Akihabara BAY HOTEL Caters to Women

"Amazing! I was really not expecting much and I was very surprised with the hotel. I honestly chose to stay here because it is much cheaper than many other places but I was worried since I don’t like to stay in hostels. But I was really really impressed and my experience was great.\n\nIt is true like other reviews say that you cannot access the rooms from 10 to 16 but one day I asked to enter the room earlier at 14.30 and I could access my bed and sleep.\n\nThe people working here are really nice and despite they’re not fluent in English I got all the answers I needed.\n\nThere are a lot of rules to follow but everything is explained in the given instructions.\n\nIt is REALLY clean, the capsule, the bathroom so this isn’t something to worry about. I really appreciated the variety of products for hair and skincare.\n\nThe location is convenient too, very near two many stations.\n\nI really suggest to stay here. It is a great cheap options for solo travel girls."

"10\n\n“Good value”\n\nI booked this for my daughter who traveled in advance before we did. She said the location is very convenient (near a train station), clean and with friendly staff.\n\nRelative safe for solo female travelers."

"This is the fourth capsule hotel I’ve stayed in (across Zurich Airport, Warsaw, Copenhagens’ CityHub, Narita 9Hours and this one in Akihabara.)\n\nThe good? Price ($60CAD a night). Location (a 5-minute walk from Akihabara Station, 10-minutes to two other metros, 20 minutes to Ueno). There’s a lovely parkette with benches if the weather is nice, to sit and have a snack. Two Lawsons within a block along with a 7/11 for meals. Enough restaurants in the vicinity (fast food, to casual). Caffe Veloce across the street had lovely coffee. It is all women at this hotel which was a welcome change after the Kapsula Warsaw which while not a men’s hostel, only seemed to attract men in March.\n\nA lot of the reviews are complaining about the customer service and the cleanliness. The beds were very clean. The entire building has pink carpet, and anyone who grew up in the 90s into Y2K, knows pastel carpets soak up grime. It is what it is, so I gave it a pass. Customer service was fine - polite, and provided sufficient direction and assistance. I was also able to store my luggage for a few hours after I checked out. Luggage is kept in the lobby if it’s not small enough to fit in the personal locker, though by day 3, I just moved my luggage up to the locker room along with other guests’. At no point did I feel my luggage was at risk, though I did keep cash and my passport in my personal pocket at all\ntimes.\n\nSize-wise, I could sit up but I am short. The 9Hours capsules were noticeably more spacious than these.\n\nI still gave the hotel 4 stars overall due to the following - the bathrooms and showers. There is only one toilet in the shower room on the 1st floor. The toilet was used for both its intended purpose, along as as a changeroom\nwhich made it crowded in the AMs. God help you if you did not get out by 9AM - you were waiting a while to use a sink to blow dry and brush your teeth. It also seemed like there were a few guests who hogged the beauty spaces, despite a wait time or a number of women trying to find space. I do feel the hotel could benefit from a second shower room on a top floor, especially for the amount of guests it can hold.\n\nBeing out of the capsules from 10-4 is a bit of a bummer if you find yourself overstimulated in Tokyo. For that reason, I think I would choose another accommodation if I were to be in Tokyo for more than a few nights (I stayed 5.) I would consider staying again and probably recommend it."