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Living In Tokyo's Capsule Hotels
afabbro writes "Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510 once offered a night’s refuge to salarymen who had missed the last train home. Now with Japan enduring its worst recession since World War II, it is becoming an affordable option for people with nowhere else to go. The Hotel 510’s capsules are only 6 1/2 feet long by 5 feet wide. Guests must keep possessions, like shirts and shaving cream, in lockers outside of the capsules. Atsushi Nakanishi, jobless since Christmas says, 'It’s just a place to crawl into and sleep. You get used to it.'”
I would get beaten to death by other patrons who didn't appreciate my revving-dirtbike-level snoring.
For those who don't know, "mafia" is the italian term for yakuza or organized crime.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Safer, less tentacle-rapey, less schoolgirl panty sniffy, less racist, less xenophobic
That's what I go to Japan for, you insensitive clod!
Scientists point out problems, engineers fix them
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For those who don't know, "politics" is the American term for yakuza or organized crime.
Bow-ties are cool.