You'd Better Not Pout, You'd Better Not Cry...

Love Hotels in Japan are an incredibly unique phenomenon. They're small "theme" hotels that offer couples the chance to spend some "quality alone time" together. You can either pay for a Stay ( a few hours) or a Rest (overnight). Osaka is the mecca for such hotels in Japan, but of course I had no idea what they were when I arrived. I thought there was just an overabundance of cleverly named hotels in town, like Hotel Happiness, Hotel Relaxation, Hotel Rose Lips and Hotel Purple Eye (insert joke here). Once I realised what they were, it was like they were everywhere. This particular picture is of a Christmas themed Love Hotel in Umeda. Check out Santa and the power thrusting he's doing. Yikes. Some of these places have hot tubs, Playstations, heart shaped beds, karaoke machines and the list goes on. It's kinda like the honeymoon suites available in Vegas, but so much more than that. I found one just down the road from my school that had an Anne of Green Gables theme. The sign states, "Anne's Dream". But really, was it? Did Anne really dream of having a few hours of fun in a dingy hotel on some back alley of Uehommachi, Osaka?