The Tokyo location allows travellers to hire out a booth or compartment within a library filled with over 2,000 books in a variety of languages.

The Kyoto hotel is even bigger, with 5000 books surrounding the compartments.

The thinking behind this is: “There are no comfortable mattresses, fluffy pillows nor lightweight and warm down duvets. What we do offer is an experience while reading a book (or comic book). An experience shared by everyone at least once : the blissful “instant of falling asleep”. It is already 2 am but you think just a little more… with heavy drooping eye lids you continue reading only to realize you have fallen asleep.

“Our concept is thus a readers haven – an accommodation bookshop. (Books aren’t sold, though. It’s just an expression.) Dozing off obliviously during your treasured pasttime is the finest “moment of sleep”, don’t you agree? With books as our central theme, we decided to create a hostel offering the greatest “moment of sleep”.”

Designed by Makoto Tanijiri and Ai Yoshida of Suppose Design Office, this is sure to be every bibliophile’s dream accommodation. We’re already dreaming of turning our bedroom back home into something similar, though we’re not sure how the landlord would feel come flat inspection time.

Sure, that accommodation isn’t huge, but when you’re wrapped up and have your head buried in a book, you’ll be in a whole different world!

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