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* ''Film/TheBobo'' has a scene where Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland visit such a place - an over-the-top affair with a giant bed that folds down from the wall, a tv in the ceiling, and a manager dressed like Louis XIV.

* In ''Film/LesMiserables2012'', Monsieur Thernardier is shown having his inn double as one. During "Master of the House", he's charging extra for "benefits" such as a bed that fits them both, clean sheets, a door that locks, etc. And meanwhile, he pickpockets them while their clothes are unattended.
* In the Chilean movie ''Sexo con amor'', an intimate and quite iconic scene between [[spoiler:HotTeacher Luisa and one of the parents]] happens inside the Chilean version of a love hotel. It has [[spoiler:Luisa]] sitting naked ''on a carousel''.

* In ''Baby Pop'', the main characters - for lack of an ''actual'' hotel room - race a {{Salaryman}} and his lady friend for the last room in a Love Hotel. That said main characters are father and step-daughter only makes it funnier/more awkward.

* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': When Asuka tells Hikari about her conflicted romantic feelings and that she's giving serious thought to [[{{Polyamory}} "the Tenchi Option"]], the following exchange takes place:

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* In the Chilean movie ''Sexo con amor'', an intimate and quite iconic scene between [[spoiler: HotTeacher Luisa and one of the parents]] happens inside the Chilean version of a love hotel. It has [[spoiler: Luisa]] sitting naked ''on a carousel''.

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* In the final ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' OVA, Captain Gotoh, and Captain Nagumo take shelter in a LoveHotel during a rainstorm and ''almost'' get involved in some hanky-panky... but the restraint they show makes the episode one of the most mature and heartwarming episodes of the franchise.

It's ''hard'' to have anything approaching an adult relationship in Japan. Especially the Japan of anime. Japan is crowded. Japan is expensive (well, Tokyo's expensive, and [[CreatorProvincialism nowhere else counts]], right?[[note]]Actually, the rest of the country really isn't a ''lot'' better as far as property prices go; see the Anime and Manga section of FriendsRentControl.[[/note]]). As a result, even if you're of age to engage in certain physical activities, you probably don't have any private space in which to do that and not get caught. You may even be living with your parents, which is a [[ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime whole other level of uncomfortable]]. Even if you can manage a rendezvous, your six-''tatami'', underlit, cluttered room with the one-person futon isn't likely to inspire romance. And unlike your North American counterparts, you likely don't own [[AutoErotica a car]], and only advanced, highly acrobatic positions tend to be possible on a bicycle, even with the kickstand down.