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Trains clatter on a viaduct just above the rooftop of Tiny's Hostel in Yokohama Japan, the country's second most populous city.
在日本人口第二多的城市横滨，火车在泰尼旅店上方的高架桥上发出响声。
Recently this downtrodden section of town with a red-light district was cleaned up to make way for revitalization.
这片拥有红灯区的城镇曾饱受压迫，如今它已焕然一新准备迎接复兴。
Local authorities reached out to the private sector for help with the redevelopment and two months ago, Tiny's Hostel was born.
为帮助重建，当地政府向私营部门寻求帮助，两个月前，泰尼旅店诞生了。
Its three simply furnished rooms are actually tiny trailer homes on wheels.
三间装饰简单的小屋其实是带轮子的活动房屋。
There is no TV but there is free Wi-Fi.
没有电视，但是有免费的无线网。
Each room has a private bathroom, shower and an outside deck.
每个房间都有卫生间，淋浴器以及户外平台。
The rooms can sleep up to four adults or a family of six with small children.
这些房间最多可以睡四个成年人，或一个有小孩的六口之家。
I was a little apprehensive before coming here,
在来这里之前，我有点担心，
but once I saw the place, it looked really nice and I was surprised by how well throughout everything was.
当我来到这里时，所有地方都很好，这让我十分惊讶。
It was more spacious than I had expected.
房间比我想象的要宽敞。
Even in bed you could stretch easily and there was plenty of room for all our luggage.
即使在床上，你也可以轻松地伸展四肢，而且还有足够的空间放行李。
The rooms are named wonder, discovery and silence.
这些房间被命名为奇迹，发现和寂静。
Despite the noise from the trains which usually run until midnight,
尽管火车的噪音通常会持续到午夜，
but the trains were the main reason this woman came with her family.
但火车却是这位妇女和她的家人一起来的主要原因。
We immediately knew we all wanted to try stay in the place with trains passing above us and we booked it as soon as we could.
我们想住在有火车在上方驶过的地方，所以我们立马订了票。
Despite the tiny spaces, the hostel manager says he tries to make people feel at home.
旅馆经理说尽管房间很小，他还是尽量让人们感到宾至如归。
Most of our guests are families or groups of friends, often girls.
我们的客人大多是家人或朋友，通常是女孩。
Our guests tell us the space quickly becomes the place where communication becomes easier
我们的客人告诉我们，这样的房间让交流变得更加容易，
as people find themselves in close proximity to each other and they have a lot of fun.
人与人的距离近了，他们享受其中。
This trip for us was like a girl's night out.
这次旅行对我们来说就像一个女生之夜。
At night we went out for dinner and then came back to have drinks and play games.
晚上我们出去吃晚饭，然后回来喝酒玩游戏。
The hostel manager says the best compliment Tiny's receives is when the guests are departing.
旅馆经理说，泰尼收到的最好的称赞是客人离开的时候。
At checkout, we see everybody leaving with a smile and that makes us happy.
在收银台，我们看到每个人都带着微笑离开，这让我们很开心。
Deborah Block, VOA News.
VOA新闻，黛博拉·博洛克报道。
