Short-stay Japanese love hotels are often used for sex, but there's more to them. Some of the love hotels in Tokyo offer rates for groups of women to visit for girls' nights. The accommodations are ...

Last year, French photographer François Prost spent hours browsing Google Maps to plan a road trip documenting Japan’s “love hotels” — establishments found across the country that offer hourly rates ...

Tokyo's love hotels are marketed toward couples, but I wanted to see what it would be like to stay in one as a solo traveler. To those unfamiliar with modern Japanese society, love hotels can seem ...