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I don't know if it is like this anymore but when my best friend and I went to Japan 6 years ago we had a hard time getting into any of them because they wouldn't let two women stay in a room together. :(

“Accidentally”

@@UFOHunterNikki this surprising because in most of those, everything in it is either automated or the receptionist is behind a screen/curtain, just a pass where hands can go through and they can't see you and they don't directly talk to you. How did they even know you were two women ? Are you sure it was a love hotel ??

*this love ain't gon' be platonic for long, boy.*

Well since we are here 🤨

Why not both? It sure adds to the excitement /jk

“Let's play a game"

L C What’s a escape hotel

L C 🤣🤣🤣👍

It's_Wolfia Playz I don't know and don't want to find out!

WilliMel Not long before he hits a well deserved 1m subs! 🎉

I agree. That's why 's sponsored by Audible. Well deserved.

I don't get it? 😅

@@FiveOClockTea IT is a play on a quote from the movie Lost in Translation: "For relaxing times, make it Suntory time." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FiQnH450hPM.html

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@@LifeWhereImFrom &trekkeruss oooh, I see, thanks a lot 😊 I've only watched that movie once, and in german to boot, so I didn't even think of it 😄

Mr Bob Harris!!

Get a job in Japan, two birds one stone.

Rasta Fonz you probably meant to be funny, but it isn’t funny at all. And you’re just dragging down all males with you bud.

True. I barely make ends meet.

If you're going by yourself, $3,000 should be enough for a decent stay. Which will equal out to saving less than $9 each day for a year.

Traveling to Japan is actually pretty cheap, ~$700 for a flight if you book far enough ahead and you can make it a couple weeks on less than $1000. Speaking from experience as I've done it twice from the US.

My intent was actually to just be aware that unlike regular hotels, you may not be able to just have friends drop by. Or say you're with a group of buddies and need a place to crash because the trains stopped running, you might not be allowed all into a single room.

@@LifeWhereImFrom I had figured that was what you meant. It still didn't keep my mind from running into the gutter and cracking up though.

The group pricing is useful when you want to hold a party. Love Hotels are evolving, it is not just for what you are thinking. Girls are the ones who usually use it for parties. Especially when you go for those themed ones. It is far more cheaper than booking a restaurant or a event hall.

That's actually 100% PG....to mention a love hotel is not openly talking about sexual content XD love hotels are used for a variety of reasons.

Matando do you know what your user name means in spanish i hope it is not intentional

He could have shown a healthy annoyed mukade :-)

My thoughts exactly. I saw the pods and immediately felt sick , what if I can't operate the doors and I'm stuck in that tiny space.

@@RITZYRUTHY The pods does not have a door. Just something you pull down to close and up to open.

Yeah that was freaky about not being able to open the door in the love hotel. I wonder what the logic of that is ? To stop people sneaking out without paying ?

@@TahitianBlissMeeBee there was a option to open the door from the inside in a emergency but otherwise you had to call to the front desk to request to open the door.

juandenz2008 the point of a love hotel is for privacy with you and your “mate”. That’s why you don’t see any workers there as you are there to be discreet. I think the point of the door being self locked is one reason of escaping without pay, but mainly for people to not enter so you are not bothered. I too think it’s weird though lol.

also rakuten travel, this usually has good deals (maybe only in japanese?) and I recently heard about trivago but never tried the latter.

@@Sally0602 Thanks. It's weird, I thought I had that in there but I didn't. So I fixed it. Cheers!

sau That’s true, we nearly fell victim to this but luckily our host in Tokyo kept the room for us

Thank you for the info!

Tons of articles on AirBNB www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/airbnb/. But yes, I probably should have gotten into that a bit. My feeling was because the new law has been in place for near half a year now, that all the problems with cancelled bookings would have largely subsided (because only those with proper licenses would be listed now).

