A 24-year-old woman was arrested on January 22 after a 82-year-old man was found dead in a love hotel in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
The man, Katsuzo Imano, was found in the room on the night of January 21, covered in blood and with box-cutter wounds on his chest. The money in his wallet was gone.
The suspect, Haruka Fujii, apparently called a former boyfriend immediately after the crime and then attempted to flee. Fujii, the ex-boyfriend, and his younger brother were apprehended at Nishi-Hachioji Station, just outside Tokyo, the following morning.
The image above shows Fujii shortly before she ...
We all love going to a love hotel. You get to feel a bit naughty, stealing away for a tryst in the middle of the afternoon, or it's just a fun way to end a date or have a one-night-stand.
With its amenities and fun facilities, especially in terms of the bed, lighting, and bathing, a love hotel is the kind of place where things seem to start and end at the door: everything you do inside can be kept hidden from the world or the rest of your life.
Little wonder, then, that they are the places of choice for sex workers to meet clients or for couples having an affair to meet.
But you may never ...
Have you ever wondered which part of Japan has the most love hotels in terms of population density? These are the kinds of questions that keep us up at night.
We found some data, recently shared online by translator Clara Kreft, that is perhaps surprising: it's not the big cities full of horny young people that have the most love hotels (at least in terms of population levels).
It's actually Miyazaki Prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu. Incidentally, the same prefecture is one of the areas of the Japan with the highest rates of syphilis.
The data say there are 5,670 love hotels in ...
It takes a lot to stand out amid a crowd, and this love hotel just did it.
Shibuya's Dogenzaka is famously jam-packed with love hotels and they use garish colors and strange names to attract the attention of potential guests. That said, most are pretty tame in terms of the exterior design: with some exceptions (like the castle-themed Meguro Emperor, for instance, or some of the wacky places in Namba and Nipponbashi, Osaka), the hotels with really outlandish architecture and surreal rooms are mostly located in more rural or suburban regions.
As recently spotted and shared by Twitter user ...
Old love hotels in Japan have long enjoyed a special brand of fandom, either for their garish visuals or their increasingly haikyo-style "abandoned" status.
But a new sort of love hotel otaku is emerging. And they are young women who visit the establishments by themselves.
We previously mentioned the 20-year-old student whose YouTube channel was obsessed with introducing love hotels (along with net cafes and other such places). A few weeks ago, she showcased the cheapest love hotel in Tokyo.
An even more prolific profiler of love hotels is Yunana, who shares her fascinating trips to ...
Did you know, there's a dinosaur-themed love hotel in Machida?
If you're brave enough to visit the Hotel Artia Dinosaur in the Tokyo suburb, you will have to navigate some prehistoric creatures guarding the building. We wonder what Steven Spielberg thinks about all this.
Inside, you can enjoy everything from hookah to billiards, golf, and bouldering. Also sex, of course, which doesn't require any extra equipment -- just your body.
Hopefully fossils are not lurking in the beds to poke you in sensitive places. We also presume that there are no large dinosaur models in the actual guest rooms, ...
This may well be one of the cheapest love hotel in Japan -- and almost certainly you cheapest option in central Tokyo.
For just 500 yen -- roughly $5 -- you can stay at the Hotel Frontier.
It's located in Otsuka, which is on the Yamanote Line circular train line that defines the main central hubs of Tokyo. It's near Ikebukuro, which is a large commercial area with many love hotels.
Alright, let's be clear: you don't get much for your cash. The ¥500 buys you just 15 minutes (advertised as "super short time," available from 5 a.m. to midnight on a weekday), so you would have to get down ...
In all the recent fuse on this blog about gravure idols, photo books, and nude sex scenes on The Naked Director, it's been a while since we did a post like this. Please indulge us while we take a trip down amateurs' lane.
Couples in Japan visiting a love hotel for an intimate session may often pose for a nude selfie in front of a mirror to mark the occasion either before or after they get down to action.
Inevitably in such a day and age, these leak online and others get to view and enjoy the images.
For the ethically dubious purpose of edifying our readers, we have brought together a ...
Regular readers will know that, in between all the news and updates about gravure idols and Japanese porn, or trying out new Japanese adult toys, we love to explore aspects of Japanese adult culture like the history of sex and old love hotels.
Showa-era love hotels are truly the best if you want garish colors, kitsch, and cheap gimmicks (revolving beds and so on) instead of the more practical amenities and chic interiors that have become the mainstream today (as nice as those are).
We spotted this selection of fantastic love hotel images on Twitter. Unfortunately, they are not captioned ...
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese is a boys' love (yaoi) manga by Setona Mizushiro. A live-action film version was released in Japan in 2020.
It stars Tadayoshi Okura and Ryo Narita in the lead roles. It is directed by Isao Yukisada, who also made River's Edge, which had great nude sex scenes with Fumi Nikaido and Shiori Doi.
Naturally, given the subject matter, much of the film focuses on the gay relationship between the two men, but there is one nude sex scene with a female actor.
It's with Noriko Kijima, who is no stranger to filming nude scenes in several films. She shows off her ...
