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6/27/03:

A brief history of Tokyo love hotels with this bit amusing bit of automation -

There are still a few hotels where a grey, liver-spotted hand reaches out through the curtains to take your money when you enter, but most hotels have gone high-tech and have automated the payment system.? After you choose your room at the display board in the lobby (just push the button of the room you want) you?ll be given a paper card with the room number on it.? When you?re ready to leave, you put this card in the slot of the control panel near the door and push the ???? (total) button.? Your room charges will be automatically added up and you put your money into another slot in the panel.? At hotels using this system, you are often locked into your room until you pay.

posted by jeremy @ 8:42 PM

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