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Capsule Hotels

Four houses built around a repeated unit: a fitted cabin or a small standard room, made once and multiplied along a floor. Two are in Japan, one is in New York and one is in Copenhagen. Each belongs to an operator with several addresses, so every entry names the address it is about.

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A quiet corridor lined with identical fitted sleeping units.
Fitted sleeping cabins set side by side along a plain interior corridor.

First Cabin Hakata

Fukuoka, Japan

The short version

First Cabin runs several houses in Japan, and this entry is about the Hakata address alone: upper floors of the Gate's building beside Nakasu-Kawabata station in Fukuoka. Cabins are fitted side by side and divided by partitions rather than by full walls, with a shared bathing floor and locker rooms that serve the whole house rather than a single floor of it.

What the rooms sit in

The house occupies floors of a commercial block rather than a building of its own, so the entrance is reached from inside and there is no street frontage. Beyond the cabins there are the baths, a lounge and luggage storage. The river district and the Canal City complex are within a walk, and the subway exit is directly below.

Worth an email

Ask which floor is open to your party, since sleeping floors are divided by gender and the division can change. Confirm whether luggage can be left before and after a stay. Questions belong to the Hakata address rather than to the chain, as the houses are not run alike.

Capsule Hotel · Fukuoka, Japan · Checked August 2026

A narrow floor of curtained cabins in a city building, lit evenly.

global cabin Yokohama Chinatown

Yokohama, Japan

The short version

A Kannai address is not listed by the operator, so this entry covers the branch that is: global cabin Yokohama Chinatown, run under the Dormy Inn name in the Chinatown district. Compact cabins are set along shared floors, and a bathing floor with a sauna is kept apart from the sleeping rooms. Only this address is described here.

What the rooms sit in

The house sits in a dense block of restaurants and shops rather than on open ground, so the building is entered from a busy street and daylight reaches few rooms. Shared parts are the bathing floor, a laundry and a small dining room where the evening service is served. Kannai and Ishikawachō stations are both a short walk away.

Worth an email

Sleeping floors are divided by gender and the arrangement can change, so confirm it in writing. Ask what the evening and morning service includes, and whether the bathing floor closes for cleaning at fixed hours. Send the question to the Chinatown address itself, not to the chain's head office.

Capsule Hotel · Yokohama, Japan · Checked August 2026

A compact fitted room with bunk berths and a window in a brick city building.

Pod 39

New York, United States

The short version

Pod runs a group of houses in New York, and this one stands on East Thirty-ninth Street in Murray Hill. Rooms are small and fitted, some with bunk berths, in an older brick block adapted for the purpose. A terrace and a bar occupy the roof, a restaurant sits below the lobby level, and the shared rooms carry most of what the house offers.

What the rooms sit in

The block was built as a residence early in the last century, which explains the narrow rooms and the long corridors. Shared parts are the lobby, the cellar restaurant and the roof, and these carry most of the life of the house. Grand Central Terminal, the Morgan Library and the Midtown offices are all within a short walk.

Worth an email

Room types differ more than the pictures suggest, so ask which berth arrangement a rate covers and whether the bathroom is private. Ask also whether the roof is open on your dates, as it is seasonal and can be closed for private hire. Confirm luggage storage if you arrive early.

Capsule Hotel · New York, United States · Checked August 2026

A small standard hotel room built around a wide bed and a shower cabin.

citizenM Copenhagen Rådhuspladsen

Copenhagen, Denmark

The short version

citizenM builds to one plan and repeats it, and this is the Copenhagen house on H. C. Andersens Boulevard beside the city hall square. Rooms are identical and compact, arranged around a wall-to-wall bed with a shower cabin and a tablet for the controls. Almost everything else in the house happens on the ground floor.

What the rooms sit in

The building is recent and purpose-built, so the plan runs regular from end to end and the corridors are short. The ground floor is one long room used as reception, canteen and sitting room at once, with self-service desks instead of a counter. Tivoli, the central station and the harbour front are all close on foot.

Worth an email

Ask which floor and which outlook a rate includes, since the rooms are alike and the view is the variable. If you need the quiet side of the building, say so in writing. Meeting rooms are let separately, and questions belong to this house rather than to the chain.

Capsule Hotel · Copenhagen, Denmark · Checked August 2026

This is a reference site, not an agent. Everything here comes from open material — operator pages, maps and published articles — and it can be out of date by the time you read it. Addresses within one chain differ from one another. No hotel named here is connected with the site, and nothing on the site is sold or booked.