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As the “bubble economy” of the ’80s started to inflate, the nation’s sex industry rose to the occasion as well, so to speak, reports Shukan Asahi Geino (Nov. 24).

Dubbed the “fuzoku bubble,” the period largely began with the establishment of Monroe Walk in Kyoto in June 1980. It was the first no-pan kissa, or coffee shop in which women do not wear under garments. Other similar establishments opened in Osaka and Tokyo later that same year.

The shops featured topless waitresses in mini-skirts and stockings parading across a reflective flooring with fans to serve coffee for between 1,500 and 2,000 yen. A second boom occurred in 1984, when services were upped to include hand-jobs in private rooms for an additional 2,000 yen.

The nozoki heya made its debut in Osaka in 1981. The clubs offered a series of small private rooms with two-way mirrors that surrounded a large stage. For 2,000 yen, customers were able to view a highly sensual performance by a naked woman. Tissues were provided, and an additional 2,000-yen tip would allow for a private hand-job.

This service was considered the progenitor of conventional “fashion health” clubs, offering hand and mouth services, that predominate to this day.

“The mainstream brothels didn’t allow customers to select a particular woman,” says a fuzoku writer. “So this new system resulted in a huge boost in popularity.”

Indeed, nozoki joints were not offering coital sex, but things quickly escalated to include such offerings thereafter.

“While shops prohibited full service, they did allow it behind the scenes,” explains another fuzoku writer from that period. “It was dependent upon the particular shop. In fact, some girls quit because they were able to hear other customers moaning in erotic bliss in adjacent rooms.”

The “mistress bank” called Yugure-zoku (“evening wanderers”) was established in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward in 1982. But in December of the next year, the establishment’s female manager was arrested on prostitution charges and operations ceased.

Until then, men paid 200,000 yen in membership fees to meet available women, who were charged up to 100,000 yen to register. At a meeting, the pair would agree upon terms of service.

The females, says another sex writer from the period, were not self-conscious about the arrangement. “Those who registered as mistresses didn’t share the notion that they were engaging in prostitution,” says the writer. (K.N.)

Source: “No-pan kissa aijin banku nozoki heya…” Shukan Asahi Geino (Nov. 24, pages 184-186)

Note: Brief extracts from Japanese vernacular media in the public domain that appear here were translated and summarized under the principle of “fair use.” Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of the translations. However, we are not responsible for the veracity of their contents. The activities of individuals described herein should not be construed as “typical” behavior of Japanese people nor reflect the intention to portray the country in a negative manner. Our sole aim is to provide examples of various types of reading matter enjoyed by Japanese.

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Tokyo’s Yoshiwara district is known as the country’s largest soapland brothel area, offering a plethora of pleasures to please any punter, but exactly once every two months, reports weekly tabloid Shukan Post (Oct. 21), it’s filled with many grinning grandpas game to get it on.

Around the 15th day of even-numbered months, when pension checks are issued, the numerous bathhouses and bordellos that line the rectangular area’s streets become a playground for the Yoshiwara Nenkin-zoku, or the Yoshiwara Pension Tribe.

The magazine believes that this is one example of how the below-the-belt fuzoku industry is targeting the older generation and giving up on younger, more “passive” men, or soshokukei danshi.

“Soaplands that open early remind one of a hospital lobby since they are filled with many older men,” says Akira Ikoma, the editor of a guide to men’s entertainment called Ore no Tabi (My Trip). “That is the case with a place in Ikebukuro, where you can feel-up a gal’s chest. You’ll see many seniors smiling as they enjoy fumbling with their hands.”

Jun Hayakawa, a manager of an out-call aroma therapy service called Precious, located in Ikebukuro, says that his clientele is generally comprised of men in their 50s, but there is also one octogenarian in the bunch. “Many are pension recipients,” the manager explains. “Some are even attempting to sponsor our girls by offering some cash each month, but discourage that kind of thing.”

Aging doesn’t mean that a man will lose his sex drive, Shukan Post assures. Rather, it means that he has more time and maybe a bit of cash — so it’s natural to go have some fun.

