What is Capsule hotel?
A '''capsule hotel''' is a lodging establishment where the ''rooms'' are sleeping compartments called '''capsules''' that each are the size of a single [[bed]]. Like in a [[hostel]], the [[bathroom]] facilities are communal. Capsule hotels originated in [[Japan]] for long distance commuters who needed safe places to crash for the night and during the [[2008]] [[recession]] provided temporary housing for the underemployed. These hotels have since spread to other countries like [[China]], [[Indonesia]], [[India]], [[Iceland]], [[Belgium]] and [[Poland]]. == Name in Japanese == [[Japanese language|Japanese]]: カプセルホテル, <small>[[Romanization|romanized]]:</small> ''kapuseru hoteru'' (capsule hotel) [[Category:Hotels]]