Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote ...
> Michael Cash <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:
> 
> >"Sauna" is the "sauna".
> >
> >You can camp out there for the night for a thousand yen, or
> >thereabouts. Only problem is that you'll be sleeping in a chair, in a
> >room full of other chairs.
> 
> I always had the impression that all these saunas are gay pick-up
> joints. 

In which case the only two problems* are that you'll be sleeping in a 
chair, in a room full of other chairs, and gay men may try to pick you
up.

> Am I totally mistaken?

I regret to announce my unfamiliarity with Japanese gay men 
pick-up systems.

* Depending on your tastes