystopic future novel that has come out in the last year so

pretty cool

a big complaint that i also have when i usually go out but i shouldn't  complain

is these tiny little showers where like my elbows hit the sides

but they don't have that here

this looks this looks really nice again

if you're a bulky dude you're gonna fit into this thing just fine

it's pretty big right

they almost always have a common room that you can stay at

unless it's super super super cheap

and you're gonna have wi-fi access  throughout the whole building

but you can also plug in your computer here

and i gotta say the  design in this place is so cool

again seeing that premium price that you're paying that extra 3000  yen

where it's super spacious room for lots of people to set up and charge

and one of the coolest features is there's really really nice windows

and the backside especially for if you wanted to get some nighttime photography is the

you know the sun went down this would actually be a really cool spot

the reception here is on the eighth floor

when the sun sets in tokyo it's time to eat

this being a budget trip due to the capsule theme

opted for a chain which serves quality food for a good price

and has a wicked all-you-can-drink for 2hour for cheap

all that capsule hotel exploration  has left us with a serious hunger in our hearts

so we've stopped into it's basically a chain

it's called Domodoma they have really really good deals here

and we're going to pick out some delicious sweet treats

really soon and get to chowing down

in short order Graham a-chan, aka aiko and myself

got down to drinking and that's where one of the best deals here is at doma doma

it's a thousand yen for two hours nomihoudai all you can drink

that's amazing

this whitefish here when i'm not  butchering taking the bones off

is one of the best things that i've recently tried out in japan

it's called Hokke and a little salt little lemon it's perfect

everything else is pretty standard  izakaya food

that's a pizza supposedly that cheese thing

i don't believe it just cheese in a bun

but it's all delicious it's all affordable

and we had a great night drank till our hearts content

ate until we were full no better evening to be had

thank you