Expensive Things in Japan
I just finished reading a little book called Anata no Shiranai Nedan Jiten (Dictionary of Costs You Didn’t Know). It’s one of those little 500 yen books people buy to kill time while they’re commuting, and as...
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Shinjuku Love Hotel
Posted 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 MoreLove Hotel Car Wash
Posted 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 MoreHotel Broccoli
Posted by Kame | Last updated Jul 31, 2017 | Architecture and interiors, Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai Region, Pop Culture, Sex | 1 |
The Hotel Broccoli in Osaka’s Tanimachi-9chome love hotel district. 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...
Read MoreLove Hotel Restaurant
Posted 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...
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