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In what could be a very interesting retirement investment opportunity, TOKYO — Japan’s ”love hotels" are Sniffing for opportunities, foreign investors such as Miro Mijatovic are scouting What they say they have found is an industry any investor could cherish. from the Boston In what could be a very interesting retirement investment opportunity, the ailing "Love Hotel" industry in Japan is looking for foreign investors. Since new erections are so expensive in a fevered real-estate market like Japan’s, refurbishing and renovating existing hotels … Continue reading
\n the ailing "Love Hotel" industry in Japan is looking for foreign investors.
\n Since new erections are so expensive in a fevered real-estate market
\n like Japan’s, refurbishing and renovating existing hotels looks like
\n the way
\n to go. However, the recent Durex
\n sex survey<\/a>, which shows Japanese
\n have LESS sex than any other developed nation, may introduce a note of
\n caution.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n hard to miss. Clustered around freeway ramps and dotting the suburbs,
\n the
\n neon-lit
\n hotels often
\n look
\n like faux castles or garish villas from the Arabian Nights.<\/p>\n
\n love hotels for signs of distressed ownership and tallying the couples
\n entering each day as a way to estimate revenues.<\/p>\n
\n Most love hotels are mom-and-pop businesses with an average of 10 to
\n 25 rooms,
\n although some have as many as 80. Chains are few, usually with
\n no more than two dozen hotels each. In general, rooms rent for two or
\n three hours, averaging about $66 a stay. Overnight stays are possible
\n at a higher rate.<\/p>\n
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