We recently showcased a podcast from Abroad in Japan about five ways to impress Japanese women. It prompted us to revisit some of Abroad in Japan's other content and we found a gem that we had overlooked in October of last year. The YouTuber took a visit to an abandoned love hotel -- a trope we have a fondness for, as regular readers will know. The 4K, 20-minute video is pretty awesome, if a bit chilling. Despite countless guests and countless sessions of sex over the years, all that remains is dust and dirt (plus some graffiti-art and a message scrawled onto a bed). There is a fair ...

We spotted these photos on Twitter of a derelict former love hotel in the city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The hotel Nokyo (or Noukyou, のうきょう), whose name literally means "agricultural cooperative," had a brilliantly original farming theme. When all its rooms were full, it would apparently display "Great Harvest" but "Crop Failure" when there were still rooms available. Of course, if you weren't planning on impregnating your partner during your visit, you might be put off by these names. There were also vegetables in the refrigerators in each room. Nokyo ...

Share by @virtualjaaames on Twitter earlier this week, these pictures of an abandoned love hotel in Nagano Prefecture in central Japan remind us of the fate of so much of the Japanese countryside. And that love doesn't last forever... Haikyo "ruins" hunters often seek out abandoned homes and theme parks, though love hotels, regular hotels, and hot spring inns are another popular choice. There is something chilling yet oddly logical about these post-apocalyptic scenes, filled with rust and emptiness. Or is it sadness we feel at seeing the discarded vibrator lying on the ground? Hotel ...