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The store

Suitcases have a room beside the front desk, one floor away from where people sleep

What is kept

Cases, bags and coats are set down at the desk floor and stay there. This is one address of the nine hours group and not the chain as a whole, and the arrangement described here belongs to Takebashi. Sleeping floors take only what a guest carries by hand.

Where it is kept

The luggage room sits on the same floor as reception, before the point where the building changes character and becomes quiet. Takebashi is central Tokyo, and people arrive with everything they are carrying for a longer trip, so the store does most of the work of a cloakroom.

Who gets it out

Guests hand cases over at the desk and ask for them at the desk, which is the whole of the procedure. Staff on duty move them in and out. Nothing is fetched from the sleeping floors, because nothing large goes up there.

The store

Shoes come off at the entrance to the floor and stay in cabinets there

What is kept

Footwear is the first thing this house takes in, and luggage follows: both are held at the threshold rather than inside the sleeping area. The address here is the Kansai Airport house of First Cabin and not the chain in general. Slippers are worn beyond that line.

Where it is kept

The cabinets stand at the entrance to each floor, in the strip of space between the corridor and the cabins. The building serves an airport, so people come in with wheeled cases straight off a flight, and the store is placed exactly where that stops.

Who gets it out

Each guest deals with their own shoes and their own case, which is why the cabinets are at head height and in the open. Staff keep the entrance clear rather than handling anything, and the desk is a short walk back down the corridor.

The store

Clean sets and towels are held in a linen room next to the bathing floor

What is kept

Fresh towels, robes and sleepwear are stacked where people pass on the way to bathe. This is the Sapporo house of Anshin Oyado, described on its own and not as a rule for the group. Used items go the other way, into a separate return.

Where it is kept

The linen room opens off the corridor beside the bath, so the shortest walk in the building runs from the shelves to the water. Sapporo winters bring in wet outer clothing, and the bathing floor is the part of the house that deals with it.

Who gets it out

Guests take what they need from the shelves themselves, on the way past, without asking anyone. The house restocks through the day and clears the returns. It is the one store in the building that is meant to be opened constantly.

The store

Belongings go into personal lockers that sit outside the sleeping area altogether

What is kept

Clothes, bags and everything a guest is not using at that moment stay in the locker area. This is the Ueno address of MyCUBE by MYSTAYS rather than the chain, and the description stops at what the room holds. How the lockers themselves work is not our subject.

Where it is kept

The lockers are set apart from the cubes, in the shared part of the floor where people dress and gather before going out. Ueno is a district people leave early and return to late, so the store sits on the route between the door and the sleeping bays.

Who gets it out

Each guest uses their own and nobody else is involved, which is the point of putting them in a shared space. Staff keep the area tidy between changeovers. Anything larger than the lockers will hold is a question for the desk downstairs.