A hotel in Japan is defying the digital books trend and appealing to guests who prefer to curl up with a traditional paper book.<\/p>\n
Book and Bed Tokyo, a variation of Japan\u2019s famous capsule hotels, offers guests a closet-sized bunk embedded in rows of bookshelves.<\/p>\n
The walls, ceiling and most of the decor of the hotel are packed with 3,200 books in different languages.<\/p>\n
A common room serves as a lounge for day visitors who can also come to share the experience of reading books together.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many visitors staying in one big space, so we can communicate and feel relaxed,\u201d said student Natsuki Suno, who was taking a break from her studies.<\/p>\n
The hotel, which opened 18 months ago, has 60 cube rooms equipped with a mattress and reading lamp.<\/p>\n
Depending on the room, overnight rates range from 3,800 yen to 4,800 yen. Daytime visitors can lounge in cushioned corners of the hotel for 500 yen an hour.<\/p>\n
Kei Asai, chief executive of Book and Bed, said he wanted to offer something beyond the traditional capsule hotel.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason why I came up with this concept was that I wanted to stay in this kind of hotel where you can fall asleep while enjoying something fun,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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