Love hotel

This article is about the short-stay hotel popular in Japan. For other uses, see Love Hotel.

Love hotel in Tokyo, European castle motif
Price list at a love hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo

A love hotel is a type of short-stay hotel found around the world operated primarily for the purpose of allowing guests privacy for sex. The name originates from "Hotel Love" in Osaka.[1] Although love hotels exist all over the world, the term "love hotel" is often used to refer specifically to those located within Japan.

  1. ^ Slavin, Erik (25 March 2007). "My months in a love hotel". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 17 January 2022.