"No sex please --- we're Japanese."

[Russell]

I guess it helps when the family has their own temple, ikebana practitioner, and the father is a priest but I spent 0 yen on my first wedding. Something tells me the second won't be the same budget level.

You mean they will pay you for your wedding?!?

[legion]

Me and the wife came home on the bus from our wedding.

Went to the same shrine for 7 5 3 for the kids.

[yanpa]

Got "wifed-up" (sic) twice with daughters of Yamato, Japanese-style wedding stuff: zero. No intentions of going for a hat-trick.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I would strongly advise any man to never get married.

[wangta]

Got "wifed-up" (sic) twice with daughters of Yamato, Japanese-style wedding stuff: zero. No intentions of going for a hat-trick.

I honestly say this with no disrespect Yanpa, especially as you're respectful to others here, but what on earth makes people marry again in another culture? I honestly can't understand it. Why do people think that the next time it's going to be 'different' when they have a failed first marriage with somebody from a very different culture?

[wagyl]

Got "wifed-up" (sic) twice with daughters of Yamato, Japanese-style wedding stuff: zero. No intentions of going for a hat-trick.

I honestly say this with no disrespect Yanpa, especially as you're respectful to others here, but what on earth makes people marry again in another culture? I honestly can't understand it. Why do people think that the next time it's going to be 'different' when they have a failed first marriage with somebody from a very different culture?

Are you guaranteed a successful marriage if you marry within your culture?

I suppose the only way to be really sure is to marry your sister.

Is an unsuccessful marriage within your own culture a guarantee that all future marriages within your culture will be unsuccessful?

Last time I looked, person A marries person B, not culture A and culture B.

Or, lets put this another way, not even half a step from your statement:

what on earth makes people live in another culture? I honestly can't understand it. They had a bad experience yesterday. Why do people think that today it's going to be 'different' when they have a bad day yesterday in a very different culture?

Or, a half step in the other direction:

what on earth makes people marry again to another sex? I honestly can't understand it. Why do people think that the next time it's going to be 'different' when they have a failed first marriage with somebody from a very different sex?

[wangta]

Got "wifed-up" (sic) twice with daughters of Yamato, Japanese-style wedding stuff: zero. No intentions of going for a hat-trick.

I honestly say this with no disrespect Yanpa, especially as you're respectful to others here, but what on earth makes people marry again in another culture? I honestly can't understand it. Why do people think that the next time it's going to be 'different' when they have a failed first marriage with somebody from a very different culture?

Are you guaranteed a successful marriage if you marry within your culture?

I suppose the only way to be really sure is to marry your sister.

Is an unsuccessful marriage within your own culture a guarantee that all future marriages within your culture will be unsuccessful?

Last time I looked, person A marries person B, not culture A and culture B.

Or, lets put this another way, not even half a step from your statement:

what on earth makes people live in another culture? I honestly can't understand it. They had a bad experience yesterday. Why do people think that today it's going to be 'different' when they have a bad day yesterday in a very different culture?

Or, a half step in the other direction:

what on earth makes people marry again to another sex? I honestly can't understand it. Why do people think that the next time it's going to be 'different' when they have a failed first marriage with somebody from a very different sex?

You know, there's one virtue you have - your replies especially to people who aren't directing questions to you, are all predicable......Over to Yampa please..................

[wagyl]

Well then, I am sure you have predicted exactly what I am going to write now, but for the benefit of the rest of the readers:

Is it a question to Yanpa and no one else when your question is

what on earth makes people marry again in another culture?... Why do people think that the next time it's going to be 'different'...?

?

If you don't want us taking part in your publicly posted discussion, send him a PM. I am sure he will be thrilled.

[Wage Slave]

Got "wifed-up" (sic) twice with daughters of Yamato, Japanese-style wedding stuff: zero. No intentions of going for a hat-trick.

I honestly say this with no disrespect Yanpa, especially as you're respectful to others here, but what on earth makes people marry again in another culture? I honestly can't understand it. Why do people think that the next time it's going to be 'different' when they have a failed first marriage with somebody from a very different culture?

Are you guaranteed a successful marriage if you marry within your culture?

I suppose the only way to be really sure is to marry your sister.

Is an unsuccessful marriage within your own culture a guarantee that all future marriages within your culture will be unsuccessful?

Last time I looked, person A marries person B, not culture A and culture B.

