Cheapest way to sleep in central Tokyo?
What would be the cheapest way to sleep in Tokyo without having to travel far away from the city center? Some basic comfort level is expected so sleeping in a back alley is excluded.
By "city center", I mean the big connected areas like Tokyo Station, Shinjuku, etc.
I have a decent enough understanding of japanese to conduct basic conversation and orient myself around.
My guesses are either couch surfing or sleeping in 24h manga cafes, but I would like to know if there are other options.
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I don't know if it is the cheapest, but the Sauna Century is only $18 a night, with free WiFi. Of course, your "room" will only be 1m x 1m x 2m, so the size of a generous coffin, but it's clean, safe, and cheap.
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24h-open McDonalds is probably the cheapest of all; you can just purchase a few hamburgers (or even only a cup of coffee) and just stay there, or sleep on the chair.
In fact if you enter McDonalds midnight on the city centre that is open 24h, you can find a few people, even as many as 10, who is over 40 years old, are just sleeping there. And the clerks don't mind it or came to get used to it, and thus most stores won't drive you.
Note that many stores clean the floor around AM 3:00 to 5:00. During the cleaning time, you are asked to move to different floors or leave the store.
If you think it is uncomfortable, then go to the Internet cafe (or manga cafe). However, many of those cafes require you to register the service and usually require you to submit identification (such as driver's license for native citizens). I don't know if they accept the passport, though.
Without these two, probably you should check out the hostels or something such (if the airport is too far away).
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