May 31, 2013

Human Dignity

I introduced to you yesterday how pet boom has been heated up in Japan (Pet Boom in Japan).

In the blog, I mentioned about a gorgeous hotel room for a dog.

Pet Hotel

Maybe I should have compared the above luxury room with some hotel room for a human being which is popular in Japan.

capsule hotel

This is called Capsule Hotel.  Let me show you inside.

capsule hotel inside

capsule hotel inside

Can relax?  Why not!

capsule hotel relax

But it looks basically used just to sleep.  The capsule hotel is used, for example, when people miss the last train due to drinking too long hours or overtime work (yes, it would happen in Japan!) because taxi fare in Japan is high and staying capsule hotel would be cheaper.

I also heard many foreign tourists also use the capsule hotel as regular hotel is very expensive particularly in Tokyo.

Capsule hotel is OK but doesn't look as good as the dog's one above.

Rather, the capsule hotel might be closer to a regular pet hotel, which is a cage type.

pet hotel

pet hotel inside

OMG...





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