Posted by Kame | Last updated Jul 31, 2017 | Architecture and interiors, Pop Culture, Sex, Street Scenes | 1 |
I came across this odd little love hotel will driving along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture. It’s called Ningyou no Osanpo. There’s more information about love hotels in my book, Love Hotels: An Inside Look at Japan’s...
Read MorePosted by Kame | Last updated Jul 31, 2017 | Architecture and interiors, Sex, Tokyo and the Kanto Region | 1 |
There’s more information about love hotels in my new book, Love Hotels: An Inside Look at Japan’s Sexual Playgrounds. I spent years visiting love hotels around Japan, interviewing love hotel designers, owners and staff, and...
Read MorePosted by Kame | Last updated Jul 31, 2017 | Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Sex, Street Scenes, Technology | 2 |
The love hotel business is a very competitive one, and they’re always trying to come up with new ways to attract customers. This love hotel in Osaka offers free carwashes to its patrons.Instead of the car moving through...
Read MorePosted by Kame | Last updated Jul 31, 2017 | Architecture and interiors, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Sex, Traditional Japan | 7 |
In the 1920s, love hotels were called tsurekomi yado, which literally means “bring along inn.” They evolved from tea houses called deiai chaya that allowed men to bring prostitutes or lovers onto the premises and...
Read MoreBelow are a couple more pages from my new book about love hotels. Today’s excerpt is about what it’s like to be a love hotel manager. I spent years visiting love hotels around Japan, interviewing love hotel...
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