Capsule Hotel and Japanese Gangsters

So arriving in Osaka we navigated to our hotel for the night (one night for Anna and two for me). We were all excited about out capsule hotel experience... that is until we saw it. We had to walk down this crazy alley of cafes and Japanese casinos. It was the first street I saw in all of Japan that was dirty and looked a little sketch.

We checked in and were shown to our capsules. We took photos and started to get familiar with out surrounds... the more we hung out the more we thought... this is not a good idea. There was something that just didn`t sit right. It turns out that the hotel is not only women but women only on two floors and there is no security to prevent men from coming on the women floors. I so was not keen on staying here alone the next night I decided to check out the hotel we passed on the way here (Swissotel Nankai). I went for the $150 night deal so I didn`t have to stay alone.

After some discussion we decided to forget the capsule hotel all together and get the first night at the Swissotel as well. This place is SWEET! They know how to do it up right. So we headed back to the capsule hotel to get our things. The owner was very understanding and even refunded my money for the second night. So it became a $25 photo op!

I knew we had made the right decision as we were leaving and we saw a sign that said no tatoos. Reading in my travel book Osaka is the main place for Yakuza (Japanese gangster) and one of their main identifiers is　there great many tattoos. Yeah so basically this place had a sign that said NO Gangsters. I never want to stay at a place that needs to post a sign that says no gangsters!!!