At Japan’s Weird Hotel you can choose between a dinosaur robot and a female humanoid at check-in, proceed to an automated porter, and then relax as a drone serves snacks. This actually exists, this is not a fantasy but an operational hotel in a Japanese amusement park. Aside from the kitsch factor the Founder says the ideas is to save on labor costs.
Called Henn na Hotel in Japanese, the hotel is almost completely manned by robots. Before opening to the public the hotel ran through a series of dry-runs with global media. The hotel and it’s robot staff are part of the the Huis Ten Bosch amusement park, located in Sasebo in southwestern Japan.
The cost for a single room in the two-storey hotel starts at 9,000 yen ($73) with the most expensive costing 14,000 yen ($113), a giveaway price for Japan. The hotel has an online auction system and is significantly cheaper than other local hotels in the Holland-themed park with rates starting at around 20,000 to 30,000 yen.
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