Visitors to Hong Kong will soon be able to bag a single 'room' for as little as HK$240 per night - but it will be no place for the claustrophobic.
The city's first capsule hotel will be aimed at budget travellers and cash-strapped students, offering accommodation at a fraction of Hong Kong's average nightly rate.
Eric Wong Wai-lun, boss of Galaxy Stars, spent a year modifying the standard capsule bed design so it would suit the market in the city.
His company will supply the beds to hoteliers and he expects the first hotel to be ready within six months, subject to government approval.
Capsule hotels first appeared in Japan more than 30 years ago and the country now has more than 300, with up to 700 capsules in each.
While some liken the capsules to the cage homes inhabited by Hong Kong's poorest people, Wong says his stays at the hotels are always fun.
'It's like you're an astronaut going up in a spaceship. When you're travelling, you are out all day and only need a place to sleep at night.' Each capsule is made of plastic with steel reinforcements and is about the size of a single bed, measuring 1.9 metres long, 1.15 metres high and one metre wide. They come with a two-inch foam mattress and for fire safety reasons the capsules have no doors. They just have a simple screen that can be pulled down for privacy.