European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday March 252007 scene stars and stripes love hotel 101 the term love hotel started with a swivelling sign according to Vitamin Miura who runs the love hotel total re search office in Tokyo hotel love in Osaka a Concrete building with a parking lot in the basement was built in 1968 its revolving sign had hotel on one Side the other depending on where you were in the revolution it could hotel or hotel love consequently Osaka Drivers started calling hotels set up for term spread Trofi ghost Jabaji after the Osaka expo two years later Tokyo opened its first love hotel emperor Miura said love hotels also Are called boutique Leisure or theme hotels whats fhe difference the Jafor difference Between a love hotel and others is that a love hotel has hourly rates Miura said this is known As rest time the average rest usually two hours in Japan costs about with an overnight stay going for about love hotel prices in South Korea vary depending mainly on location in the heart of Seoul a two hour stay runs from to or to overnight prices fluctuate running higher on weekends and holidays love hotels lavish their custom ers with what they wont find at Home like bathtubs built for two Behemoth Beds Fla screen televisions Karaoke and i room food and drink service women and love hotels women Are the target Market for modern Day love hotels with rooms designed for feminine Appeal and filled with luxury lotions and free stockings Miura said women commit to their reservations More often than men and Are More Likely to return to the same hotel with different partners he said women would rather go some where they know Miura said advice for americans Check the Price up front Miura said that foreigners Are not used to the rest system which has set hours that vary during the Day going Over the hours incurs extra Cost also Many hotels require a stay payment after a certain time of night this Means if you paid for a rest and didst leave you can get charged for both he said Allison Batdorff and Hana Kusumoto photos by Megan despite the adult nature of japanese love hotels cartoon characters Are often featured in signs such As this one along love hotel Row in Okinawa below the sign at the end of the drive for hotel carnival entices guests with clowns As you drive up to the hotel another Clown awaits atop an Arch like a love hotel As envisioned by Stephen King my months in a love hotel for about two months room 1003 of the come inn hotel served As both my temporary housing quarters and office Many of my stories about North korean aggression Soldier trials base relocation and More were crafted under the Pink Neon Light hanging Over the complimentary computer in my bedroom this want my original plan before my arrival at Camp red Cloud As area is new reporter in february 2006 the army demolished my office on Post to make Way for a new bus station the temporary re placement office lacked a few trivial things like a phone and a reliable internet connection comparatively the come inn was like an executive suite with a bedroom and Kitchenette sure there was the official Gyeong i province tourist hotel nearby but for the same Price my room had character Ana by character in mostly talking about the body con toured hot tub with red and Blue disco Bac lighting but i was disappointed that after a week the maids stopped leaving me Bubble Bath i would have asked for More but i could not find the words for excuse me May i have More Bubble Bath in my lonely planet Korea English pocket dictionary which is strange since the Book does teach you How to ask a waiter if he has seen any North korean infiltrators Page the room decor was futuristic in that Jetson style of what people in 1967 thought the future would look like Silvery wallpaper surrounded the shiny Neo Blue Light fixtures underscored by Wood accents and an aquatic scene under a Glass topped bar table a Small Glass Box above the water cooler sterilized the drinking glasses with ultraviolet Light which while probably a Good idea got me thinking far too much about the sanitary needs of the clientele i saw few other patrons at the come inn though i knew they were there customers were usually discreet about their activity they parked underground and covered up their cars to hide their License plates every now and then a couple didst need the privacy after a commissary trip i shared an elevator with a 50ish businessman and a girl who could have been his daughter but want i gave him a Quick look and a nod he looked at my bags and gave me the whats he going to do Here with two russet Pota toes and a bag of washed spinach look like i was somehow the Freaky one in this situation since my entertainment options were More limited than those of the other patrons i got to know a lot of the rooms details for example the toilet came with a control panel that played a Little song Mozart i think the Beds control panel was even More sophisticated i always wondered who bought those Craf Matic adjustable Beds that used to be advertised so heavily Between 1980s i always wondered who bought those Craf Matic adjustable Beds turns out there in Muije Ogbu morning game shows turns out there in Muije Ogbu there also was a complimentary did menu i read the movie titles though i was told that one of them translated loosely to Jumma fever while husbands away 3 since the idea didst Appeal to me i was left to seek entertainment with the big screen televisions satellite program Ming along with can and a few movie channels it gave me a Chance to catch up on the latest Britney Spears inspired korean music videos i also enjoyed watching South korean rappers Tell me about growing up hawd on the mean streets of Hongsae i moved out of the hotel with a tinge of sadness after two months i probably earned some sort of world record for Solo length of stay at a love hotel i know ill never again be Able to walk by a disco hot tub a toilet or a Pink Neon Light without thinking of the come inn a place i once called Home email Erik Slavin at 3 a