Thank you for telling us!! I feel like most of these video lack detailed information. Especially pricing

I AM SO THANKFUL 4.YOUR VITO,I,M HERE IN USA. AND MY BROTHER WAS THERE IN JAPAN, HE SAID IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE HE EVER SAW IN HIS LIFE EVERY PLACE HE WENT TO WAS SO CLEAN ,HE WAS AMAZED HOW ALL THE STREETS AND BUILDING, WAS SO VERY CLEAN AND THE PEOPLE ARE SO GOOD TO YOU AND DRESSED SO MODEST AND CLEAN LOOKING ,AND WOMEN ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, THEY RESPECT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS NOT LIKE THE WOMEN HERE HALF NAKED.wanting men to look at them.HE COULD FEEL THE GOOD IN ALL THE PEOPLE IN JAPAN. HE LOVED IT THERE..TK.U.AGAIN 4.YR.HARD WORK .PLEASE DO MORE.THIS IS THE ONLY TIME I. EVER SAW JAPAN, AND I LOVE IT.

Andrew Mystic which oneee? Is it only male? Is it close to the center of Tokyo?

kero perfect timing then! Our videos will provide you with tips/guides on things to do so check them out 👌

IMO Tokyo's dirt cheap compared to many (most?) major cities in the US, much less Seattle (the price for 1BRs in downtown Seattle are pushing $3K+). Average meal prices for eating out for low-mid end dining is 2-3X as well. I'm always struck by how many great low-cost options to eat out that Japan (and most Asian countries, honestly) have vs the US.

@@lhl definitely. Even fast food here is good quality. I had Karage last night with a big bowl of rice and miso for 600 yen. And the quality is so much better than anything in the US at that price range.

lol Much my response. Was fine until he showed that. Ewwww. Nope nope NOPE! Bad enough our bitty spiders here in Canada (though they can get a bit bigger out on the coast. Here in the mountains, they're pretty small. Even the Daddy Long Legs aren't that bad.). But yeah, I freaked out because of a large MOTH in my room. Never mind giant spiders. Ugh. Ugh. Yeah, maybe I'll just stay home and not travel. . .rotflol

Elentarien LoL. Better not visit here in Australia. Large but I’ve seen huntsmen spiders larger around here and I live in one of the large metropolitan cities!

omg I'm so glad I saw your comment before it came up 😓

I felt the same 😅😅😅

RainAngel111 thanks to ‘Life Where I’m From’ you now know ahead of time ☺️

You can call the front desk. Also, as far as I know, that plastic cap on the lock could come off and let you get out if need be. It might trip an alarm though. In the case of emergency, I'd be surprised if all the doors didn't automatically unlocked. But I'm fairly uninitiated, so perhaps someone with more knowledge could step in.

@@LifeWhereImFrom I hope so. A fire would be pretty bad if you are locked in.

I'm making a wild guess. Was the door locked before you order-in your food? I know for a fact Love Hotels have a rule about not making contact between guests and hotel staff. In most Love Hotels there are no one at the front desk. You check-in yourself. This is what I have observed in most Love Hotel documentary videos. So I'm guessing they locked your door so that you cannot come out and jump the staff who is bringing your food.

@@zam023 Well, the interesting thing is that I booked two love hotels, one knowingly (for the video), and one unknowingly (as part of the trip, but I thought it was a regular hotel). For both of them, they seemed like they were expecting me, so one came out from a door behind the empty check-in desk and showed me my reservation and asked if it was me. It was at this hotel that I got "locked" in. I set the time for the food to come in advance the night before. As far as I know, the door was locked up until the food came. They want to pass the food through the little door, I assume, to maintain privacy. But once that food was passed through, I'm fairly sure they automatically opened the door, because how else would I go pay at the machine downstairs. However, since I tried to open the door earlier, I thought I was locked in, so I called the front desk and asked what to do. They said come downstairs and pay. Sure enough, I was able to do that at the machine. For the other love hotel (that I unknowingly booked), there was a person behind a screen that was half pulled down. I can't remember the conversation, but I must have said I have a reservation and then I proceeded to pay in advance. So, my door was always open at that one. I think that place was trying to go mainstream, or be two things at once, because they had the drink bar and their pricing was higher than a normal love hotel (but honestly, it was the least impressive of all my accommodations).