Japanese Love Hotels

Was reading up Neil's chronicles of how he went about getting an iPhone on the day of launch in Japan and lol'ed at the bit where he says...

After being refused entry at 3 Love Hotels because i was on my own and refusing the offer of no less than 20 ladies of the night for a little company i finally found the Hotel Machida Villa.

Due to Japanese housing having very thin walls and many folks living with their parents as a working salary man/office lady, its difficult to do hanky panky at home - thus Japan introduced Love Hotels.
Many Japanese men say "its only natural for a Japanese man to cheat on his partner" and I guess these love hotels enable them to take a break from work for an hour or two for hanky panky.

One can stay at a love hotel from an hour to however long it takes and I heard that some business men do stay at them over night when they miss the last train home. Maybe Neil got unlucky.

Are there love hotel facilities in your region?