{"id":3485,"date":"2020-05-12T12:14:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T03:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2020-05-12T12:14:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T03:14:04","slug":"emergency-places-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/local-area-guides\/emergency-places-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Places to Stay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travelling can be\nan enjoyable experience and it can be a way to give you a new perspective on\nthe world. Sometimes the best plans can still have hiccups and you may find\nyourself out of a place to sleep. Sometimes you stay out past the last train, or\nproblems happen with hotel reservations, or you may need to spend an unexpected\nnight in a different city. Luckily you will have a few choices to find your\nemergency bedding. These options will be more available in bigger cities and\nmore populated areas in general, but you will find a few in the more rural\nplaces of Japan. Here are a few options you will have in emergency situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Capsule Hotel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Capsule hotels\nhave become increasingly more popular over recent years and most tourists find\nthe idea of them interesting. A capsule hotel is basically a small bunk in a\nroom full of other beds. You rest in a small enclosed bed and climb into your\ncapsule for a short rest or a full night. They are convenient and have all the\nbasic amenities you would expect from a hotel. Your capsule is large enough for\na single person and doesn’t allow for multiple people in one capsule. There are\ncommunal showers, a small area for snacks and drink, and enough room for small\nluggage. They are cheaper than traditional hotels and can be booked ahead of\ntime but can also be taken on the same day if there are openings. Even though these\nare great options, you can’t count on there being openings as they are so\npopular with foreigners and locals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karaoke<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Karaoke is a\nlarge part of Japanese culture and many Japanese do it regularly with friends\nand coworkers as a way to blow off steam. There a karaoke bars all over Japan\nand they will usually cost a few thousand yen to reserve a room for a few\nhours. Once you reserve a room you can do whatever you like, within reason. You\nwill see some Japanese businessmen use the karaoke rooms to rest or take naps\nwhen they have a busy day. It is a usual occurrence and you will not be\nbreaking any social norms in the process. The other good thing is that karaoke\nbars are usually open 24 hours a day. If you find yourself out past the last\ntrain times, you can hole up in a karaoke room until it is time for the trains\nto begin operating again.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Internet\/Manga Caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Internet and\nmanga cafes are usually located in cities and not as much in rural areas. These\nplaces offer rooms that you can rent for hours at a time. You can use them to\nrelax, read manga, watch movies, or even take naps. Some of these places have\nbeds and showers that are meant for people to quickly clean up after a long day\nor if they don’t have time to go home before work. These places are very\nconvenient and are usually open 24 hours a day. They may occasionally fill up\nat certain times of the night, but they are generally able to accommodate\nanyone who needs to use the rooms. You will need to look closely as some shops\ndon’t use English on their signs and will require you to read kanji or find the\nillustrations that represent manga and entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Love Hotels<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Japanese culture\nis one of privacy and the ability to do what you want without being bothered\nby, or bothering, other people. Love hotels exist for couples who want to be\nable to have a room to themselves without disturbing anyone else. It is part of\nthe culture and you can find them all over Japan. These can be used for more\nthan a hot night with your significant other and can be a place that you can\nuse in an emergency if you can’t make your way back to your bed. You will\nusually find them near the red-light districts of cities and there will be more\nthan one next to each other. They offer different prices for different time frames\nand the rooms come fully furnished. You will find showers, queen or larger\nsized beds, televisions, and other things in the rooms as well. You can even\nfind some themed places that have special room decorations and themes in them.\nThey will cost less than a normal hotel and you can find a variety of prices\nfrom one hotel to the next. These places will fill up at certain times of the\nnight and may be too full to accept any more visitors. They are great in a\npinch, but they will most likely fill up quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you ever find\nyourself in the unfortunate circumstance of not having a room or staying out\npast the last train, you can use these places as solid last resorts. You can’t\ncount on them always being open, but they can be your last chance before having\nto find a spot on the street or staying up until the trains start running\nagain. They are all usually foreigner-friendly and can be understanding if you\ncan’t do the transaction in Japanese. If you stay calm and try your best to\nwork through the conversation, you should be fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Travelling can be an enjoyable experience and it can be a way to give you a new perspective on the world. Sometimes the best plans can still have hiccups and you may find yourself out of a place to sleep. Sometimes you stay out past the last train, or problems happen with hotel reservations, or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-area-guides"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}