Love Hotel

[gaijin]

Since I cannot ride my bike (snow on roads) until April. I decided to post something, so, you can talk to your coworkers during coffee break.

Love hotels, these are the places where 70 percents of Japanese women conceived. Why don't they do at home or the back of the Chevy or Ford? Reason: lack of place at home to do the intimate thing (kids running around). This is just for the one that wanted to do the right thing.

The other 30 percents are the teens, students, old farts that want to stay young, housewives want to have fun!!

These hotels are normally located in the wood somewhere, do not want someone to see me coming or going there. Hey. Hotel attendant would not see your face when check-in or check-out.

You get to the hotel and look at the room (display with price, like vending machine). Most of the time, you have to pay in advance. During one of my ride, I had to use this service. I got inside the room and the room locked automatically. Prior to check-out, I place my money inside clear plastic tube (similar to drive thru banking in US) and drop it inside the air duct. Once the other side received my payment; the door open.

How much does it cost to stay at one of this place?

During the day (0900 AM-1000 PM), you would be charged hourly rate. After 1000 PM, you would be charge a room rate until your time to check-out.

During my first visit to Japan, my tour guide told me about these places. They are not the place that you put your family in for a night.

FYI.

Hotel in Japan charge you by number of person that will stay in the room. If you have three persons, it will be three x a person rated (3 x 100 = 300). EXPENSIVE!!!

Here are some pictures.








If you have a chance to visit Japan, it is an experience that you can your friends.

Circle 50 is the maximum speed limit on Japanese Hwy.

[Shaman]

Wow, those are low rent.
They have better 'Theme Hotels" for the same purpose:

http://humorpix.com/images/1514-Themed- ... Hotel.html
(slightly NSFW - Anime Wall Art)

[boxermania]

I'm passionate about learning about other cultures and certainly the Japanese culture is one of the most fascinating. They are fundamentally a closed society, albeit they have a great deal of respect (occult) for the Americans as they helped them rebuild their lives.

The most fascinating treatise on the Japanes culture is a book called The Chryseatemum and the Sword, by Ruth Bennedict. This book was commisioned by the US goverment at the end of WWII so they could understand the Japanese culture and facilitate the rebuilding of Japan. If you want to learn about their culture this is the book.

On another issue, an stealing gaijin (term used to describe foreigners, typically those of Western orientation) post, it is quite common in Japan to have entertainment for men....quite different from what we have in the US. For one thing if you are a gaijin, you will be denied access unless accompanied by a Japanese. The rest is for me to know and you to find out......albeit, I never went into one of the establisments.

The cost is typically 10K yen or ~ $90 for a 40 minute visit and during the 5 work days, on Saturday and Sunday the cost is half as the Japanese are either sleeping (because of their excessive work hours) or spending time with the family as they don't have much time during the week.

Another fascinating aspect of the Japanese culture is Karoshi, which they fear and strongly resist talking about it....and quite common in this day and age.......see below;

Karōshi (過労死, karōshi?), which can be translated quite literally from Japanese as "death from overwork", is occupational sudden death. The major medical causes of karōshi deaths are heart attack and stroke due to stress.

The first case of karōshi was reported in 1969 with the death from a stroke of a 29-year-old male worker in the shipping department of Japan's largest newspaper company. It was not until the latter part of the 1980s, during the Bubble Economy, however, when several high-ranking business executives who were still in their prime years suddenly died without any previous sign of illness, that the media began picking up on what appeared to be a new phenomenon. This new phenomenon was quickly labeled karōshi and was immediately seen as a new and serious menace for people in the work force. In 1987, as public concern increased, the Japanese Ministry of Labour began to publish statistics on karōshi.

Usually, Japan's rise from the devastation of World War II to economic prominence in the post-war decades has been regarded as the trigger for what has been called a new epidemic. It was recognized that employees cannot work for twelve or more hours a day, six or seven days a week, year after year, without suffering physically as well as mentally. A recent measurement found that a Japanese worker has approximately two hours overtime a day on average. In almost all cases, the overtime is unpaid. The recent international expansion of Japanese multinationals has also led to an export of the Karōshi culture to countries such as China, Korea and Taiwan.

The French-German TV Channel arte showed a documentary called "Alt in Japan" (Old in Japan) on 6 November 2006 dealing with old age workers in Japan. Many will be prepared to work unpaid overtime to an extreme extent particularly as their young co-workers will often quit when a job is too strenuous. In some cases it has been proven that firms were aware of the poor health of an employee. Some children will regularly pick their parents up from work to prevent them from working themselves to death.

Meanwhile, death-by-overwork lawsuits have been on the rise in Japan, with the deceased person's relatives demanding compensation payments. However, before compensation can be awarded, the labour inspection office must acknowledge that the death was work-related. As this may take many years in detailed and time-consuming judicial hearings, many do not demand payment.

Japanese courts have even awarded damages to relatives in cases of work overload induced stress or depression ending with the suicide of the employee when the Labour Standards Inspection Office rejected the plea for compensation[1]. The linked article also mentions the practice of "voluntary" undocumented unpaid overtime (sabisu-zangyo) as leading to karōshi incidents.

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labour published relevant statistics in 2007: 147 workers died, many from strokes or heart attacks, and about 208 more fell severely ill from overwork in the year to March, the highest figure on record and 7.6 percent up from the previous year. Another 819 workers contended they became mentally ill due to overwork, with 205 cases given compensation, according to the ministry data released on Wednesday. Mentally troubled workers killed themselves or attempted to do so in 176 cases. (*)

In Korea, where a Confucian-inspired work ethic involves much of the adult populace, both male and female, in a six-day workweek with long hours, this phenomenon is known as gwarosa (Hangul, 과로사).

