Hope you’re not getting tired of love hotels. Today’s sample from my book is about the dark side of love hotels, an incredible S&M hotel in Roppongi called the Alpha-In, and a description of some of the shocking crimes that have taken place in them.
I spent years visiting love hotels around Japan, interviewing love hotel designers, owners and staff, and wading through Japanese books on sex and love hotels to bring you this book.
It’s 182 pages of information about love hotels – their history, the people who design and operate them, their place in Japanese society, crime, and much, much more. There’s also a love hotel guide with information on how to get to the best hotels in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Yokohama, Sapporo, and Fukuoka.
For more information about love hotels, please visit my newly updated love hotel page at: http://www.quirkyjapan.or.tv/lovehotels.html
To order or find out more about the book, please visit: http://www.quirkyjapan.or.tv/lovehotelbookintro.htm. There’s also a smaller guidebook, with just the hotel information for just 500 yen: http://www.quirkyjapan.or.tv/lovehotelguide.html
February 1, 2009 at 1:26 am
Your book looks fascinating.
This blog entry reminds me of a fictional book I’ve been reading, “ギャル探偵、翔る,” which is about a former prostitute turned detective in Roppongi who investigates a bunch of different crimes, some of which take place in Love Hotels.
May 14, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Is there a kindle version or e-book version of this book?
Thank you,
Jamie
May 16, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Sorry, just the PDF.
March 2, 2012 at 9:02 am
it’s decorative
June 26, 2012 at 10:59 pm
The links are not working >.< how do I order a copy of this book?
June 26, 2012 at 11:00 pm
The links above are not working >.< How do I order a copy of this book?