Suite Deal at the Capsule Hotel

Glanced at the crate we use for our dog (when we have to leave him alone for a brief time) – how similar in structure to these cubes. We crate the dog to give him a safe and comfortable place when his human companions aren’t around. All I can think of when I look at these hotel cubes are loneliness and despair. Having said that, we could put air travelers in cubes like this, stack them into planes (with all appropriate security measures in place)thus immediately taking care of many concerns. Those look like first class cubes – hate to see what coach class looks like.

Wow! As a former sailor (PN3, USN, 1991-2001), those look pretty comparable to the “racks” I slept onboard ships. Of course, we had a locker underneath our mattresses (About a foot high and split up into four sections and a lock-able drawer) and a two-foot high/one-foot deep & wide locker to keep hanging items in. Somewhat luxurious compared to these.

the japanese modules are first class compared to this:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1917897,00.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE52B1CW20090312

[Possible] sign of things to come? – that’s so scary. If you want to scare people about the recession, overpopulation, extreme shortage of space and resources — show them this picture.
Showing eviction notices on properties and even heaps of people’s stuff outside their homes is the norm for evoking this feeling of dread. On the other hand, seeing pictures of homeless people doesn’t make me imagine that I’ll end up that bad off.. but this is somewhere in the middle.. a managed homelessness — a clean solution for the man who’s lost [ a l m o s t ] everything.
It’s also possible to imagine huge banks of these capsules – giving thousands of people a spot in the “new bottom” of our radically skewed wealth distribution. I have to wonder — could the elite get the masses to live like bees for a time before the pot boils over and we have a full scale revolt?

I seem to remember these ‘capsules’ from 20 years ago – also in Japan. But that time they were being touted as bare bones ‘accommodations’ for the businessman on the go. They were, however, slightly larger, but not large enough to stand up in. Anyone else remember that?

I think those capsule hotels are really a nice thing because it gives you accommodation at the cheap prices. Another thing is that it saves place as we know about the population it is really very essential for us. Anyways keep it up and keep continue with your valuable thoughts.
Thanks.