Hotel and ryokan request card in Japanese
Twelve requests a front desk hears every day, written the way a Japanese guest would ask, printed on a card you can hand across the counter. Add your booking name and a time, print ten wallet cards on one A4 sheet, and keep everything inside your own browser.
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The twelve requests
Early check-in, late check-out, luggage storage, a non-smoking room, a quiet room away from the lift and the road, rooms next to each other, an extra futon or a baby cot, an extra or firmer pillow, an earlier breakfast, the Wi-Fi network and password, a taxi at a set time, and forwarding your luggage to the next hotel. Each is one sentence, so three or four fit comfortably on a business-card-size card.
Why the phrasing matters more than the vocabulary
Every sentence here is a request — 〜していただけますか, 〜できますか — rather than an instruction. Japanese service culture makes an outright refusal awkward, so a demand tends to produce a polite non-answer while a request produces either a yes or a concrete alternative. The card also closes with 難しい場合は、そのままお伝えください, which explicitly invites a no, and that single line is what turns a vague smile into useful information.
The numbers behind the requests
Check-in in Japan is usually 15:00 and check-out 10:00 or 11:00, with an extension often costing roughly 1,000 to 2,000 yen an hour. Front-desk luggage storage is free almost everywhere. Hotel-to-hotel luggage forwarding runs about 2,000 yen a bag and normally arrives the next day if you hand it over before noon. Ryokan breakfast is typically 07:30 to 08:00, and outside the cities a taxi has to be phoned for rather than hailed, with a 10 to 20 minute wait.
Your booking name, and the time slot
Type the name the room is booked under and the card prints 予約名: in front of it, so the desk can pull up the reservation while reading. Two requests — the earlier breakfast and the taxi — carry a time; type it in and the sentence completes itself. Leave it blank and that half of the sentence is dropped rather than printed with a gap, so the card never shows a placeholder.
Printing, and the phone version
The default card is 91 by 55 millimetres and ten fit on one A4 or US Letter sheet with cut lines, as a one-page PDF. Print at 100 percent scaling, not "fit to page". A6 gives four larger cards per sheet, A5 gives one. The PNG export is 1080 pixels on the long edge, which is the right size to hold up on a phone at a counter when both hands are full of luggage.
Nothing you type is uploaded
There is no server and no account. The Japanese sentences ship as a static file with the page, and the PDF is assembled by JavaScript inside your own tab, so your booking name and your requests stay on your device.
Frequently asked questions
What time is check-in and check-out in Japan?
Check-in is usually from 15:00 and check-out at 10:00 or 11:00, earlier than many countries. Arriving before check-in is normal and the desk will hold your bags for free; getting into the room early is often chargeable or simply unavailable. A late check-out, where offered, tends to cost around 1,000 to 2,000 yen an hour.
Will a Japanese hotel store my luggage?
Almost always, and at no charge, both before check-in and after check-out until the evening. Coin lockers at stations are the alternative, at 400 to 900 yen depending on size, though the large ones fill up early at major stations.
Can I have my suitcase sent to my next hotel?
Yes — hotel-to-hotel forwarding is a standard service in Japan, costs roughly 2,000 yen a bag and normally arrives the next day. Hand it in before noon and pack an overnight bag for the gap. It is the single best way to travel by shinkansen without wrestling a large case onto a crowded train.
How many requests should I put on one card?
Three or four. A card with eight requests gets skimmed and the type shrinks to fit; a card with three gets read and answered. The tool warns you when the line count passes the point where it stays comfortably readable, and suggests either a second card or the larger A6 size.
Is my booking name sent anywhere?
No. There is no server, no account and no analytics. The card is generated in your browser and exists only on your device.