Love hotels can be a great place to have fun with your significant other or with someone you want to hook up with. Love hotels can indeed offer so many things to a wide variety of people, and some can have fantastic themes. There is one love hotel, though, that has caught people’s attention due to its very peculiar theme: Christmas. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 成田ホテルブランチャペルクリスマス (@hotel_chapel_christmas_narita) The love hotel’s core belief is that it wants to create a place where Christmas can be celebrated every year. Such a pure sentiment sounds reminiscent of a place like Disneyland or Toys R Us, ergo, somewhere kids […]
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