Or, lets put this another way, not even half a step from your statement:

what on earth makes people live in another culture? I honestly can't understand it. They had a bad experience yesterday. Why do people think that today it's going to be 'different' when they have a bad day yesterday in a very different culture?

Or, a half step in the other direction:

what on earth makes people marry again to another sex? I honestly can't understand it. Why do people think that the next time it's going to be 'different' when they have a failed first marriage with somebody from a very different sex?

You know, there's one virtue you have - your replies especially to people who aren't directing questions to you, are all predicable......Over to Yampa please..................

Never mind all that. You might as well ask why do people who divorce so often remarry? The answer is probably that hope springs eternal and very often second time round it works out. Perhaps the odds are slightly against in the first place when the people are not both Japanese but the last time I looked the rates were fairly comparable. Perhaps you have some data on that vs mixed marriages vs divorce rates in other countries.

[yanpa]

Got "wifed-up" (sic) twice with daughters of Yamato, Japanese-style wedding stuff: zero. No intentions of going for a hat-trick.

I honestly say this with no disrespect Yanpa, especially as you're respectful to others here, but what on earth makes people marry again in another culture? I honestly can't understand it. Why do people think that the next time it's going to be 'different' when they have a failed first marriage with somebody from a very different culture?

Maybe because even within a single "culture" there is a wide range of very different people who happen to share the same superficial characteristics?

[Coligny]

Big bank accounts ?

Dibs on Ivanka...

[Russell]

Love hotels clean up their act amid falling demand

While Japanese families enjoy the Christmas Eve ritual of tucking into fried chicken and sponge cake, millions of love-struck, or simply lustful, couples will discreetly observe another festive tradition with a visit to a love hotel.

They will enter a dimly lit lobby and, after a brief discussion, select a room with the push of a button. Then, for just a few thousand yen ($25-30) – handed to an unseen receptionist – they will be free to make the most of their fleeting moment of privacy. As soon as they leave, a team of cleaners will prepare the room for the next occupants.

But Japan’s love hotels are suffering from a downturn in demand from amorous couples. Instead, they are pinning their hopes of long-term survival on a surge in the number of Chinese tourists that is stretching the traditional hotel industry to breaking point.

The backstreets of Tokyo’s Dogenzaka – nicknamed Love Hotel Hill – are quiet early on a weekday evening. But on Saturday, rooms at hotels with names like Amore, Elegance and Asian Resort will be at a premium as the industry cashes in on its busiest day of the year.

From huge, faux castles strategically located at motorway intersections to scruffy ferroconcrete boxes in the suburbs, love hotels offer not just privacy and anonymity, but an array of esoteric extras for couples hoping to spice up their love life.

If mirrored ceilings and vending machines selling sex toys are not their thing, guests can opt for “concept rooms” that re-create everything from the inside of an aircraft to tropical holiday resorts.

An estimated 1.4 million Japanese visit a love hotel every day, with rooms used by an average of 2.4 couples daily. Although there are no official data, analysts believe the industry is worth between 2-3 trillion yen ($17-25bn) a year.

Yet these are uncertain times for love hotels, so named after the first of their kind – Hotel Love – opened in Osaka in the late 1960s. The rise of single households and a decline in the population of 20-29 year olds – their target demographic – means there is less call for the role love hotels once played as an escape from extended families living under one roof.

“The love hotel business is going through a difficult time,” said Shigemi Sudo, director of the Tokyo Hotel and Ryokan (Inn) Association. “This is probably because more young people live away from their family home these days, so there’s no need for them to go to a love hotel.”

Helped by government subsidies, more love hotels are renovating their facilities to appeal to overseas visitors who may not want a room with a revolving bed and fluffy handcuffs.

A record 20 million tourists visited Japan this year, thanks to a weaker yen and groups of visitors from China, who make up just under a third of the total. Having reached that milestone four years ahead of schedule, the government has set an ambitious target of 40 million by the time Tokyo hosts the Olympics in 2020.

With international and tourists hotels unable to cope with demand, the accommodation gap is being filled by capsule hotels, backpackers’ hostels, Airbnb – and love hotels.

Eager to rid themselves of their association with purely carnal desires, some advertise themselves as boutique hotels or “urban resorts”. The number of hotels with an overtly sexual theme has dwindled to around 6,000 due to falling domestic demand and a 1985 law that required the industry to present a more wholesome image.