I did enjoy my tenure there inmensely as I learned things from the Japanese that have improved my quality of life and the country is beautiful, on the other hand, driving in Tokyo is hell!!!!. Enjoy......

[OU812]

boxermania, when are we going over?

[Shaman]

watch out for Kancho

[boxermania]

OU812

The project start-up has been delayed......now they are talking third quarter.....that's cool by me. Have plemty to do here.

[gaijin]

I can mixed in with Japanese easily and I am acted as I have been doing this often. They would kick me out if I had to open my mouth, I am not real fluent in Japanese yet. I have been in Japan for several years; I had no problem traveling, just give me the map. In fact, they were amazed that I knew more than them, traveling etc.

I would agree with you, "Tokyo is one hell of a place for traffic"

.

I'm passionate about learning about other cultures and certainly the Japanese culture is one of the most fascinating. They are fundamentally a closed society, albeit they have a great deal of respect (occult) for the Americans as they helped them rebuild their lives.

The most fascinating treatise on the Japanes culture is a book called The Chryseatemum and the Sword, by Ruth Bennedict. This book was commisioned by the US goverment at the end of WWII so they could understand the Japanese culture and facilitate the rebuilding of Japan. If you want to learn about their culture this is the book.

On another issue, an stealing gaijin (term used to describe foreigners, typically those of Western orientation) post, it is quite common in Japan to have entertainment for men....quite different from what we have in the US. For one thing if you are a gaijin, you will be denied access unless accompanied by a Japanese. The rest is for me to know and you to find out......albeit, I never went into one of the establisments.

The cost is typically 10K yen or ~ $90 for a 40 minute visit and during the 5 work days, on Saturday and Sunday the cost is half as the Japanese are either sleeping (because of their excessive work hours) or spending time with the family as they don't have much time during the week.

Another fascinating aspect of the Japanese culture is Karoshi, which they fear and strongly resist talking about it....and quite common in this day and age.......see below;

Karōshi (過労死, karōshi?), which can be translated quite literally from Japanese as "death from overwork", is occupational sudden death. The major medical causes of karōshi deaths are heart attack and stroke due to stress.

The first case of karōshi was reported in 1969 with the death from a stroke of a 29-year-old male worker in the shipping department of Japan's largest newspaper company. It was not until the latter part of the 1980s, during the Bubble Economy, however, when several high-ranking business executives who were still in their prime years suddenly died without any previous sign of illness, that the media began picking up on what appeared to be a new phenomenon. This new phenomenon was quickly labeled karōshi and was immediately seen as a new and serious menace for people in the work force. In 1987, as public concern increased, the Japanese Ministry of Labour began to publish statistics on karōshi.

Usually, Japan's rise from the devastation of World War II to economic prominence in the post-war decades has been regarded as the trigger for what has been called a new epidemic. It was recognized that employees cannot work for twelve or more hours a day, six or seven days a week, year after year, without suffering physically as well as mentally. A recent measurement found that a Japanese worker has approximately two hours overtime a day on average. In almost all cases, the overtime is unpaid. The recent international expansion of Japanese multinationals has also led to an export of the Karōshi culture to countries such as China, Korea and Taiwan.

The French-German TV Channel arte showed a documentary called "Alt in Japan" (Old in Japan) on 6 November 2006 dealing with old age workers in Japan. Many will be prepared to work unpaid overtime to an extreme extent particularly as their young co-workers will often quit when a job is too strenuous. In some cases it has been proven that firms were aware of the poor health of an employee. Some children will regularly pick their parents up from work to prevent them from working themselves to death.

Meanwhile, death-by-overwork lawsuits have been on the rise in Japan, with the deceased person's relatives demanding compensation payments. However, before compensation can be awarded, the labour inspection office must acknowledge that the death was work-related. As this may take many years in detailed and time-consuming judicial hearings, many do not demand payment.

Japanese courts have even awarded damages to relatives in cases of work overload induced stress or depression ending with the suicide of the employee when the Labour Standards Inspection Office rejected the plea for compensation[1]. The linked article also mentions the practice of "voluntary" undocumented unpaid overtime (sabisu-zangyo) as leading to karōshi incidents.

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labour published relevant statistics in 2007: 147 workers died, many from strokes or heart attacks, and about 208 more fell severely ill from overwork in the year to March, the highest figure on record and 7.6 percent up from the previous year. Another 819 workers contended they became mentally ill due to overwork, with 205 cases given compensation, according to the ministry data released on Wednesday. Mentally troubled workers killed themselves or attempted to do so in 176 cases. (*)

In Korea, where a Confucian-inspired work ethic involves much of the adult populace, both male and female, in a six-day workweek with long hours, this phenomenon is known as gwarosa (Hangul, 과로사).

I did enjoy my tenure there inmensely as I learned things from the Japanese that have improved my quality of life and the country is beautiful, on the other hand, driving in Tokyo is hell!!!!. Enjoy......

[boxermania]

gaijin

You are right......the Japanese were fascinated by how far, we the Westerners, ventured out on their weekend/Holiday adventures. Shoot, they have great transportaion, but since their culture is so closed, going anywhere is a big, big production.....they paln it to the last detail.

My son and daughter visited with me for 2 weeks two summers ago ages 30 and 24 and had never been in Japan before. Hey, they went out everyday, visited Mount Fuji and the amusement park, Kyoto, Yokohama and all over Tokyo........never stopped during their visit as I saw them after work, in the evenings.