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Well, of course the king of all lodging possibilities is the capsule hotel. Something so unique it must be Japanese! The capsule hotel is the ultimate way to save room and money. As a guest you are leaving your belongings in a locker room and you will receive slipper and a bathrobe (yukata). In that sexy outfit you make your way up to your room, which is about 2m long and 1m wide.
It is the smallest hotel room in the world. We went to the Capsule Inn in Akihabara, which is the electronic retailers center in Tokyo. There are several boxes on one floor one above the other. But strangely enough you feel a greater amount of privacy than in a hostel, because your head lays totally sheltered. You can’t close a door to the box but still the level of nightly silence is appropriate. For my size the approximations were quite alright, if you are a giant this must be hell. There is a TV-set and a radio in your “room” and some shelves. All very smoothly and ergonomic shapes, for design-freaks it must be a delight, especially as it is rather cheap to sleep over in the tiny design unit…
There are some cons though. Check in time is only at 5 p.m, because before that time the hotel is used by all these Japanese salary men, who work at night and want to sleep at least for some hours during midday. And if your bag is not as small as a poodle you will leave it at the counter, because the lockers are quite small. But you are not likely to be robbed, at least not by Japanese. They just do not have that kind of naughty behavior. And sexes are separated so you have to leave your partner at a different floor. There is also a lobby with internet-connection.
The first capsule hotel was built in 1979 in Osaka by the genius Kisho Kurokawa and the futuristic idea spread all over the island. The Japanese have a great passion for automats, so this idea was ready to be exposed to the sleeper
When you are traveling o Japan you will have various options to take shelter. There might be hotels, hostels, temple-lodging, guesthouses, private lodging and there are ryokans. A ryokan is a very traditional way of sleeping in Japan and quite a must for the dedicated traveler.
The walls of the rooms in a ryokan are mainly made of rice-paper-walls, which you can slide: The Japanese are very smart in using the little they have in space. The rooms are almost empty, only covered with tatami (reed mat). Like in every lodging in Japan you will take off your shoes at the entrance and will receive slippers. But they are only used for the way up to your room. There you will take them off again. Depending on the history, price and quality of your ryokan there might be a maid, who brings you to your room and gives you the yukata (cotton kimono) and obi (belt) and towels. Otherwise you will serve yourself. There are top end ryokans and rather cheap ones. We took the last option and so we are freed from the formal etiquette of a ryokan, but you need to roll out your futon yourself. A bareable task, indeed. Being in a ryokan means that you should leave on your yukata almost all of the time. Cleanliness means a big deal in Japan an therefore rokans have private and shared baths. As a tradition you are asked to put washing at your top priority. The procedure would be that you clean yourself with soap and just after that step into a hot tub and enjoy yourself there. Ryokans are famous for serving great local dishes for dinner and breakfast, but not all of the listed ryokans hold the promise. Ours for instance didn’t cook at all. The best place for discovering ryokans is Kyoto. There are also some of the most beautiful and most costly ones. The greatest ones have a spacious garden and a haute cuisine kitchen. You can book your ryokans meanwhile through the internet or you check a t
taranoia tarafından 2009-03-27 tarihinde paylaşıldı
So at the very last minute I had friends over at my house. If you knew my disposition these past 3 months, I've been caged at home, never to see the light of day. So I was thrilled to have people over ... yet not too thrilled by the fact that i still haven't gotten the flash range down pat and will still never learn to whip out 100asa's indoors. But who cares, I had people in my house man! Real people!
thufflife tarafından 2010-10-01 tarihinde paylaşıldı
the red dirt crew of the lower east side of kansas city where famous for their corncob pipes and narrow nasal canals. But a little known fact was they prided themselves on their jug wine
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They say the ground is so pure that you can drink the water that runs off the rocks. I on the other hand think this would make an excellent spot for a quicktrip
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This roll of film got stuck in the canister while in my camera, and I thought there was something horribly wrong with my lomo... what would I DO??!! But I opened it in the darkness and discovered that the film itself was stuck. I managed to save it with a dark bag and some fancy footwork, thank goodness...
