All passengers arriving in Japan at Tokyo Narita airport among others are tested for Coronavirus upon landing.
Tokyo Narita Airport baggage claim has become a cardboard box hotel for arriving international passengers, awaiting their coronavirus test result.
The cost for travelers to stay in the boxes is US$140.
Passengers arriving in Japan, from coronavirus-stricken areas in the United States and Europe, are subject to mandatory screening. Furthermore, they can only leave Narita with friends or family in a private vehicle. Passengers who cannot be picked up are barred from catching public transport or taxis.
Consequently many are sleeping in makeshift cardboard box accommodation, provided by the Japanese Government until travelers return a test result for coronavirus.
The cardboard beds have a futon mattress that is “pretty good”, according to an online review from a passenger who arrived at Narita on an ANA flight from Vietnam.
Many travelers have commented that sleeping is difficult since the lights remain on at all hours.
The open-air beds have partitions at alternating corners but are mostly exposed. Beverages and snacks are provided. Some of the beds are spaced out from others, based on photos, but others are in close proximity to each other.
Provided a traveler returns a negative test result, they are free to leave Narita to rent a car or seek other transport; seeing as they are still barred from using public transport.
