Originally Posted by
RichardInSF
I don't know how typical that hotel is. The single and semi-double room appear to be identical and are both 13m2 in size, as is the double room -- which appears to have a slightly larger bed in the same tiny room.
Not big enough to have a closet or wardrobe, but it does have a sort of desk, although I'd push the chair in before getting into the bed!
Ouch! I've just demonstrated that outside of my first trip to Japan I never stay in single rooms (with one bed). When I stayed at the Kyoto Garden hotel both my parents and myself and my husband opted for the semi-doubles - seemed quite spacious compared to other places I'd been to (semi-double rooms at the APA chain in Tokyo, for instance, can be considerably smaller)
Here's a selection of single rooms from other Japanese hotels:
Google image search
To be honest, I couldn't find a straightforward link to a room plan showing a true single room (with one 'single' bed rather than one semi-double).
Out of that google search a surprising amount of them are semi-doubles.
Here's the same search for
double rooms