Capsule Hotels Akihabara: Pods, Floors & Prices

The capsule hotels Akihabara has to offer sit within a 3-min walk of JR Akihabara Station and represent some of the lowest verified overnight rates in central Tokyo. Three properties are confirmed open and taking bookings through 2025: Anshin Oyado Akihabara (men only), GLANSIT Akihabara (both genders, separated floors), and Akihabara Bay Hotel (women only). This guide gives you the practical decision info — gender policies, check-in windows, what the pod experience is actually like, and when it makes sense to step up to a nearby hotel instead.

If a private room is what you need, see our guide to private budget rooms if pods aren't for you. For the full area picture, start with our full Akihabara area guide.

What a capsule stay in Akihabara is actually like

A capsule pod is typically 200 cm long and 90–100 cm wide, enclosed by a pull-down privacy screen. Inside you get a mattress, reading light, power socket, and a USB port. The pod is for sleeping; everything else — changing clothes, using the shower, storing luggage — happens in shared common areas outside it. All three Akihabara properties are modern builds with climate-controlled pods, free WiFi, and a staffed or attended front desk.

• Capsule sleeping floors are cleaned daily, typically between 10:00 and 16:00 — you cannot access your pod during that window
• Small key-card or combination lockers are for valuables (phone, wallet, passport); suitcases and backpacks go in a separate luggage storage area
• None of the three properties imposes a late-night curfew — all have 24-hour access

Male-only, women-only, and mixed floors

Japanese capsule hotels separate genders by floor with key-card gates blocking cross-floor access. Check the gender policy before booking — two of the three Akihabara properties accept one gender only.

• Anshin Oyado Akihabara: men only. The entire facility is male-only; female guests cannot book here.
• GLANSIT Akihabara: both genders accepted, fully separated. The women's floor is on the 10th floor; men's large bath facilities are on the basement level. Separate security gates control floor access.
• Akihabara Bay Hotel: women only. All 130 capsules and every building floor are for female guests, with key-card access on each floor.

For more on what the women-only floor setup means in practice, see women-only capsule floors.

Best capsule hotels near the station

Anshin Oyado Akihabara (men only) is a 3-min walk from the Electric Town Exit of JR Akihabara Station. The room rate covers an artificial hot spring, mist sauna, breakfast curry, late-night ramen, and a free drinks station. Check-in opens at 12:00 — earlier than a standard hotel — and a 27-hour stay running through to 15:00 the following day is available. Rates from ¥5,000; vary by season.

GLANSIT Akihabara accepts both genders on fully separated floors. It is a 3-min walk from the Electric Town Exit of JR Akihabara Station, and also a 2-min walk from Exit 1 of Suehirocho Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. Check-in is from 17:00; check-out by 10:00. Facilities include a 24-hour reading lounge, men's large bath (B1F), and women's large bath (10F). Rates from ¥3,500; vary by season.

Akihabara Bay Hotel (women only) is a 3-min walk from Akihabara Station and has a 24-hour front desk. The provided amenity set includes pyjamas, locker, hairbrush, earbuds, and cotton pads. Shower rooms close between 10:00 and 16:00 for daily cleaning. Check-out is by 10:00. Rates from ¥2,500; vary by season.

Capsule picks at a glance

Check current rates: Anshin Oyado Akihabara · GLANSIT Akihabara · Akihabara Bay Hotel.

Amenities that matter: lockers, showers, curfew, and luggage

Lockers and valuables storage. Each guest receives a personal small locker — key-card or combination — sized for a phone, wallet, and passport. Lockers at capsule hotels are not designed to hold a full backpack or suitcase. Larger luggage goes in a dedicated storage room on the property. If you are arriving before your check-in window or checking out and leaving later, ask the front desk whether you can leave bags during the gap. Anshin Oyado's 12:00 check-in is useful here — it gives you an earlier window than most hotels to drop your things.

Showers and communal baths. GLANSIT and Anshin Oyado include a large communal bathing area (daiyokujo) — not a hot spring in the traditional sense, but a proper shared soak with hot water, which is a genuine reason to pick these over a plain business hotel room. At Akihabara Bay Hotel, shared shower rooms are available but closed between 10:00 and 16:00 for cleaning. All three properties have bathroom amenities (soap, shampoo, conditioner) provided or available. Anshin Oyado includes towels in the rate; check the policy for the other two before packing light.

Access and curfew. None of the three properties has a nighttime curfew. Akihabara Bay Hotel's front desk is staffed 24 hours. This matters if you are coming back late from Akihabara's game arcades or making an overnight arrival. JR Akihabara Station itself is a short walk and connects to the last trains on the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines, which run until just after midnight.

Pod access during the day. The sleeping capsule floor closes for cleaning roughly between 10:00 and 16:00. During this window you can use the common lounge and store luggage, but you cannot lie down in your pod. For a midday rest, check whether the property offers short-stay (day-use) booking in advance. Anshin Oyado's extended stay option — check-in at 12:00, check-out at 15:00 next day — partially addresses this if you want a longer block of access.

WiFi and power. All three properties offer free WiFi throughout, including in common areas. Each pod has at least one power socket; most have a USB port as well. This is worth confirming if you travel with multiple devices, since a USB-only port will not charge a laptop.

Worth the short train ride: a 3-4 star option in Ueno

If the shared bathroom and no-daytime-pod-access situation is a deal-breaker, or you simply want a door that closes on a private room, Tosei Hotel Cocone Ueno Okachimachi is worth the two-stop JR ride from Akihabara. Take the JR Keihin-Tohoku or Yamanote line from Akihabara Station two stops north to Okachimachi Station — the journey is around 5 min. The hotel is a 2-min walk from JR Okachimachi Station and also connects to multiple Tokyo Metro lines in the area.

Tosei Hotel Cocone has 171 private rooms, a ground-floor coffee cafe with set menus and a beverage bar, laundry facilities, and free WiFi. You can return to your room at any time of day, which the capsule format does not allow. The hotel is confirmed open and taking bookings through 2025. Rates start from ¥7,500 and vary by season — roughly double to triple a capsule rate, but substantially below a comparable mid-range private room in Shinjuku or Shibuya.

Booking notes

All three capsule properties list on Booking.com, Expedia, and Agoda alongside their own direct booking sites. Rates vary by day of the week, season, and lead time. Weekday stays during shoulder months — March through May and September through November — tend to offer more availability and lower prices than weekends and public holiday periods. The Golden Week window (late April to early May) and the Obon period (mid-August) are the highest-demand stretches of the year.

• Anshin Oyado and Akihabara Bay Hotel each accept one gender only — confirm your eligibility before completing a booking
• GLANSIT accepts both genders; floors are fully separated and security-gated
• All starting prices in this guide reflect the lowest verified baseline; actual rates for your dates will differ
• For private rooms in the same part of Tokyo at a similar price point, see private budget rooms if pods aren't for you