{"id":89288,"date":"2013-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/tradition-meets-the-future-at-capsule-ryokan\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:51:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:51:45","slug":"tradition-meets-the-future-at-capsule-ryokan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/tradition-meets-the-future-at-capsule-ryokan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tradition meets the future at Capsule Ryokan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you will realise when you visit, <a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/exploring-kyoto\">Kyoto<\/a> is a big city with lots of things to see spread out over a large area. We therefore opted to stay at the\u00a0Capsule Ryokan, which is just a five minute walk from the Kyoto station,\u00a0a major transport hub with good connections to \u00a0the rest of the city. Japanese railway stations are generally also good places to procure food as they tend to have amazing food courts, restaurants and shops, which is perfect if all you want after a long day of sightseeing is a delicious and stress free meal!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30634\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30634\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/20131111_190700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"631\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delicious bento box from the railway station for on-the-go eating<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition, to a great location, the Capsule Ryokan offered a unique experience with great value! The\u00a0owner, Keiji Shimizu, has successfully married two Japanese concepts to create a space unlike any other. The one is the ryokan or traditional Japanese inn, complete with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tatami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tatami<\/a>\u00a0mats and a sense of Japanese tradition. The other is the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capsule_hotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">capsule hotel<\/a>, where the focus is on efficient use of space.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30638\" style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-30638\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/IMG_5717.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"638\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tatami style beds with ingenious storage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our room was compact (space is a commodity in Japan) but had everything you could need &#8211; a high tech &#8220;monsoon&#8221; shower, complete with blue lighting and a radio in the shower, plenty of ingenious storage space (compartments under the tatami-style bed) and let&#8217;s not forget the futuristic toilet. I don&#8217;t know if we can go back to a non-heated toilet seat that doesn&#8217;t automatically lift as you open the door!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30636\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30636\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/IMG_5722.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monsoon shower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The hotel is really geared to helping tourists get the most out of their time in Kyoto. They offer heaps of tips, maps, suggestions for restaurants and sights to see to guide you during your stay. For example, they suggested we go to the\u00a0Kyoto Flea Market held at the Toji Temple on a Sunday. It is a bit like Milnerton Market in Cape Town but with a very different setting. There was loads to look at and buy, including\u00a0kimonos, weird Japanese toys and robots, lacquerware, vintage clothes, pottery and snacks. Unfortunately, we were constrained by the size of our bags but it was a\u00a0great tip!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30644\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/toji.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"760\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30569\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30569\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/20131103_130114.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"760\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A quirky monster from the Kyoto Flea Market in Toji Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There is a communal area where you can cook, get free tea and coffee as well as anything else you might need from toothbrushes to razors to hairdryers. The staff is incredibly friendly and speak perfect English, which helps a lot as much of Japan does not. We couldn&#8217;t have had a better base from which to explore Kyoto!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you will realise when you visit, Kyoto is a big city with lots of things to see spread out over a large area. We therefore opted to stay at the\u00a0Capsule Ryokan, which is just a five minute walk from the Kyoto station,\u00a0a major transport hub with good connections to \u00a0the rest of the city. 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