Comments on: Akasaka Love Hotel

By: MJG

MJG — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:28:25 +0000

Hi Christopher, I’d love to help you out but there’s kind of unwritten rules about not just giving locations away. I can however direct you to this book, which with a bit of careful map-reading can be used to decipher locations, some of which you can see on my site.

http://rcm-jp.amazon.co.jp/e/cm?t=micaheljohngr-22&o=9&p=8&l=as1&asins=4990371208&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr

To see if those places are still standing, I recommend you look at this page where the demolished/abandoned spots get catalogued-

http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2010/01/all-the-demolished-haikyo/

Sorry I’m not more helpful than that, but with a little work you’ll be able to start finding spots for yourself. Best of luck with it!

By: Christoph Rumpler

Christoph Rumpler — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:08:16 +0000

Hey Mike,
I am currently in Tokyo visiting my girlfriend who is studying here. I have been staying for a few weeks now and am getting more and more eager to visit some Haikyos in and around Tokyo. Thus I’ve been checking the web (incl. your website) and it has turned out that a lot of interesting places mentioned on various sites are no longer accessible. So it has become quite frustrating to search for spots and whether they can be visited anymore!

So before getting a Railpass or some bus tickets (yes, unfortunately we don’t have a car) and heading for some Haikyos I wanted to get in touch with you as an apparent expert on this field. Do you have any recommendations on spots such as love hotels, mines and abandoned houses/theme parks in this area that are somewhat accessible with public transport? It would be extremely helpful for me as a non-japanese speaker if you could give me some hints.

Thank you very much and take care!
All the best,
Chris

By: MJG

MJG — Mon, 17 May 2010 07:44:00 +0000

Zilog- Thanks for correction, it’s appreciated.

By: Zilog Jones

Zilog Jones — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:58:03 +0000

That Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi “record” is actually a LaserDisc – note the logo in the bottom left corner of the sleeve (the actual discs would have made it more obvious)

By: MJG

MJG — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:48:50 +0000

Laura and tt- I swung by a few months back, agreed it is in worse shape than I found it originally. It`s interesting to see how it degrades/gets degraded. Laura you mention other locations, care to share?

Alma- Thanks, that`s appreciated

By: alma

alma — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:55:00 +0000

These are just amazing photos!! So clever of you to document this…
Thanks for sharing.
See this page for the background…
http://www.tokyo-top-guide.com/Love-Hotels.html

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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…