Japan is notorious for love hotels, a type of short-stay hotel here in Japan operated primarily for the purpose of providing couples with the privacy to have sexual intercourse. These love hotels can be identified by the sleazy designs, strange looks and the hidden entrance, usually they have a theme complete with a heart or a character on the roof. Typically you can rent a room for a minimum of one to two hours during the day called a "rest" or for the whole night called a "stay" which usually starts after 10pm and the latest check out would be 10am. As the name suggested it is solely for the purpose of couples spending their time together without any disturbance. Therefore the entrance is discreet sometimes with multiple entrance and interaction with the staff is minimized, in some hotels the cashier wont be able to see your faces and vice versa. The rooms are selected from a panel of buttons usually attached to the wall near the check in counter and the bill is settled by an automatic teller machine.
Inside the rooms are sometimes decorated with anime characters or with a theme and fully equipped with rotating beds, Karaoke machine, DVD (porn), mirrored ceiling and other accessories. Recently the love hotel changed a lot, improving the rooms and getting rid of the sleazy look. In the kansai region (especially osaka) they are notorious for their extraordinary exciting theme rooms. These hotels find themselves in regular magazines, which became a monthly section for most magazines. In search of the perfect theme love hotel room that would appeal to high school girls, middle age woman and so forth. For some love hotels the guest are no longer discreet when they visit these love hotels.
The room themes range from a train, a classroom, hello kitty room, an 80s theme room and many more. Most of these hotels always change the theme of each room depending on the demand. And seeing that its usually the females who lead the men to the hotels, the themes are aimed at these women. Some rooms are all pink and just too cute but do not despair they also have cowboy themed rooms and NASA space station themed rooms.
The hotels are not too hard to find, they are everywhere. In Tokyo and other large cities they have a love hotel district, an area filled with love hotels. One of the most popular district is the Love Hotel Hill in shibuya towards dogenzaka.
The reason for having love hotels is because of the 2 inch ply wood walls all the Japanese houses and Apartment have and the Japanese women's culture of screaming through these thin walls. Love hotels are not necessarily for affairs but for married couples who want to make out without worrying about the neighbors or the sleeping children. There are rumours of prostitution within these love hotels but for now its mainly designed for couples.
A year ago I had a friend coming over from another city for a visit but because he is a Muslim he cannot stay over at my place. He was suppose to stay at the hotel I was working at but then he arrived a day late so I had to cancel his reservation thinking he wouldn't make it. At around 9pm he called. He manage to take the last available seat and made it to Tokyo. Because I had way too many experiences with bookings I wasn't in my usual panic mode thinking I could do it again. I picked him up from the bus station and went to dinner, it was around 10pm that I decided to take him to a hotel to make a walk-in reservation. Unfortunately all the hotels were booked. After 2 hours we still couldn't find a hotel and I was desperate because my last train will leave in the next 30minutes, I cannot take him to my place, as previously mentioned, he is a Muslim, and I cannot just leave him there.
I decided to take him to a love hotel, It was a long short but I had to try. I didn't tell him that it was a love hotel so not to freak him out. We picked a cheap one and went in. Since most of the love hotels don't allow men in alone I had to take him up to the room. My friend was this innocent young kid so he didn't notice that the hotel was a bit too sexual...hehehehe. We went in and I started planning my exit strategy without the cashier noticing. While I was thinking it through my friend switched on the TV and bamm!!! Porn, he kept changing channel but theres only porn. He looked at me as if to ask " what is going on?"
I didn't tell him that he was in a love hotel before I left. I walk out the door but before I could disappear into the night the manager asked me where Im going? and where is the key? I told him that my BF is still in the room and I will be back. Satisfied he turn away and I run all the way to the train station.
When I got home I mail my friend telling him to say that I will be back if they ask him where I was (just in case). He started asking questions and I couldn't lie to him anymore, I told him that he is in a love hotel......
He freaked out asking me what should he do if girls come knocking on his door.....LOL. Apparently he thought love hotels provide girls and they would come knocking to give you sex or something. I had to calm him down, explaining that it doesn't work that way.
The next morning I went to pick him up but decided to wait a few blocks away. He came out exploding, wanting to wring my neck for putting him in a love hotel. When he checked out the manager asked him "where is your wife?" he replied " shes already outside waiting". The manage replied: " when did she go out? I didn't see her leave this morning." ..........
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