Pure oxygen is supposed to relieve fatigue, cleanse the skin and have beneficial
dietary effects. Inhaling it is also one of the latest trends among Japanese
women, giving Will Tokyo a leg up among guys looking to get a leg over but
needing to promise their partners something a little more enticing than just a
romp alone.
Just 10 minutes sucking on the pure oxygen pumped out of the small machine
placed beside the room's double bed is supposed to refresh and relax couples
following their roll in the hay.
Many women have started regarding love hotels as gaudy, tasteless dens of
iniquity, prompting many establishments to clean up their acts and get rid of
sleazy gimmicks. Will Tokyo's Oxygen bar (Room 201) is just one of the growing
number of love hotels setting up special equipment to make it easier for men to
convince their female partners to go there for something other than simply sex,
according to Spa!
Sanzi, a professional street-side tout who claims to woo over 100 women a year
into his bed, offers his advice on how to convince women to appreciate the
charms of gimmicky love hotels.
"The second you mention the words 'love hotel,' women will start thinking that
sex is the only thing on your mind. If she's got any sort of pride, she'll turn
you down immediately. That's where you need to think a bit. Tell a woman who
likes movies, for instance, that you guys can go to a room with a 100-inch
projector but it's in a love hotel and she'll be more likely to go there
because it seems the reason for doing so is to watch a movie and not just
bonk," Sanzi tells Spa! "Putting it simply, you've got to give a woman a way to
save face and not look cheap. That's what makes choosing the right love hotel
so important."
If considering love hotels on a sliding scale, then, it's hard to go past Room
216 at Hotel Prius in Tokyo's Taito-ku. The room is not only equipped with a
hot spring said to be a remedy for ailments like skin diseases, fatigue, muscle
soreness and "women's problems," it also has a waterslide on which couples can
whiz down and splash into the pool.
Also on the water theme is Oita's Hotel Sky Paradise, which is effectively two
little cottages built above an artificial lake. Customers are carried out to
the cottages on a boat and can rent out the cottages for as little as 3,780 yen
for the quickie three-hour session.
And if speed is your thing, it's hard to go past Room 505 at the Towers Hotel
in Osaka, which boasts of having its own go-kart and 3-meter-square circular
track to allow for a buzz between bonks.
While the object of love hotels is to get one in a hole, Hotel Stellar in
Tokyo's Umejima provides lovers with the chance to also get a hole in one,
courtesy of its golf driving range located in Room 303. With five clubs to
swing with, the indoor driving range presents couples with the opportunity to
work up a sweat before enjoying their links. With golf continuing to grow in
popularity among Japanese women, amorous young men may also find Hotel Stellar
an ideal place to try and score a birdie.
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