This has been floating around for a bit, and I figured I’d post about it because frankly, I find it fascinating. For a culture that is so hard-working and socially conservative in some ways, they are also remarkably open, strange, and kinky in others.
I’m referring to Love Hotels, the new photo book by Misty Keasler. In it, you’ll find photographs of some of the most out-of-this world rooms in the (in)famous Japanese Love Hotels, which are essentially - quoting the Wired article - “a place for couples to enjoy anonymous, uninterrupted sex. Politician and secretary, teacher and student, husband and hooker — all are welcome, as long as they pay in cash and leave when the time limit is up.” Yeah, wow.
The photos are just literally documentation of empty love hotel rooms. They’re fascinating in how elaborate and bizarre some of them are. There’s a few rooms that just make me wonder about the kind of person that would occupy them.
Incidentally, I also found a photo of Hawk’s Honeymoon Suite:
As long as your workplace is okay with the subject matter, all the links themselves are totally safe for work.
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Kinky. Just the way I like it. With a lot of….hanging….stuff…
uh. im starting to wonder about ananth these days …
I gave up.
Ahh, you love it. :P
Lots of hanging stuff but no love swing. That’s so…lose.
Bring your own, I suppose.
You should also check out PinkBox at http://www.pinkboxjapan.com
It’s NSFW but she actually went behind the sex club culture in japan, and it’s truly amazing.
Did you find this stuff while doing research for the next issue of AG? Is this why Eve wants to stay in Japan?
Hmmm.. BYOS? Could be fun.
wow. something crossed my mind about spidey senses and tingling.
Chugworth.
I gotta admit… these places can be fun :) Living in Japan is definitely a highlight of my life. … but Wired forgot one group that can go… actual couples :D
The newer ones now are essentially “staffless”, so you go in, press a button for the room, go to the room… as you walk in, a machine on the wall starts to talk to you and asks to deposit $… so you do… nice thing is, you can keep adding cash to stay longer if you want… the average places has “rest” and “stay” rates with “rest” stays lasting 2 - 3 hrs usually.
I love this country :D
I saw this article in wired last month but the magazine version didn’t included the pictures. Thanx for the link.
Actually, depending on the hotel, and the place you are, you can stay overnight for a flat rate. It depends on what time you go, but typically the daytime/afternoon is rated per hour or whatever, while the nighttime is anywhere from $40 dollars up, depending on the town you live in. The funny thing is, they are pretty comfortable, and often offer karaoke, videogames, etc. depending on your circumstances, it’s sometimes cheaper to stay in a love hotel than a regular business one (and definitely cheaper than a japanese style hotel.
@CanadaGaijin; you’re not the only Canadian living here that reads AG anymore. よろしく！ ;)
よろしくお願いします！
一人じゃない？すごい！ (^_^)
どこで住んでいる？今渋谷で。
Always good to find some canucks about… and yes… I agree… sometimes cheaper than business hotels (and larger in size than a capsule hotel! :D )
そうやよ。こっから僕らは特別じゃなくなった！ｗ
ホンマに遠いやよな（笑）僕は和歌山県の新宮市に住んだーるけど将来日本の国立大学に通りたい。そして東京とか大阪とか引越しなきゃいけないかもしれない。何で日本に来た？
ahh! i dont know japanese yet!
日本語上手だよ！おれまだ下手でも頑張っています。
来年に東京に来ました。新しい仕事始まりました。。。ネトワークアドミン。面白い！会社は渋谷で。。。だからいつもAppleStore Shibuyaに行きます。でも、今自転車マニアをしています！ サイト見て下さい。Googleでmicrotitanサーチして。。。
@Raphah -> Japanese is a fun Language :D I find it much easier than when I learned French in Grade-school. I still speak very pathetically, but I have fun and don’t mind the people laughing at my mistakes cuz I speak funny :P Just pick and start with the basics :D 私は[insert name]です. (Watashi ha [insert name] desu) :D Ganbatte!
Reminds me of my bedroom as a teenager when the alumium foil look was a cheap way to decorate a room. Look cool in the winter but uncomfortable in the summer.
It’s the carousel room that gets me… “if you can’t get a child to come in then you can look at the gleeful faces of children in the pictures and mastubate”…. fabulous..
Careful, not all the artwork on the WALLS in the pics is work safe.
Thats not even starting to get kinky. Checkout the Snowman chain of love hotels in Kansai, or I’ve got a link to a Tokyo chain that does (and this is weird) medical themed rooms. I’m talking hospital beds, examination chairs, the whole kit and kaboodle.
I prefer just a king sized bed and massive jacuzzi ;)
That might be kind of interesting… link please :D
The book is now discounted 30% on Chronicle Books’ web site:
http://www.chroniclebooks.com
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