Field Diary
Royal Hachioji: The ¥8,000 Door Is the Most Expensive Minute in the Building
Royal Hachioji is a 24-hour standard-tier deriheru in west Tokyo whose cheapest course — 50 minutes for ¥8,000 — is also its worst per-minute rate. Run the arithmetic on the whole board and the floor sits at 100 minutes: ¥12,000 on the menu, ¥9,000 with the Heaven coupon, ¥90 a minute. Meanwhile a 30-minute extension in the room costs ¥12,000, three times what the same half hour costs if you buy it before you dial. Here is the full out-the-door math on a shop that sells everything on the phone call and refuses all changes after.