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Can You Sleep in a Tokyo Net Café? A ¥1,000 Stay Found Bedbugs — and Japanese Viewers Say Don't

東京のネットカフェに泊まれる？一泊1000円でトコジラミ、日本人視聴者は「泊まるな」

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Can You Sleep in a Tokyo Net Café? A ¥1,000 Stay Found Bedbugs — and Japanese Viewers Say Don't

Across 2,562 comments on a self-funded stay at Tokyo's cheapest net café — ¥1,000 a night, no ID required — the verdict is blunt. The top substantive reaction (3,146 likes) says the bedbugs "wipe out every good point, with change to spare"; two former net-café staff describe monthly exterminators and larvae breeding under the flat reclining seats; and the most-liked takeaway (693 likes) is simply "the price always means something." The crucial caveat viewers add: this is one notorious place, not net cafés in general — one commenter checked their own regular café's mat and found it spotless. The fix they land on is to pay about ¥2,000 more for a clean capsule hotel.

“I assumed the punchline would be "for ¥1,000 it was actually a totally normal place to stay" — so the ending genuinely scared me.”

「1000円の割には全然普通に泊まれたのだ！」みたいなオチだと思ってたからラストがマジで怖かった……

— @北関東国際観光協会
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  • The bedbugs alone wipe out every good point, with change to spare.

    トコジラミだけでもお釣りが来るくらい良かった点が全部吹き飛ぶ

    — @九咫つくね3,146 likes

  • I can't help but respect the resolve to go through with the review while already knowing there were bedbugs.

    トコジラミの情報を事前に得ていながらレビューを敢行した姿勢に尊敬の念を禁じ得ません

    — @二日目のカレー-2dc5,107 likes

  • It really made me realize the price always means something.

    値段って必ず意味があるんだなと思いました。

    — @niwatorichan693 likes

  • I used to work at a net café. Because it was cheap, a lot of backpackers used it, and just like in this video, bedbugs had spread everywhere. After the first sighting we brought in exterminators, but eggs had been laid all over — we ended up calling them in monthly for about half a year. Under the fully-flat seats especially was a breeding ground for the bugs.

    ずっと前、ネットカフェでアルバイトしてました。 安いが故にバックパッカーが多く利用しており、本動画のようにトコジラミが蔓延しておりました。 最初の発見から駆除業者を入れたのですが、至る所に卵が産んであり…。 半年ほどは毎月業者を入れる羽目になりました。 特にフルフラットシートの下は虫の温床になってました。 動画内の床が引っぺがされてる席(ブースの残骸)はおそらく業者が殺虫剤を撒いた後だと思います。 トコジラミは一晩で数十ヶ所血を吸われたりします。 家に持ち帰ったら目も当てられない程最悪な状況が待ち構えてます。 お気をつけてくださいね！

    — @yhc_brk408 likes

  • I used to work at a certain net café — bedbugs were a common sight. Calling in exterminators costs a fortune, so all we could do was regularly spray insecticide and lint-roll the seats ourselves. Under the flat seats is truly hell. I hope net cafés like this disappear.

    元某ネカフェで働いていたものですが、南京虫はよく目にしましたね　業者を呼ぶにも莫大なお金がかかるので自分たちで定期的に薬を撒いてコロコロするくらいしかできませんでした・・フラット席の下はほんとうに地獄です　こんなネカフェが減りますように

    — @necotoland145 likes

  • Bedbugs are genuinely dangerous. If you accidentally bring them home, it becomes a nightmare.

    トコジラミは本当に危険だからなあ。万一自宅にもちかえってしまったら大変なことになる。

    — @mo-ks3ef277 likes

  • You basically have to throw out all your bedding — that alone is a huge loss.

    @mo-ks3ef 寝具は基本的に全廃棄 この時点で大損害だ

    — @200xpentium5180 likes

  • Even a veteran who's stormed all kinds of sketchy places and been fine — for him to honestly say "don't stay here"… that's terrifying.

    今まで色んな凄そうな所突撃しても大丈夫だった猛者でも 正直に"泊まっちゃダメ"っていう所…恐るべし

    — @匿名希望-f5f1,409 likes

  • This isn't a net café — it's a flophouse disguised as one. Respect to the uploader for going through with it.

    ネットカフェに擬態したドヤじゃないか・・・ 決行したうｐ主に感謝なのだ

    — @みげるし500 likes

  • I ended up flipping over the mat at the net café I always use… it was spotless. Really grateful to the staff who clean it properly.

    思わずいつも使ってるネカフェのマットをめくって見てしまった…… めちゃくちゃ綺麗だった……しっかり清掃してくれてる店員さんに感謝

    — @sushi-cake2,690 likes

  • The line "entry allowed without ID" is just too scary.

    身分証明書無で入店可の文字が怖すぎる

    — @wawawa6493153 likes

Where locals go instead

  • For my next trip I wanted to save money and, nervous, booked a cheap flophouse-style place for the first time — then I watched this and switched to a clean capsule hotel one rank up. Thank you, Zundamon.

    次の旅行であまりお金掛けたくなくて、初めてドヤ街の簡易宿泊所みたいな場所をドキドキしながら予約したんだけど、これ見てワンランク上の綺麗なカプセルホテルに変更しました。 ありがとう、ずんだもん。

    — @akiratakada35461,381 likes

  • So from watching all these videos: just paying an extra ¥2,000 buys you a certain amount of peace of mind. Noted — that's a useful lesson.

    今までの動画を見た感じ、あと2000円払うだけである程度の安心を買うことが出来るのか なるほど、勉強になりました😊

    — @たなかあかさ-o5o577 likes

FAQ

Can you sleep overnight in a net café in Tokyo?
Yes — many net cafés (manga cafés) sell overnight "night packs," and some, like the one reviewed here, don't even require ID. But the comment consensus is that the very cheapest ones are a false economy: former staff describe bedbugs under the flat reclining seats. For a little more money, a capsule hotel is the safer choice.
Are Japanese net cafés clean and safe?
It varies enormously. Viewers stress that the ¥1,000 spot in this review is a notorious outlier — one commenter checked the mat at their own regular café and found it spotless, and thanked the staff. Established chain manga/net cafés are generally clean; the real risk is the rock-bottom-price independents.
What are bedbugs (tokojirami) and why do people warn about them?
Bedbugs bite dozens of times a night and, worse, can hitch a ride home in your luggage. Commenters note you essentially have to throw out infested bedding and that professional extermination costs a fortune — which is exactly why the thread's advice is to avoid the cheapest places rather than risk taking bugs home.
What's a cheap but safe alternative to a net café in Tokyo?
The fix the comments settle on is to pay roughly ¥2,000 more for a clean capsule hotel or a budget business hotel. As one put it, watching these reviews "makes a ¥10,000 business hotel feel like a luxury." Prices change, so compare on a booking site.
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