Our reporter Mariko Ohanabatake is a self-confessed ebook nerd. Whenever she goes to a bookstore or library, she’s often the final to depart, as she will get misplaced within the tales she finds and loses all sense of time and place.
So when she heard {that a} department of “accommodation bookshop” Book and Bed was situated close to work in Shinjuku, she determined to indulge her ardour for studying by spending an entire night time there on her personal, whiling away the hours surrounded by books.
The Shinjuku department of Book and Bed is situated on the eighth flooring of this constructing, a couple of one-minute stroll from Seibu Shinjuku Station, and a stone’s throw from Kabukicho.
According to what she’d learn on-line, Book and Bed Shinjuku is crammed with bookshelves that comprise as much as 4,000 books, and that’s not all they comprise — they’re additionally designed to accommodate folks inside them.
▼ Yep, these cabinets accommodates books and beds, therefore the title “Book and Bed.”
The uncommon lodge has a wide range of plans to select from, masking choices like: day use of the lounge space between the hours of 1-8 p.m., for 700 yen (per hour plus a drink order, or a daytime nap in a mattress for 960 yen per hour, or in a single day stays, from 3,000 yen per night time, which include or with out further perks like breakfast.
Mariko selected to go together with the “Comfort Single Room Breakfast Plan” for 4,200 yen, which features a morning meal and a keep in a semi-double sized “room”. Check-in could be from 4 p.m. and check-out by 11 a.m., which Mariko figured could be ample time to calm down and skim as many books as her coronary heart desired.
When she arrived for her night time of bookish indulgence, she was happy to search out that the inside was extraordinarily trendy. There was an enormous bookshelf arrange within the centre of the room, and he or she might see numerous books from abroad, together with photograph books, magazines, and comics, all lined up ready for her.
▼ Comfortable seating and tables in several corners permit visitors to match the atmosphere to their temper.
The books gave the impression to be roughly organized by theme, sorted into sections like “travel,” “food,” “music,” and “movies.”
▼ This specific location has a ebook nook with a particular “Shinjuku” theme, which is a pleasant nod to the world.
Mariko was notably excited in regards to the journal nook, the place she discovered some outdated copies of hip magazines Popeye and Brutus that she’d by no means seen earlier than.
Mariko was like a child in a sweet retailer, choosing out all kinds of books that tickled her fancy, piling them into her arms earlier than climbing the ladder into her “room’ within the bookshelf to get pleasure from them.
▼ Her “room” was a capsule that was clear and cosy, and it reminded her of a secret hideout, making her really feel like a toddler in a treehouse fort.
The bookshelf bunks are geared up with an influence outlet, hangers, and a small protected for valuables. And although the bathrooms and bathe rooms are shared, they’re gender-separated and superbly clear.
Mariko had rented a set of pajamas for 550 yen at check-in, so when the solar dipped and the lights of Shinjuku started to glow, she popped them on and loved a spot of sunshine studying by the window.
The heating was on at simply the correct temperature, and earlier than she knew it, Mariko had flicked by means of a couple of dozen books and skim two from entrance to again, and the time was…3 a.m.! She knew she ought to go to mattress at this level, however after flicking by means of just a few extra books she couldn’t resist, she glanced at her watch and noticed it was now…6 a.m.!
After an all-nighter feeding her yearning for books, the morning mild signaled it was time to cease for a second and feed her cravings for breakfast, which was served on the lodge’s connected cafe. The breakfast was simply as stylish as the environment it was served in, with the whole lot on her desk, from the fruit sandwich to the latte and serviette and cutlery, all becoming right into a monotone black theme.
Although check-out is often 11 a.m., there may be the choice to increase it till 1 p.m. at a further price of 550 yen per hour. According to employees, a number of visitors use this selection to nap after breakfast after staying up all night time studying, and although Mariko was tempted to do the identical after her all-nighter, she determined to move residence as an alternative.
Mariko had an amazing night time at Book and Bed in Shinjuku, and now she is aware of how shut it’s to work, she’ll undoubtedly be returning once in a while when she needs a mini getaway within the coronary heart of Tokyo. And she may even enterprise additional out in future, to strive their Kyoto location too.
Hotel data
Book and Bed Tokyo
Address: Tokyo-to, Shinjuku-ku, Kabukicho 1-27-5 Kabukicho APM Building 8F
東京都新宿区歌舞伎町1-27-5 歌舞伎町APMビル8F
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