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Studios, rooms and facility hire

Where the thing being booked is the room, by the hour, and back-to-back is the goal. Below is how 14 of them actually set up online booking — the session length, the gap between clients, whether to take payment up front, and the one thing that trips each trade up in Japan.

Coworking and meeting rooms#

Rooms hired by the hour during the working day, where the only thing that matters is that two people cannot book the same room at once.

Duration60 minutes, offered every 30 so a booking can start on the half hour
Minimum notice1 hour
BufferNone — consecutive bookings are the business model
Bookable up to90 days
Max bookings per dayOne event type per room
LocationIn person
PaymentPaid online for visitors, free for members with an invite link
Cancellation policyFull refund 12 hours before

Worth asking on the booking form: How many people? · Do you need a screen or a whiteboard?

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Give members an invite-only event type so they book without seeing the visitor price, and keep a public paid event type for everyone else. Same room, two doors.

Booking for coworking and meeting rooms in full

Event space hire#

A viewing appointment comes first, and the hire itself is a contract rather than a slot.

Duration45 minutes for a viewing
Minimum notice24 hours
Bookable up to365 days
LocationIn person
PaymentViewing free
Cancellation policyNot applicable

Photo studio rental#

Half-day blocks where setting up and clearing down is inside the booked time, not around it.

DurationHalf day (4 hours)
Minimum notice24 hours
Buffer30 minutes after
Max bookings per dayOne per studio
LocationIn person
PaymentPaid online
Cancellation policyFull refund 48 hours before

Worth asking on the booking form: What are you shooting? · How many people on set? · Do you need lighting or a backdrop?

Dance studio hire#

Hourly hire that fills evenings and weekends and empties on weekday mornings.

Duration60 minutes
Minimum notice2 hours
Max bookings per dayOne per room
LocationIn person
PaymentPaid online
Cancellation policyFull refund 12 hours before

Kitchen and ghost-kitchen hire#

Long blocks booked by food businesses on a recurring weekly pattern.

Duration4 hours
Minimum notice48 hours
Buffer30 minutes after, for cleaning
Bookable up to120 days
Max bookings per dayOne per kitchen
LocationIn person
PaymentPaid online
Cancellation policyFull refund 48 hours before

Worth asking on the booking form: What will you be cooking? · Do you have a food licence? · Equipment you need

Booked in days and weeks rather than hours, always preceded by a viewing.

Duration30 minutes for a viewing
Minimum notice24 hours
Bookable up to180 days
LocationIn person
PaymentViewing free
Cancellation policyNot applicable

Exhibitions run for weeks, so the only thing booked by the hour is the viewing and the hanging day.

Duration45 minutes for a viewing
Minimum notice48 hours
Bookable up to365 days
LocationIn person
PaymentViewing free
Cancellation policyNot applicable

Futsal and tennis court booking#

Hourly, floodlit into the evening, and completely dependent on the weather for outdoor courts.

Duration60 minutes
Minimum notice2 hours
Bookable up to60 days
Max bookings per dayOne per court
LocationIn person
PaymentPaid online
Cancellation policyFull refund 12 hours before; rain refunded in full

Golf simulator bays#

Evenings sell out and daytime does not, on a fixed number of bays.

Duration60 minutes
Minimum notice1 hour
Max bookings per dayOne per bay
LocationIn person
PaymentPaid online
Cancellation policyFull refund 6 hours before

Batting cages#

Short slots in high volume, where booking exists mainly to guarantee a cage at the weekend.

Duration30 minutes
Minimum notice1 hour
Max bookings per dayOne per cage
LocationIn person
PaymentPaid online
Cancellation policyFull refund 6 hours before

Karaoke rooms#

Rooms by the hour with a hard reset between groups, and demand entirely in the evening.

Duration60 minutes
Minimum notice1 hour
Buffer15 minutes after, to clean
Max bookings per dayOne per room
LocationIn person
PaymentPaid in person
Cancellation policyFull refund 6 hours before

Storage and parking viewings#

A short viewing appointment that converts straight into a contract.

Duration20 minutes
Minimum notice4 hours
LocationIn person
PaymentFree
Cancellation policyNot applicable

Gym day passes#

Visitors and travellers buying a single entry, who need to pay before they arrive.

Duration2 hours
Minimum notice1 hour
LocationIn person
PaymentPaid online
Cancellation policyFull refund 6 hours before
Worth knowing before you start

Business Box books one party per time slot, so several customers cannot sign up for the same class individually — the first booking takes the session. It fits private sessions, trials and one-to-one teaching today. See what that means for group classes. One booking, one slot

Rehearsal and practice room hire#

Consecutive hourly bookings on several rooms, priced differently by room size.

Duration60 minutes
Minimum notice1 hour
Max bookings per dayOne event type per room
LocationIn person
PaymentPaid online
Cancellation policyFull refund 12 hours before

Set this up in about ten minutes

Business Box is free for as long as you like, with no card required — booking pages, Google and Outlook calendar sync, availability, Japanese public holidays and the website widget. Taking card payment for bookings is ¥1,200 a month, tax included, with no commission on what you sell.

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Last reviewed 28 September 2026.