MEDIA CAFES ARE HITTING IT BIG IN JAPAN according to reports in the NY TIMES (media immersion pods )and online....and as a bonus the Porn is free-- at least according to a note on a Flickr post.
The "NY Times" story describes these cafes as "equal parts lending library, newsstand, arcade, Kinko's and youth hostel". Here's what the NY TIMES reporter Virginia Heffernan says about 
her 'pod' experience at one of these cafes: I loved 16-A the instant I saw it. I closed the door, slipped into a low-slung leatherette seat and surveyed the all-you-can-eat tech feast, which includes VHS and DVD players, satellite and regular television on a Toshiba set, Playstation 2, Lineage II and a Compaq computer loaded with software, all the relevant downloads and hyperspeedy Internet. In the nearby library were thousands of comic books, magazines and novels. On the desk was a menu of oddball snacks, like boiled egg curry and hot sandwich tuna. 
click on thumbnail to see photoof a media cafe in Tokyo -- open 24/7 for reading, Internet & who knows what else? FEATURE - A Kissa the Action
Close up of a media pod for a couple in Tokyo's new media immersion cafes.
tokyo for cheap on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
A much better photo from Flickr of a media cafe in Tokyo plus it has Flickr notes so that you can click on the photo and see all of the goodies including the dogcollar he/she wore last night and the glowstick from clubbing and of course free Porn on the monitor.
From Slashdot.org comes these comments about these media cafes:
A japanese tv show called "Maid in Akihabara". The main character, a former bar girl working in a maid cafe, can't afford a place to live so she checks into an internet cafe each night. I was wondering if people in Japan actually did this, but the article makes it look very possible.
and from electrosoccertux (874415) The more I immerse myself in this media centered world, the more I find myself recalling the fable of the boy who was given the golden ball of thread. Every time he pulled it, he skipped forward in time. While being warned of its power, he began to make regular use of it. He pulled the thread at the beginning of his classes, and when he had to start studying, or when he got put in time out, or whenever he was bored and wanted to get on with the fun things in life. Before he knew it he was on his death bed having skipped the boring and unpleasant parts of his life. The fairy who gave him the ball of yarn was gracious enough to let him live a second chance...and this time he never wished to skip any parts of his life (Hollywood2020blogger note -- sounds a bit like the Adam Sandler new movie "Click" Sony Pictures - Click)
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