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If you need a hotel in Tokyo you can get a good deal on these love hotels compared to big name hotels. You do not need to go there for sex. They are available o
by miohtama 8y ago
If you need a hotel in Tokyo you can get a good deal on these love hotels compared to big name hotels. You do not need to go there for sex. They are available on hotels.com and bookings.com and such.
The rooms are good size (in Tokyo hotel rooms tend to be small), you get a very luxurious bath room and bath utilities, you can order a tons of food through TV and of course you get some free condoms.
Do not expect amazing lobby, though. Entrances are more hole-in-a-wall style.
Locals seem to have a cultural taboo with these hotels, but as a Western traveler it is a pleasant and fun experience.
- bb2018 8y agoI once booked a hotel on Booking.com on a trip to Japan that was a great price for a king bed and a large room. There was no mention it was a love hotel. While I had no issue with it - my SO felt differently...
- Johnny555 8y agoLocals seem to have a cultural taboo with these hotels, but as a Western traveler it is a pleasant and fun experience. The Taboo seems to be against talking about them, not using them. My wife's brother got very flustered when the topic of love hotels came up in a conversation among family -- yet in another conversation (which involved much more alcohol), he revealed that he and his girlfriend/fiance were regular love hotel visitors before they had a place of their own.
- rangibaby 8y agoThe statement you quoted is such bs. Locals are the ones keeping love hotels in business after all. Like you pointed out, when it comes to a lot of things Japanese (east Asians?) will either change the subject or tell you what they think you want to hear, unless you are very close (or they are drunk).
- jpatokal 8y agoThere are a couple of catches to using love hotels as regular hotels though: * If you want a "stay" (overnight) instead of a "rest" (hourly), check-in times are late and check-out times are early, with steep hourly rates slapped on top if you overstay * It's often not possible to leave the room and come back (insert joke about in-and-out privileges here) * Rooms are often windowless All that said, they can be great deal. Here's a mildly tongue-in-cheek comparison of the JW Marriott Seoul vs a random love hotel in Cheonan: * $400 (rack) vs. $50 (rack) * Internet access $25/day vs In-room Internet PC for free * Two chocolates vs. two condoms on your pillow * Ordinary bathtub vs. heart-shaped jacuzzi in bathroom * Whisky and cognac vs. beer, soju and dildos in minibar * Porn costs $18/channel/day vs. three channels of it for free
- ghostbrainalpha 8y agoWhy would anyone want a cold dildo?