History Main / LoveHotels

* In ''Film/TheWolverine'' Logan and Mariko stay in one for the night although no love making actually occurs.

In the West, [[NoTellMotel hotels of this sort]] tend to be seedy, quasi-criminal affairs frequented by prostitutes and populated by unsavory characters, or motels far, ''far'' outside city limits, reachable only by car and the location of choice for affairs and civil servants. However, classic Japanese discretion and love of commercial pomp have made the typical Japanese hotel a combination of a well-run Holiday Inn, Disneyland, and an upscale adult toy store. Some are quite gaudy on the outside, while many are distinguishable from the outside only by the reduced number and size of windows facing the street. Some of the innovations that might be seen:

It's ''hard'' to have anything approaching an adult relationship in Japan. Especially the Japan of anime. Once you get past the obstacles of [[LoserProtagonist attracting any attention]], actually getting around to [[MeetCute encountering an amenable romantic interest]] without [[NakedFirstImpression blowing it from the get-go]], running the gauntlet of [[LoveYouAndEverybody finding]] [[LoveLetterLunacy true]] [[TheNoseBleed love]], and sidestepping [[LoveObstructingParents typical]] [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise anime]] [[MayflyDecemberRomance romantic]] [[CanNotSpitItOut obstacles]], there is still one suprisingly difficult issue.

** Dr. Shiouji takes Cosette to the same hotel, but leaves when he finds out she's fully consenting adult and not a child.

* Both versions of ''Film/SupermanII'' have Clark and Lois pose as a couple and check into one near Niagra Falls to do a human interest story on honeymoon getaways.

* A major motif in ''BGataHKei''. In multiple episodes, Yamada attempts to take Kosuda to one, and in the last episode [[spoiler: they actually attempt to have sex in one.]]
* Toward the end of the second ''KimagureOrangeRoad'' movie, "Summer's Beginning", [[spoiler: Kyosuke takes Madoka to a Love Motel where, after a sweet (and naked) heart-to-heart, [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex they make love]] [[TheirFirstTime for the first time]].]]

So, what's a couple to do, at least without acting like a {{Hentai}} pair (ie MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces) and using any location within two minutes walk of where the mood strikes?

* ''[[Anime/{{Persona 4}} Persona 4: The Animation]]'' has one in episode 15, complete with funky lights and a single rotating bed that the residents of each room have to share. HilarityEnsues.
** Note that they were staying in this hotel on a ''class trip.'' In ''[[HoYay gender-segregated rooms.]]''

* In ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic: The Second Raid'', Chidori Kaname invites a propositioning stranger to a love hotel. Then she knocks him out with a stun gun and handcuffs him to the shower, and takes advantage of the privacy of the room to check herself for tracking devices, having only asked the man to take her to the hotel as a means of trying to shake the person she's convinced is shadowing her.

** The scene was filmed inside a real life (and very popular) motel in Santiago, the "Hotel Valdivia". Sadly, in June 2013 the oiginal building be demolished.

* In the Chilean movie ''Sexo con amor'', an intimate 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''.
** The scene was filmed inside a real life (and very popular) motel in Santiago, the "Hotel Valdivia". Sadly, as of June 2013 it's about to be demolished.

* A French graphic novel about a Westerner in Japan is actually titled ''LoveHotel''. The protagonist, somewhat acquainted with Japanese culture but fairly clueless, ends up using one as a regular hotel, and later on mistakenly gives the hotel's card to a business contact.

-->-- '''[[{{Persona3}} Junpei]]''' properly censors himself

Japan is crowded. Japan is expensive (well, Tokyo's expensive, and [[CreatorProvincialism nowhere else counts]], right?). 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 rendez-vous, your six-''tatami'', underlighted, 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.

* Plenty of these turn up in ''DeepLove''. Justified because the main character is a prostitute.

* The adventure "Colors of Sacrifice" for the ''[[TabletopGame/TrinityUniverse Trinity]]'' RPG includes a scene set at Chain Hotel. ([[InSpace On the moon!]]) The name does ''not'' come from it being a franchise.

* [[MyselfYourself Syuri and Syusuke]] are accused of being seen coming out of a love hotel; since they're ''twins'', it kicks off a shitstorm that results in the two of them [[PutOnABus running away]] to avoid being separated.

* And no one could forget the [[FinalFantasyVII Honey Bee Inn]], which is also famous for having a lot of dummied-out content that was even more extreme than what ended up in the game proper and thus didn't make the final cut. According to [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Honey_Bee_Inn#Development statements by the developers]] apparently published in the Ultimania Omega guide, the original event planner was pretty fond of [[CensorBait creating weird events that kept getting edited]] like that.

* And no one could forget the [[FinalFantasyVII Honey Bee Inn]], which is also famous for having a lot of dummied-out content that was even more extreme than what ended up in the game proper and thus didn't make the final cut.

* There's a cute scene in ''Bollywood/JabWeMet'' where the male and female end up at one of these. He knows what it is, she does not. The owner asks him for how many hours does he want the room? The guy tries to tell him "all night", but she protests saying "We only need it for a few hours!" And "Why pay for the whole night?" She is a very pretty, obviously upstanding girl, and the hotel owner beckons the guy closer and whispers "Wherever did you find her?"

* ''WhatsNewPussycat'' ends up with all the principal characters converging at an elegant chateau-hotel that thrives on this kind of business.
* Both versions of ''Film/SupermanII'' have Clark and Lois pose as a couple and check into one near Niagra Falls to do a human interest story on honeymoon getaways.

* ''Film/LesMiserables2012'': Thernardier is shown having his inn double as one, and charging extra for "benefits" such as a bed that fits them both, clean sheets, a door that locks, etc. And then he pickpockets them while their clothes are unattended.

* ''LesMiserables2012'': Thernardier is shown having his inn double as one, and charging extra for "benefits" such as a bed that fits them both, clean sheets, a door that locks, etc. And then he pickpockets them while their clothes are unattended.

* In ''DumbAndDumber'', Harry and Lloyd stayed in one while on a roadtrip to Aspen.

* Both versions of ''Superman II'' have Clark and Lois pose as a couple and check into one near Niagra Falls to do a human interest story on honeymoon getaways.

In the west, [[NoTellMotel hotels of this sort]] tend to be seedy, quasi-criminal affairs frequented by prostitutes and populated by unsavory characters, or motels far, ''far'' outside city limits, reachable only by car and the location of choice for affairs and civil servants. However, classic Japanese discretion and love of commercial pomp have made the typical Japanese hotel a combination of a well-run Holiday Inn, Disneyland, and an upscale adult toy store. Some are quite gaudy on the outside, while many are distinguishable from the outside only by the reduced number and size of windows facing the street. Some of the innovations that might be seen:

* Toward the end of the second ''KimagureOrangeRoad'' movie, "Summer's Beginning", Kyosuke takes Madoka to a Love Motel where they make love for the first time.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' the main characters stay at ''the same hotel'' for their class trip thanks to their teacher having no sense of propriety whatsoever.

So, what's a couple to do, at least without acting like a {{Hentai}} pair (ie MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces ) and using any location within two minutes walk of where the mood strikes?