While net cafes and capsule hotels are mostly viewed as an affordable bare bones way to crash when traveling in Japan or after missing a last train, recent years have seen specialty types open targeting otaku and book fans. Now "Manga Art Hotel, Tokyo", fittingly located near Japan's "city of manga" in Jimbocho, is opening up and offering capsule lodging with over 5,000 manga titles to keep you entertained.

Manga Art Hotel, Tokyo cites a growing number of foreign travelers to Japan (particularly as a lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics) as one reason to offer the special accommodation, which will focus on offering a collection of manga titles (which includes English language versions as well) that show off the artistic quality of the medium. Lamenting a recent trend of reading manga digitally and hoping to help travelers discover the literary charm of Jimbocho, the hotel is providing only physical copies--each with a bilingual review and introduction.

In addition to offering its collection of manga titles for sale, the hotel will feature many of the services and amenities available in most capsule hotels, including Wi-Fi, safes, pajamas, showers, as well as social and private rooms. The manga-themed capsule hotel is hoping to provide "an overnight manga experience planned intentionally for the sole purpose of soaking in the world of manga." They also boast impressive architecture with "spatial design that lets you forget your day-to-day worries and immerse yourself in the fantasy of manga."

A reservation system will be made available at the end of January on the hotel's website (English and Japanese available).