Love Hotels: The Hidden Fantasy Rooms of Japan

Houses in Japan are typically very small and not very private. Opportunities for couples to be intimate with one another are rare. As a result, Japan is full of "love hotels" containing rooms you can rent by the hour.

Often, love hotels have playful themes, and this book featuring beautiful photos by Misty Keasler documents the humorous and bizarre styles you'll find in love hotels -- igloos, doctor offices, Hello Kitty S&M chambers, rooms that look like subway cars, alien abduction rooms that look like they are part of a spaceship, jungles, churches, libraries, and pirates quarters. Disney's Imagineers could not have done a better job designing these inviting, exciting, playful areas for couples to be romantic. I wish they had these kinds of love hotels in the US. Parents with young kids would come in droves. $26.40 at Amazon