Comments on: Ryokans, Love Hotels, and Geishas: A Noob’s Guide to Kyoto http://willooi.com/2009/01/ryokans-love-hotels-and-geishas-a-noobs-guide-to-kyoto/ An aspiring writer, distracted by Japan Thu, 03 May 2012 20:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ice21 http://willooi.com/2009/01/ryokans-love-hotels-and-geishas-a-noobs-guide-to-kyoto/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Ice21 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:18:11 +0000 http://willooi.com/ryokans-love-hotels-and-geishas-a-noob-s-guide-to-kyoto/#comment-19 A gay old time? :-P I would have had some advice for you (had you asked), before setting out to Japan. But I guess you FORGOT I was already there... I could have told you how bad the directions were... And for the record, let me affirm that JAPAN IS NOT AN EASY PLACE TO GO TO! You were rather cavalier about it in our last conversation. A phrase book? You're lucky to find anyone who knows English there, and you're more likely to get a helpful Japanese conversation you won't understand at all! :-0 As for the Love Hotel... I can tell you EXACTLY why she wouldn't take your money: NO GAYS! :-) Yeah... Japanese Love Hotels do not let 2 guys go into a room together (not without some heavy explanation that you're just friends). I'm sure she saw the two of you and thought, "CRAP!!! HOW DID THEY GET IN!?!?" And when you tried to pay, you basically confirmed your gay tryst and ushered a "Get the f*ck out of here already!!!" :-P My theory about what may have happened. But of course, I wasn't there. Nonetheless, you guys are seriously lucky you didn't get in any trouble for that... I stayed in Tokyo (for obvious reasons), but I plan to stop by Kyoto this Summer. If only cause of the grand stories I'm hearing! Nice blog, by the way! :-) A gay old time? :-P I would have had some advice for you (had you asked), before setting out to Japan. But I guess you FORGOT I was already there…

I could have told you how bad the directions were…

And for the record, let me affirm that JAPAN IS NOT AN EASY PLACE TO GO TO! You were rather cavalier about it in our last conversation. A phrase book? You’re lucky to find anyone who knows English there, and you’re more likely to get a helpful Japanese conversation you won’t understand at all! :-0

As for the Love Hotel… I can tell you EXACTLY why she wouldn’t take your money: NO GAYS! :-) Yeah… Japanese Love Hotels do not let 2 guys go into a room together (not without some heavy explanation that you’re just friends). I’m sure she saw the two of you and thought, “CRAP!!! HOW DID THEY GET IN!?!?” And when you tried to pay, you basically confirmed your gay tryst and ushered a “Get the f*ck out of here already!!!” :-P My theory about what may have happened. But of course, I wasn’t there.

Nonetheless, you guys are seriously lucky you didn’t get in any trouble for that…

I stayed in Tokyo (for obvious reasons), but I plan to stop by Kyoto this Summer. If only cause of the grand stories I’m hearing!

Nice blog, by the way! :-)

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