Jul 23, 2026 · 26 min · 15 segments
Despite the warm weather, Steve Caplin is not tempted by the Japanese human fridge in which overheated people can cool down for a mere £7,000. Nor is he inclined to shell out for the first…
Simon RoseHostExcept, of course, your typical fridge has got food in it, and indeed shelves, and possibly not a big enough space for you to crawl into, even if you took all the shelves out.
This comes from a Japanese vending machine company called SDRS, and it is indeed the size of a vending machine.
Actually, it looks like one of those chiller cabinets, the vertical ones that you get in supermarkets.
No, no, it's chilled down to 15 degrees centigrade, a very pleasant 15 degrees centigrade.
It's made of stainless steel, it has a glass door on it, and it has a built-in chair.
And when you go and sit in it, 5 degrees air is blown towards your head, your neck, your shoulders and your back to chill you down.
You can see out and people walking past can see you and perhaps try to purchase you.
No, it's on sale now, 1.5 million yen, which equates to about 7,000 pounds, which is, I think, quite a lot if you're not feeling a little toasty side.
You're more of an expert on Japan than I am, but given that they have those sort of hotels where people go and have a snooze in their lunch hour, and indeed we've done other things about people sleeping in sort of weird places.
A bit too hot in the office at lunchtime, go and have your lunch in a human fridge.
Well, I imagine they're expecting offices to rent them so people can book it for 10 minutes or so and go and chill
Except, of course, your typical fridge has got food in it, and indeed shelves, and possibly not a big enough space for you to crawl into, even if you took all the shelves out.
This comes from a Japanese vending machine company called SDRS, and it is indeed the size of a vending machine.
Actually, it looks like one of those chiller cabinets, the vertical ones that you get in supermarkets.
No, no, it's chilled down to 15 degrees centigrade, a very pleasant 15 degrees centigrade.
It's made of stainless steel, it has a glass door on it, and it has a built-in chair.
And when you go and sit in it, 5 degrees air is blown towards your head, your neck, your shoulders and your back to chill you down.
You can see out and people walking past can see you and perhaps try to purchase you.
No, it's on sale now, 1.5 million yen, which equates to about 7,000 pounds, which is, I think, quite a lot if you're not feeling a little toasty side.
You're more of an expert on Japan than I am, but given that they have those sort of hotels where people go and have a snooze in their lunch hour, and indeed we've done other things about people sleeping in sort of weird places.
A bit too hot in the office at lunchtime, go and have your lunch in a human fridge.
Well, I imagine they're expecting offices to rent them so people can book it for 10 minutes or so and go and chill
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