From: linda@wendy.net.com (Linda Hill)
Subject: Re: Love Hotel in Japan
Organization: Network Equipment Technologies
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:16:38 GMT

In article <53230040@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com> ngsw@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Soon Wei NG) writes:
>I came to know of the Love Hotels in Japan recently thru' a friend that just
>got back from the land of the rising sun. However, he was not able to provide
>me with a vivid picture of how they looked inside.
>
>Has anyone been/stayed at a Love Hotel before ? What's so special about these
>hotels ? Any inputs would be greatly appreciated.

Here's what I saved from a post to this group:

In article <691@katura.tutics.tut.ac.jp> ross@kiwi.tutics.tut.ac.jp writes:
[descriptions of other types of accomodations deleted]
>(3) Rabbu Hoteru. Love Hotel. These are a little-known secret of travellers in
>    Japan. There are huge numbers of these hotels (the name should give some
>    clues) and usually they are packed, but most of their buisness is in the
>    daytime (for reasons I will not go into here). The charges are reasonable
>    (7000 yen for an overnight stay) but the facilities are far superior to
>    normal hotels (which are more expensive, 10,000 yen is not uncommon).
>    Compared to a normal hotel, each room in the Love Hotel is usually
>    different, and has some "theme" or other. Rooms are often modelled after
>    different country styles, for example, Korea Room, Orleans Room, etc.
>    (*Disclaimer* The information presented here may or may not be culled
>    from other peoples experience). In the lobby (extremely primitive as
>    people do not stay there any longer than necessary as they may be seen)
>    there is a set of pictures of all the available rooms, lit ones being
>    vacant, and unlit ones being occupied. You push a button beside where
>    you want to go and lights flash to tell you where to go (usually the
>    entire stay is conducted without having to see a single staff member)
>    If you are staying overnight it is a good idea to go to the "Front"
>    (reception) and explain that you are staying overnight (either spoken
>    or by a note written by a friend). The interior decoration is often
>    impressive and the exterior decoration usually more so. I have seen
>    castles (western, japanese, etc), replicas of famous buildings. The best
>    one was seen by a Muslim friend of mine. One day he was walking along and
>    suddenly set eyes on the biggest Mosque he had ever seen. This amazed him
>    not only because of the size of the mosque but because it was in Japan
>    where there are very few Muslims. Going to investigate he found it was ..
>    ... well, you guessed it. Interior conveniences include the usual
>    overpriced drinks fridge, but also Nintendo game computers, Karaoke
>    machines (which you may or may not have to pay extra for), etc. The beds
>    are, of course, very much more impressive than all but the best normal
>    hotels. Often they do funny things such as rotate or vibrate. A booking
>    is not necessary for a Love Hotel. They are often full, but due to the
>    high turnover (and the fast preparation of rooms for the next customer)
>    one will become available.

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