A love hotel in Ikebukuro has partnered with a Chinese restaurant, with the result that the ground floor has an eatery and then accommodation for couples on the floors above.
The novel combo has attracted attention from netizens, both Japanese and foreign.
It makes sense, in some ways, since Ikebukuro is known for its population of Chinese migrants. Apparently, the whole building now has a Chinese owner, who decided to rent out the first floor.
Montana Hotel, which offers 70-minute stays for as little as ¥2,200, is located on the north side of the station area, which is home to several ...
Be careful when something seems too good to be true. Especially when it's with someone you don't know.
Dating apps have made it a lot easier to meet people and arrange hook-ups, but you're still interacting with a total stranger when all's said and done.
According to a media report by Shizuoka TV last week, a man has been arrested for sexual assault on a woman he met through an app.
The 36-year-old man from Hamamatsu admits having sex with the woman but says he believed there was consent. The women says there wasn't consent.
The incident took place in late June at a love hotel in Yaizu, ...
You're safe during that postcoital sleep, right? Perhaps not.
A Japanese woman was enjoying her post-sex slumber at a love hotel in Shibuya, Tokyo, when she was sexually assaulted by a 49-year-old man who works at the hotel.
The man, Kenji Honda, was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault, police announced August 8.
The incident itself dates back to March, according to media reports, and it's not clear why it has taken so long for the arrest to take place.
Honda is accused of sneaking into the woman's room on March 25 between 5:30 and 6:50 a.m. and forcibly touching her breasts and ...
The media-driven moral panic over visible prostitution in Okubo Park has sparked a crackdown on host clubs, since at least some of the young woman engaged in selling their body in the area near Kabukicho, Tokyo, are doing it to pay their debts at host clubs.
There is a similar moral panic over the youngsters who gather at Toyoko, though young people up to no good in Kabukicho is totally in keeping with the history of the area -- it just jars with the attempts by the Shinjuku government and land developers to gentrify the district. The so-called Toyoko kids at Toyoko are rumored to be ...
Love hotels seem like calm, even deserted places where, depending on the layout of the hotel, you may not see anyone at the reception, let alone the people who get the rooms ready for you.
But there's a small army of staff working behind the scenes, with six cleaners for every 20 rooms.
Spa! recently spoke with a former love hotel cleaner to hear more about these unsung heroes of convenient pleasure.
Matsuda-san (a pseudonym) apparently worked at an unnamed hotel when he was a third-year college student. It wasn't one of the hotels that crowd certain districts of Shibuya and Shinjuku, ...
It can be an eye-opening, not to mention obviously voyeuristic, experience to wander in a love hotel district in a Japanese city. Though it's bad form to stare too much, you do get to see couples bustling in and out of the hotels, sometimes romantically, sometimes brazenly, and sometimes surreptitiously, afraid they might get caught.
Walking in, people have a spring in their step (especially the guys), no doubt anticipating what's to come (no pun intended). When they walk out, there's a certain swagger that you can detect in the gait, a kind of pipes-are-empty satisfaction from the guys and ...
Have you always wanted to own a love hotel?
Now you can! And for just ¥88 million (a bit less than an average newly built condo in Tokyo costs).
The two-floor hotel, which is located a short distance from the beach and an hour's walk from Atami Station, is currently for sale.
The building is 728.65 square meters (the land is a bit bigger, at 999.46 square meters), and was built in 1985, which would make it positively ancient in Tokyo but not too shabby in a regional place like Atami.
Best of all, it is designed like a castle (perhaps in a Middle Eastern or Mediterranean ...
We've written before about Yunana, the young female fan of postwar Showa-era love hotels who posts photos of her outings (alone) to these bygone dens of romance and sex.
It seems Yunana's following has continued to grow, since she has just released a book showcasing her work.
The book's title, In Search of the Revolving Bed, is a reference to perhaps the most famous love hotel room gimmick that is actually quite a rarity (it became illegal to install new ones after the law changed in 1985).
Now aged 26, the love hotel enthusiast was recently interviewed by Bunshun about her activities, ...
Japanese capsule toys are a cornucopia of choice and variety. There seems to be no end to the objects that pop out from the thousands of vending machines found at stores, train stations, and tourist destinations.
What's still often surprising, though, are the eyebrow-raising subject matters of certain toys.
Last year, for instance, we reported on the miniature vibrator capsule toys.
Slightly less risqué but just as awesome are these love hotel-inspired capsule toys. For a mere ¥300, you can get your own love hotel room key.
We have yet to spot these in the wild -- might we find the ...
Things get wet in love hotel rooms. That goes without saying, presuming you're doing your job right.
But what about wet as in watery wet? No, we're not just talking about enjoying a soak in a bath together.
Among the myriad facilities and attractions at Japan's colorful love hotels, this is perhaps the most elaborate we have heard of: Hotel Regent Odaka in Nagoya has its own private water slide for guests. Elaborate -- or crazy?!
These traveling YouTubers recently stayed at the hotel and filmed their exploits (all safe for work, we should add).
You can climb up the stairs to the top of ...
