Comments on: Tawdry ruins of the Akasaka Love Hotel

By: Top 5 Ruins of the Japanese Sex Industry | michael john grist

Top 5 Ruins of the Japanese Sex Industry | michael john grist — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:33:44 +0000

[...] 1. The Akasaka Love Hotel [...]

By: Neglected Toyota on Tama Lake | michael john grist

Neglected Toyota on Tama Lake | michael john grist — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:59:15 +0000

[...] last time I went to the Akasaka Love Hotel on Lake Tama was November 2008. Winter was just setting in and had not yet sloughed away the [...]

By: tt

tt — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:23:43 +0000

I went by here yesterday, too, and will second that it is quite a mess. Rotten through and through. The neighboring ruins are definitely worth a visit, though, despite many signs warning of mumashi. As mentioned above, there is also now a very fresh (abandoned August 2008) and well-preserved love hotel a little before this one…..

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:01:13 +0000

Hey, thanks for all the great pictures. I’ve been devoting my mondays to haikyo-hunting in west Tokyo and managed to find this love hotel (along with a few others newly abandoned in the area) about 2 weeks ago. Unfortunately, I wouldn’t recommend returning as the above site has been almost completely destroyed by age and, more obviously, bored and/or drunk people. The floor has fallen through in a number of places and many walls have had large holes knocked through them. Also, much of that spectacular ‘bathsheba’ wall paper has been torn down. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but i thought you might like an update. On the upside there are a few other sites in the area that have opened up so it might be worth a look-see…

By: MJG

MJG — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:38:53 +0000

Rebecca- A debate about the sexuality of Japan, phew, could be a long and heated one. I tend to disapprove of the kind of sexuality they have going on here. The whole kawaii sexy thing, the total demure ‘oh my god I have breasts!?’ type thing really puts me off. I can see why it might appeal, but it’s an appeal to something that I think should not be encouraged, to an archetype of women as helpless and without any kind of power. There’s a lot of rape fantasy about, you might even say it’s main-stream. My experience of Japanese porn is similar- often involving S&M type situations, with the woman crying but continuing, etc.. Dudes reading rape-fantasy on the train, that kind of manga on sale in every conveni at the height any kid can reach it. Ugh.

Amy- You could go by train but it would be quite a walk from there to the location. Perhaps you could get a taxi. The nearest station would probably be Seibukyujomae. Good luck finding it.

By: Amy Fox

Amy Fox — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:58:25 +0000

This is amazing, I really want to get there, you biked, can I go buy train? whats the nearest station?