Dimly lit receptions have been replaced with cafeterias; in the rooms, tacky décor and vending machines selling sex toys have made way for bright colours and designer cosmetics.

Hotel Will in Saitama prefecture, for example, has retained its garish neon sign outside, but inside the pink wallpaper has been replaced with plain white, and the double beds with singles. A widescreen TV and refrigerator now take up space once occupied by huge mirrors. Only the well-appointed bathroom has been left untouched.

The hotel is packed with Chinese tourists, thanks to a contract with a Chinese travel agency giving it exclusive use for its clients.

“Many tourists don’t think love hotels are seedy at all,” said Mark Schreiber, a veteran writer on Japan’s sex industry. “Operators spend a fortune on fixtures, which are different in each room. One might be done out art deco-style, and the room next store might have a Renaissance theme.”

Hotel operator Manryo has turned three love hotels in Tokyo’s Asakusa district hotels into backpackers’ hostels by adding a bar and lounge. “It just so happened the love hotels became available to us after they got into financial difficulties,” said Manryo spokeswoman Erika Yamato.

Almex, meanwhile, advertises love hotel rooms to tourists via loveinnjapan.com. The English-language site includes a manga guide for first-time guests, and there are plans to launch versions in Korean and Chinese.

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[legion]

I would strongly advise any man to never get married.

Married men live longer

It's probably the cooking

[gaijinpunch]

Went to a LH for the first time in a while on my last trip in the Fall. After being lectured on the rules (I could tell, this baa-san didn't put up w/ shit) she handed me a key and a box of Pocky.

Japan just can't escape the cute/kitsch if it wanted to.

[Coligny]

I still never went a lovotel...
Can I tag along with you next time ?

[CrocOfShit]

motherfuck putain, I got dragged into one the first time I went to Sapporo. Mind you she asked me 'hotel?' and I kind of gestured to explain I was living in a van.

[Coligny]

motherfuck putain, I got dragged into one the first time I went to Sapporo. Mind you she asked me 'hotel?' and I kind of gestured to explain I was living in a van.

Do you have native american relatives ?

just looking for a pattern here...

[CrocOfShit]

i don't think so. let me know what kind of picture you've formed so far and I'll see if I can help with that pattern.
Do you have any relatives that are salmon?

[Coligny]

No, but my mom is a crackwhore. Do you like firetrucks ?

[CrocOfShit]

I was a CFA member, but we all were back then.
Despite my commitment to the truth I'd never speak about my mother like that though. Possibly unfortunately have a couple of things in common.
btw I always thought Napolokira was ok.

[wagyl]

CFA member

That is a very Victorian attitude. It's the 21 Century now!

[Taro Toporific]

CFA member

Cat Fanciers Association?
Cool, you only have sex with your cats like a good Japanese (or Coligny).

[Coligny]

CFA member

Cat Fanciers Association?
Cool, you only have sex with your cats like a good Japanese (or Coligny).

Fuck you Taro, you knew damn well that it was just a one night stand and I was never going to marry you anyway...

[Russell]

People who smoke weed have 20 per cent more sex

[Coligny]

People who smoke weed have 20 per cent more sex

Do catnip count ?

[Russell]

People who smoke weed have 20 per cent more sex

Do catnip count ?

Counts only for catsex...

[Buraku]

Roughly 40 percent of single Japanese men in their 20s have never been on a date, survey says

https://soranews24.com/2022/06/15/rough ... rvey-says/

[Coligny]

So much business opportunities for your mom…

[matsuki]

Keepin' that samurai spirit alive!

I took the doggos to yoyogi koen yesterday. There was supposed to be a "Thai food festival" but in reality, it was a just a about 10 food trucks with 3 serving questionable "Thai food," and the rest just kebobs, Argentine, and Brazilian food. When I walked up, there was the skinny manboy version of AKB doing some synchronized performance in matching plaid uniforms...and I'm pretty sure those are the "successful" ones. Then there was a tranny bellydancer on the opposite stage that was trying really hard to make up for the lack of lady bits. The only redeeming quality was the flowing alcohol. If suicide is jisatsu, how do you say self-inflicted population collapse? (and maybe add a bit about unique Japaneezu culture)

[Coligny]

And you complain !?
Last week the local apita had an exotic foreign food fair… with all fresh products directly from Hokkaido… (no, really…)