“It was a clear case of discrimination,” the man, who has not been named, told the newspaper. “Gay men don’t use the facilities properly,” the female receptionist reportedly told them, without explanation. But this time the language was overtly homophobic. “He just said men aren’t allowed.” An attempt to find a room at another love hotel nearby also ended in disappointment. “The receptionist was very polite,” one of the men told the Kobe Shimbun.
