For lunch Chi and I ate gyuudon from Matsuya. Then we went to hang out with Sawa and U-. First we went to a Starbucks to talk and joke around. Then we went to a love hotel. Then we ate dinner at a steakhouse. It was a fun, albeit expensive day.

Japan has a lot of specialized hotels here called love hotels. They are luxury hotels designed for couples to have 1-3 hours of private 'intimate' time together. It's a big industry here (about twice as big as anime, believe it or not), so there are all different kinds of love hotels sporting all different kinds of rooms, themes, games, gadgets, and toys. Apparently it's sometimes hard to find a vacant room, despite there being lots of hotels and people only using them for a few hours.

When we first walked into the hotel, there was a touch-screen computer on the wall at the end of the lobby. Using that, we chose what kind of room we wanted. We chose the cheapest ones available. About $85 for three hours. Expensive, but normal for a love hotel. Going to a love hotel is one thing I wanted to experience this time around in Japan, so it can't be helped. Last Sunday when I hung out with Sawa and U-, they suggested going to a love hotel together today.

Mine and Chi's room had a gorgeous bathtub. There was a TV on one end, lights all over (inside and outside of the tub) that changed color, and water jets. It was like a small pool. The room was pretty impressive too. It had a large lcd TV on the wall near the king size bed. The TV was attached to a machine that you could use to move it around. There was also a nice massage chair.

As far as amenities go, it had pretty much everything you would have in your own house; shampoo, soap, towels, makeup, razers, toothbrush and toothpaste, face wash, mouthwash, hair dryer, a bunch of other stuff I didn't recognize, etc, etc. Even various kinds of condoms. There was drinks too (even beer), but they were in a vending machine.

There was three remote controls. With them you could control the TV, the surround sound system, karaoke, and all the lights. You can control which lights you want on or off and how bright you want them.

Sorry I completely forgot to take pictures :(.

I don't know what Sawa and U-'s room was like, but it might've been similar to ours.

In order to leave the room, you have to pay a machine near the door. The door is locked and can't be opened until the machine is payed. Throughout the whole experience, you won't see any other people. Not even staff. Except occasionally maybe seeing another couple in the lobby coming or going.

After two hours, Chi and I met back up with Sawa and U- in the lobby and went to a steakhouse to eat. I ate a salad, Japanese steak, a green-bean like vegetable, onion rings, Sawa's breadsticks, U-'s french fries, and a sundae for dessert.