Love Hotel Sleepover・ラブホ女子会

Hey Everyone!
皆さん、こんにちは！

A little while ago, I had a sleepover together with 3 of my girlfriends at a love hotel called, “Bali An Resort”. Ever since moving to Japan, I’ve always wanted to have a girl’s night at a love hotel. It ended up being more fun than I could have ever imagined. In Japan, a “love hotel” is an infamous place where couples go to have some alone time. These days however, they are also a great place to have a gno (girl’s night out)!

この間、4人組の女友達たちと「バリアンリゾート」というラブホテルで泊まりました。日本に来た時からずっとやってみたかったのです。思った以上にすごく楽しかったです。「ラブホテル」というのは基本、カップルが二人きりの時間を楽しめる場所となっていますが、女子会もでき、ワイワイ楽しめるのです。

Price-wise, we spent about \9,000 per person. While that price might seem a bit high, it included not only the price of our stay, but also several amenities as well. We had access to “free” wine, games, face masks, skin care, etc. It was the fanciest love hotel I’ve ever visited in my entire life! We could even take one complimentary dessert per person from the lobby, and had free honey bread and french fries delivered to our room!

一人当たりの料金は￥9000でした。でも、たくさんのアメニティが含まれていたので、そんなに高くありませんでした。「無料」の飲み物やワインやゲームやフェイスマスクやエステなどといった、たくさんのアメニティが取り放題でした。今まで人生で行った中で一番豪華なラブホでした。デザートも一人一個無料で、ハニーパンやフライドポテトもサービスでもらいました。

The room itself was a bit small, but the interior design was beautiful. I think the rooms at one of my favorite love hotels called, “Le Cordon Bleu”, are a bit bigger though. Moving away from the size, the room had a huge TV, which we used to order selfie sticks, flower crowns and several other cute little trinkets. We watched movies on demand as well! In the evening, we watched, “Whenever I Come Home, My Wife Pretends to Be Dead.”, and in the morning, we watched “Marmalade Boy”. Not to give away our age, but Marmalade Boy in particular was pretty nostalgic for us. We also enjoyed quite a bit of girl talk!

部屋はちょっと狭かったけど綺麗でした。コルドンブルーの方が広いかもしれません。でも、大きなテレビがあり、自撮り棒や花のティアラなどいろいろ注文しました。映画も見ました！夜は、「家に帰ると妻が必ず死んだふりをしています」を観て、朝は、「ママレード・ボーイ」を観て、とても懐かしかったのです。ガールズ・トークもすっごく盛り上がりました！

We had originally intended to play games as well, but before arriving at the love hotel, I had gone to a weekend school event, a networking party and spent time with another friend as well, so I was pretty pooped. As usually, I was the first one to pass out. I can’t believe I slept during my long awaited love hotel sleepover! The other girls might have played some games while I was asleep though.

ゲームもするつもりでしたが、ラブホに行く前に、仕事や宴会や他の用事が沢山あって、疲れていたので、私がいつも通り、一番早く寝てしまいました。せっかくのラブホ女子会だったのに～　私が寝ている間は皆がゲームをしたかもしれません。。。

In the morning, I woke up early and took a nice hot bath. When I saw that everyone else was still sleeping though, so I hopped back in the bed and went back to sleep too. The second time I got up was together with everyone else. We all did our hair and make-up and went to the lobby to get some freshly baked bread while waiting for our pre-ordered breakfast to be delivered. The breakfast was only ￥200 and we could choose from three different sets: Japanese style, Western style and Bali style. The food was cheap, but beautifully arranged and delicious. As the kids these days say, the food made a perfect picture for “flexing on the ‘gram”.

朝は、早起きして、お風呂に入って、皆がまだ寝ていたので、私も再びベッドに入って寝ました。２回目に起きたら、皆がヘアやメイクの準備をし、朝ごはんを待っている間に無料の焼きたてパンを取りに行きました！朝ごはんも、￥２００で「和風」、「洋風」、「バリ風」の三つの種類がありました！安くて綺麗で、めっちゃ美味しかった！若者の言葉で言うと超「インスタ映え」でした！

After checking out of the hotel, we lingered in the lobby for a bit and played darts. We had a little more girl talk too! We had such a great time! I can’t wait to hang out with these lovely ladies again!
チェックアウトの後はロビーに寄ってダーツをしながら、またガールズ・トークをしました！めっちゃ楽しかったです！早く、また同じメンバーで女子会したいです！

Just a girl chasing her dreams
夢追いかけてる旅行者