(CNN)Dressed in black and purple pajamas with keycards around their necks, two Japanese businessmen sip whiskey in a Tokyo hotel lobby bar.
Next to them, a woman in business attire dress puffs away on a cigarette while chatting to two Western backpackers.
It's an unusual sight to many eyes but it's not an untypical Tuesday evening in one of Tokyo's most trendy inns -- a swanky, upscale capsule hotel.
Traditionally, Japanese capsule hotels have had a shabby reputation.
Often located in the popular bar areas, the coffin-sized sleep spaces are notoriously frequented by Japanese salarymen in a drunken stupor who missed their last train home. Most are men-only.
Now, a new kind of stylish capsule hotel is popping up across the country.
With a blend of function and style, they attract both local business people and foreign hipsters in search of fashionable accommodation.
Here's a look at several capsule hotels that are changing the game.