This week's topic comes courtesy of M.J., who contacted Lifelines after her experience at a Tokyo hotel. M.J.'s school-age son was competing in a national children's event that weekend and the family had chosen to stay at the hotel conveniently located next door to the event hall. However, M.J. was far from impressed by what they found in their room:

There was a very explicit porn pamphlet set on the desk right along with the ones on how to connect to the Internet and how to use the TV. The room was extremely hot, so I looked for how to call the front desk. As there was nothing next to or on the phone, I looked over at the desk. On a stand was a guide to using the internet, the TV and an adult videos guide with explicit photos and even English words like "f—-."

While M.J. is no stranger to the fact that many Japanese hotels have adult videos, she found it highly inappropriate for the guide to be displayed so prominently. Moreover, the hotel was "full of families" that particular weekend, she says, who had all come for the same event in which her son was participating. Since the event hall is associated with the hotel, the staff certainly knew to expect lots of youngsters that weekend.