Apartment Hotel Shinjuku

"Situated not too far away from the Shinjuku madness is Apartment Hotel Shinjuku. This unique boutique boasts two-nights-at-a-capsule-like prices and just as much personality as a love hotel. Close your eyes and picture this: You’re sipping on an Asahi beer on the porch, which is strewn with antique items – benches, ashtrays, a birdless birdcage – and taking in the calming sounds of an occasional bike zipping by and the symphony of buzzing cicadas. However, this particular establishment doesn’t feel – or look – like a hotel. It was once a Japanese Inn, rebuilt in the ‘70s – hence its Instagram worthy ’70s-style red-tiled roof – and opened as Apartment Hotel Shinjuku in 2010."