History Main / LoveHotels

* In ''Film/CityOfGod'', the big robbery by the Trio Ternura occurs in the Brazilian equivalent (a cross between the Japanese and Western ones; it is outside the titular slum, but built for a specific purpose - including mirrored ceilings). There is a humorous moment where one of the gang members walks into one of the rooms and tries to figure out exactly what and how the several people occupying the bed are doing.
** And later in the movie comes a deeply disturbing scene that explains why the Trio Ternura were wanted for mass murder when there was supposed to be no killing.

* 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 (correctly) convinced is shadowing her.

* In ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'', [[SnakePeople Miia]] drags Kimihito into one for the sake of getting some privacy from the onlookers gawking at her. He's terribly embarrassed. Once they're inside, she does come onto him, but before they can do anything the place gets stormed by a SWAT team, since InterspeciesRomance is illegal at this point in the series.

* As mentioned above, in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' the main characters stay at [[MythologyGag the same hotel]] for their class trip thanks to their teacher, [[{{Jerkass}} Ms. Kashiwagi]], having no sense of propriety whatsoever.

* In the Funcom MMO ''Videogame/TheSecretWorld'', players naturally end up encountering one of these when they finally get around to visiting Tokyo. Located in one of Kaidan District's seedier regions, the Dream Palace serves as the final location of Issue #10, and as the sole remaining employee explains, they can easily accommodate just about any fetish their customers might exhibit. Not that you get to enjoy their services - after all, even if player characters weren't all strictly business, the [[ApocalypseHow current]] [[CosmicHorrorStory state]] [[GhostCity of Kaidan]] doesn't exactly offer up a generous supply of romantic partners. Closer investigation reveals that a private detective was keeping the place monitored so he could blackmail wealthy businessmen caught with their pants down; the hotel itself is secretly owned by [[spoiler: the Phoenician Brotherhood]]; and of course, the AV suite has been impregnated with the living memories of [[spoiler: [[MouthOfSauron the Black Signal]] [[FromNobodyToNightmare back when he was still human]].]] Oh, and the final mission of Issue #10 involves you paying a visit to that particular room and experiencing [[GoMadFromTheRevelation the last romantic encounter that occurred there]].

-->-- '''Junpei''', ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}''

* In Manga/DoujinWork, Najimi invites a boy friend to one of these... just to see the room and sketch it for future drawing reference.

* Heavily [[{{Playing with a Trope}} Played With]] in ''Hotel Fantasia'', a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover "X Reader" Lemon in which the titular Hotel acts as one for the reader [[{{EroticDream}} whenever they go]] [[{{DreamLand}} to sleep]].

* 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?"

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', one of the areas you face the [[TarotMotifs Arcana Shadows]] in is a love hotel. The Shadow dwelling inside attempts to MindControl the protagonist and a teammate into... making use of the facilities, but the attempt fails.

** In [[spoiler: [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Yuka Otowa]] ]]'s path, where she leads the main character into one. [[spoiler: Please [[SecretTestOfCharacter don't have sex with her there.]] [[GuiltBasedGaming Really]], [[DownerEnding DON'T]].]]
** In [[spoiler:[[HospitalHottie Kaori Shito]] ]]'s path, she and Ryo check into one of these to ease their drunkenness. [[spoiler:In this case, Ryo has to [[WhatTheHellHero peak into her wallet]] to get to her Best Ending.]]

* ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3'' introduces a Love Hotel as a bonus for RelationshipValues. If the player has [[spoiler:Saihara]] invite another character in there, and they'll see him as their fantasy ideal partner. Said fantasies will vary from character to character, and some are even platonic. In the end, only three ([[spoiler:Kaede]], Himiko, and Tsumugi) will end up seducing him, though not for lack of trying by others.

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* ''Anime/TheAnthemOfTheHeart'' features one of these, styled like a medieval castle. The young Jun [[MrImagination thinks it's literally a castle]] and [[DramaticIrony doesn't understand why her mother gets upset]] when she talks about seeing [[YourCheatingHeart her father leaving the place with some other woman]]. It's later explicitly identified as a love hotel by some other characters, though by that point the place has been shut down for the sake of symbolism.

* In ''LightNovel/DateALive'', during Shido and Tohka's first date, they win a ticket for a free night at a love hotel called the Dream Park. Tohka, who is vastly ignorant of human society, innocently tries to enter, but Shido gets really embarrassed, points out they are too young to go to such a place, and drags her away.

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-->'''Asuka''': "And I don't care how lewd and improper you think it is, this is the 21st century. Girls can have harems too if they want to."
-->'''Hikari''': "Well, it can't be more lewd and improper than getting your little sister to cover for you while you sneak off to love hotels."

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* In ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou'', [[spoiler:when Hodaka, Hina and Nagi go on the run]], one of these is the only place that will take them in without asking for ID or other inconvenient questions.

* In ''Baby Pop'', the main characters - for lack of an ''actual'' hotel room - [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments 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.

* Kaoru and Hajime go to a love hotel after a night out on the town in the first episode of ''Manga/ICantUnderstandWhatMyHusbandIsSaying''.

* ''Series/Sense8'': Sun Bak makes use of one of these in season two while on the run after breaking out of prison. When Lito asks why she points out the signs guaranteeing clients' privacy and anonynmity which makes it an ideal place to hide out.

* From what's implied, ''VideoGame/DotFlow'''s Sweet Sugar is one of these. There is a small event here where we briefly see Sabitsuki's reflection in ShouldersUpNudity.

* In ''Film/TheWolverine'', Logan and Mariko stay in one for the night although no love making actually occurs (at least, not at the hotel).

* In ''Baby Pop'', the main characters - for lack of an ''actual'' hotel room - [[CrowningMomentOfFunny 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.

** In ''Mayuri Judgement'' Yuzuru actually dragged Shido into a hotel called Alien Denai. The embarrassed face she had when she gets out heavily implies the hotel to be this.

->'"Ah, that's where ''those'' hotels are."'
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Junpei]]''' properly censors himself

::Suffice to say, Hikari and Toji's offscreen RelationshipUpgrade was more thorough than Asuka had previously imagined.

--> '''Asuka''': "And I don't care how lewd and improper you think it is, this is the 21st century. Girls can have harems too if they want to."//
--> '''Hikari''': "Well, it can't be more lewd and improper than getting your little sister to cover for you while you sneak off to love hotels."//
Suffice to say, Hikari and Toji's offscreen RelationshipUpgrade was more thorough than Asuka had previously imagined.