How do you change clothes in a capsule hotel? We answer the simple question

I have been using capsule hotels frequently for about 7 years now. Mostly for work, but I think I have used 40 or more, including private ones.

In this blog, I introduce the capsule hotels where I have stayed and write about my experiences, but in this article, I would like to tell you about “changing clothes in capsule hotels”.

What clothes do I wear inside a capsule hotel?” When and where do you change clothes?
I think these are simple questions for those who have never stayed in a capsule hotel before.

What kind of clothes do I wear in a capsule hotel?

Generally, yukata (Japanese bathrobes) are provided at inns, and you will spend most of your time inside the inn in them. You will also wear that yukata when you go to bed.

In business hotels, pajamas are provided and people spend time in them, but I don’t think they walk around the hotel in them. (Although they may go directly to the public baths when they go to the hotel’s public baths.)

In most of the capsule hotels, you will change into special clothes as soon as you check in.

Most of the indoor clothes seemed to be one-piece, but there were some that were divided into upper and lower garments. Most of them do not have pockets (some did).

Most are button-fastened in the front, and the waist is often tightened with a string or elastic. Sizes are basically one size fits all.

Where can I find indoor wear?

The most common form of receiving loungewear is in your locker.

Check in
　　↓.
Ask for your locker number and get a key.
　　↓ Open your locker.
Open your locker, and you will find your indoor clothes .

Another pattern is that when you enter the capsule with your number, you can find your loungewear in the capsule. (First Cabin, etc.).

The photo shows a “deluxe cabin” of the first cabin. The black items in front of the beds are housecoats, and the white ones are towels.

When to wear it?

You should change as soon as you check in and remain in your museum clothes throughout your stay at the museum.

Although each hotel has its own rules and regulations, please note that many of them prohibit spending time in the capsule room wearing anything other than the hotel uniform.

In the morning, you can change into your own clothes and then go to a restaurant in the hotel, but in principle, most hotels require guests to wear their own clothes inside the hotel.

However, as a general rule, most museums require visitors to wear their museum uniforms when inside the museum.

Where do I change?

Where do I change my clothes? In many cases, this is the “locker room”.

The locker room is a place with a row of narrow lockers like this.

As soon as you check in, go here, unlock the door, take out the house clothes inside, and change on the spot.

The locker room is just like a changing room in a public bathhouse, as you can be almost naked depending on the timing (laugh).

(Laughs) This may be a bit intimidating for first-timers, but you will just have to get used to it.

The exception to this is in places where the capsules are large, such as First Cabin, where you can easily change inside the capsule, so many people change there.

Naturally, locker rooms for women are located on the women’s floor and are completely separated from those for men, so there is no need to worry about men seeing you change.

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What about the feet?

You may also be wondering if you will be wearing anything on your feet to walk around the museum.

This has several patterns in my experience.

1.This was the case at First Cabin.
When I entered the room, I found a set of indoor clothes and freshly used slippers on the bed.
It was very clean.

2.The same was the case at the Nagahori Sunplain in Osaka, which I visited the other day.
When you open your locker, there is a pair of slippers (they are ordinary plastic slippers) for you to use.
This is probably the most common way.

3.Nine Hours in Kyoto, Japan is one such hotel.
When you check in, they give you disposable slippers and you use them. Or, some hotels give you regular plastic slippers at the time of check-in.

4.However, I think there have been a few cases so far.
The thing is that everyone is barefoot in the locker rooms and everyone walks around barefoot in the building without socks. (Of course, there are special slippers in the restrooms.)

(Of course, there are slippers in the restrooms.) If everyone walked barefoot, I would try to match them, but I wonder if it is not a hygienic problem.

In addition, the sound of slippers flapping in the capsule room is quite loud. It is good manners to walk slowly in a capsule room and not to make too much noise with your slippers.

Do you have a change of indoor clothes?

Some of the places I visited have a change of loungewear in the main bathhouse.
In those places, you can change into a new loungewear after taking a bath.

However, in most cases, I think that you wear the loungewear that you were given at the beginning all the time.

What to do with used museum clothes?

On the morning of departure, after you have changed your clothes, what should you do with your loungewear?
All capsule hotels have a large basket in the locker room where you can put your used loungewear.

Before you leave, come to the locker room, unlock the lock, change into your own clothes on the spot, put your loungewear in the basket provided, and you are done.

summary

In this article, I have written about in-house clothes and changing clothes in capsule hotels.

• As a general rule, it is good manners to wear indoor clothes inside the hotel.
• Changing is done in locker rooms in most places.
• In capsule hotels where women can also stay, women’s locker rooms are located on women-only floors.

This means that you will need to use the women’s locker rooms on the women-only floor.

By observing good manners, you and those around you will be able to use the system in a pleasant manner. Please use it correctly and comfortably!

(Please note that the hotel names I have mentioned are the ones I used at the time I used the hotel, and may be different now.)

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