Staying at a Tokyo Capsule Hotel

seriously why did I eat all those wasabi KitKat's before bedtime and drink all that cow piss never never a good thing to do you know I always eat and drink before bedtime and pay the price for later on idiot [Applause] so today we're in Ginza shopping district it's one of the world's largest upmarket shopping districts it's right in the heart of Tokyo a stone's throw away from the Emperor's house Tokyo Station it's a deep dish market and I want to stay here tonight because tomorrow I'm going to be leaving from Tokyo Station to go back to Sendai on the bullet train staying at Hotel for the night in this area costs just a staggering amount of money unfortunately there is an alternative capsule hotel good good iced coffee now check in at capsule hotels usually kicks off at 4 p.m. but the hotel has kindly let me in now early so I can wander around freely without filming half naked Japanese salary been moping around on screen going up third for an inconspicuous building just off the high street of Ginza it's pretty good location actually best thing about capsule hotels after the price is they always tend to be like pretty well located pretty centrally located so after checking in the first thing you got to do first thing you've always got Dave take off your shoes put on some slippers and that is how you know that you're in Japan slippers so because the capsules aren't that big it's just a bed you want to have as much space as possible so each capsule comes with its own Locker putting a ridiculous massive luggage [Music] capsule room and all this glory so there's about must be about 15-20 capsules in this one little area and our one 307 is over here and actually this one is one of the only rooms in the hotel it comes with its own little second room kind of a tummy mat room I've never seen anything like that that's really cool so you've got your own little private space under there but most of the capsules this is it this is your bedroom for the night welcome to abroad in a box I still prefer this to staying in a hostel where you just get a bunk bed you know cuz you've got your privacy and only do you have more space than a bunk bed but a TV as well TV head food an alarm with a light it's exciting isn't it a mirror and a coat hanger but yeah that's it I mean you're not gonna really be in here for doing a lot apart from sleeping anyway so it's pretty ideal I've often wondered if a capsule hotel would work in the UK but I don't know maybe British people don't like the idea of climbing up a tiny ladder and getting into a box but what you can pull this down haha and now you can't see me there we go haha I win unsurprisingly capsule hotels are separated by gender with this hotel keeping men and women and separate floors the only space shared by everyone is the communal area for both genders both genders so if you're a girl or a guy the sky's the limit I can sit here and think about how helps make the world a better place I'll do that many other or do that liked it alright so apparently there's 250 capsules in this one hotel as well as the feds the communal area the showers and the toilets some capsule hotels also have bonus amenities thrown in for example this one randomly has a free foot bath [Music] pree is pretty surreal just sat here in a football in the middle of Tokyo you've got those are people walking past on the screen just scaring in surprise maybe it's cuz there's a foreigner in the cobalt or maybe it's just because there's a football I don't think I've ever seen a football in the center of Tokyo by this it's pretty cool so today I came here with a 10,000 yen budget which is about $100 and I spent four thousand five hundred yen on the capsule hotel for one night giving me five thousand five hundred yen spending money pocket money to do with wherever I want so let's go out into the local area let's check out Ginza and let's see what we can get five thousand five hundred yen but first or football everything's better football whenever I come to Ginza I do feel a bit out my debt you know there's a sense that 5500m you can spend that on one pair of socks one upmarket pair of socks so I don't know exactly what I'm going to be able to get my money's worth the trick to Ginza right is all the best little restaurants and hidden down alleyways and I can see one there that has the word yakitori which is Tori's meat on a skewer and it's one of my favorite Japanese dishes and it looks quite cool Tory Jin Jin Tory means chicken Jin means Jin and so Wow okay very popular in Japanese restaurants that out the front you can see kind of the foods they have in plastic food form and that's pretty good I'm excited about the yakitori so beer 650m yakitori this was about 1,500 yen so with 2,100 yen in and that's quite a lot of food for what we paid so it's pretty reasonable so simple always wonder why we don't have this in the UK just food on a skewer for God's sake having spent almost half my budget on a fine yakitori dinner in a decent bottle of sapporo now makes sense to grab a dessert go down with him [Music] oh my god so rich but don't even want to think about how many calories are in this unless they I've never seen a shot in Japan so busy this time of night if the manager of Lin is watching you're on to a winner here there's a lot of business to be had in Japan let's make some serious money I don't know why I'm giving business advice to live chicken beer chocolate and coffee the only thing I need now is just one more little late-night snack you know just something small to enjoy back at the hotel wasabi kick-ass I've looked far and wide for these many a time they're unique to Shizuoka Prefecture but apparently you get them in Ginza didn't know that all right so I got heat cut wasabi and to wash that down some cow piss cow piss water delicious the verdict [Music] no it's just bad it just tastes like chocolate gone wrong rather than like chocolate with wasabi won't borrow Gabe seriously why did I even those wasabi kick cats before bedtime and drink all that cow piss never never a good thing to do you know I always eat and drink before bedtime and pay the price for it later Rob he did so there you have it capsule hotels cheap convenient and absolutely everywhere at Tokyo if you're traveling on a budget or traveling solo I can't recommend them enough for more details on where ice Dave check out the description box below where you can also find links to other castle hotel related videos from other vloggers and useful advice for traveling on a budget in Japan many thanks for watching guys I'll see you next time [Music]

Channel: Abroad in Japan

Views: 5,400,544

Rating: 4.8942256 out of 5

Keywords: capsule, hotel, japan, tokyo, capsule hotel, budget, travel, ginza, japanese

Id: U7Q3sKNuZA0

Length: 9min 6sec (546 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 10 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/Hoof_Hearted12]

I agree with him, would rather stay there than a hostel.

[u/SirLaxer]

I really like this guy's personality.

[u/Yellow_guy]

Recently we have something similar in Amsterdam. The capsules are a bit bigger but the system is very much the same. Highly recommended.

[u/z3rb]

If you don't like Calpis water, your opinion is wrong.

[u/im_an_actual_dog]

He eats kitkats without breaking them into their respective parts first. What a monster.

[u/MewKazami]

I present to you. Cowpiss.

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[u/DontTweetMeBro]

Just curious how sound travels in there. Given that it appears to be just a bamboo screen as the door, I imagine fapping sounds would travel..

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