Japanese hotel chain Ninehours recently opened its second hotel in Osaka near Namba Station.
The project was entrusted to Naruse Inokuma Architects, who built a capsule hotel. Unlike many other hotels where quality is often neglected, the studio decided to improve the guest’s stay experience by improving the structure and services offered. To do this, the architects designed a hotel divided into four different rooms that correspond to the four phases of the living room: the reception, the corridor, the living room and finally the spaces containing the sleeping cabins.

The Ninehours was designed with a totally new formula of hotel capsules, which enhances the image and brings a certain level of functionality and comfort to the guest, ensuring a high-quality experience. For this reason, the details, colors, materials of the furniture and lighting most suitable for each environment have been chosen with the utmost care.

Furnished in a minimalist style, guests can check-in 24 hours a day and use the facilities for a minimum of one hour. Once past the reception, guests are invited to use the lockers (separated between men and women) and place their belongings and, after that, the nightwear is given. Then we move on to the shower area where guests can wash with products provided directly by the hotel such as shampoo, conditioner, toothbrush, and then go to sleep in the capsules and enjoy a quiet and undisturbed sleep. In fact, each mini-room offers a soundproofing service so that guests can rest in the best possible way.

All chain facilities are located in strategic areas of the city and are usually less than three minutes from major airports, train stations or the city center.

Text by Anna Cardaci