Shun Sakai, the owner of the out-call (deri heru) service named Submissive Housewives Living around Tokyu Lines, asks that customers be above 30 years of age. “I myself used to go to fashion health shops in Shibuya but it was uncomfortable,” the manager explains. “Many guys in their 20s will give you cold looks, wondering why a mature person is here to play. It makes it difficult to visit.”

Sakai opened his club six years ago. Ladies are sent to residences or hotels, which allows customers to not meet one another face to face. His clientele breaks down as follows: those in their 30s (5 percent), between 40 and 59 (57 percent), and remainder is represented by those 60 and above, with the highest reaching 75.

The older the customer, the cheaper the rates. For the basic 90-minute course, fees range between 23,000 and 25,000 yen.

Most ladies are in their 30s, which is not standard in Tokyo. “While most men tend to favor 20-year-olds, that is too low for conversation purposes,” Sakai says. “Some also will be concerned that the girls will actually be looking down on them. So, for a temporary date, a mature woman fits better.”

The manager adds that when a lady is bit out of shape it relaxes a man. “We tend to select amateur-looking gals since the image of a professional is not appealing to senior men,” he says.

In fact, a girl was told by a client that her blow-job skills were sub-par. However, this imperfection subsequently made her more appealing.

“The ladies are urban and come with class,” says “Ｉｓａｏ Matsuda,” 64, a regular. “They are kind and full of warmth.”

When a lady arrives at a hotel, she’ll enjoy a chat with the customer for between 30 minutes and an hour. It is a must that he not ask private questions. They’ll then take a bath together.

“It has been five years since I’ve done it with my wife,” says Matsuda. “Since I am releasing my stress via these deri heru gals, I am getting better at becoming more sensitive to my spouse and female colleagues.”

He tells Shukan Post that just prior to the interview he had visited one such establishment.

“I want to go as long as my body allows me,” he smirks. (K.N.)

Source: “Rokuju-sai ijo muke fuzoku gyoretsu no dekiru mise,” Shukan Post (Oct. 21, page 134)

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It would seem that the hammer has begun to fall upon fuzoku services that exist inside what is considered to be a legal grey zone. Take the arrests of August 22, suggests Shukan Jitsuwa (Sep. 15) — in which Kanagawa prefectural police took the managing directors of the Kawasaki Sweet and Kawasaki Emoda massage parlors into custody for violating the nationwide adult-entertainment law.

Each salon offers private rooms and a body-washing service, which has become common over the last two years, says a writer who covers the fuzoku, or commercial sex, trade.

“A girl in a swimsuit will wash each male customer’s body, but without rendering sexual services,” the source explains. “Since these shops can operate in areas that prohibit commercial sex operations, this business plan was quickly adopted nationwide.”

However, the girls at these parlors up the intimacy ante by pressing their breasts against the bodies of clients.

“In reality, the services offered at these shops are aggressive and overly done,” the previously quoted writer continues. “Intimate touching is considered a minimum. The girls will also grab a client’s private area while he is lying face-down.”

This crackdown by law enforcement, the hack says, is just the tip of the iceberg: “There are many shops that render even more extreme services.”

A female staff member, aged 24, from a parlor in Tokyo confesses that 90 percent of her clients blow their top. “Usually he’ll jerk himself off while I’m washing his body. I don’t know if this is considered illegal, but many guys do it as they cannot control themselves.”

Many of these shops do not have facial tissues, but that is not an issue as water can be used, the magazine assures.

Some girls take advantage of customers, waiting for them to become so wound up that they’ll offer cash for a helping hand, so to speak. The girl quoted earlier says, “I am sure many girls comply and simply request that management not be informed.”

That is not the only factor that is causing services to become more radical.

“There are many shops that employ Chinese girls even though they say they only hire Japanese girls,” the previously quoted fuzoku writer explains. “These girls are hard to beat because they’ll go all the way.” (A.T.)

Source: “Saabisu manen no mizugi sentai esute,” Shukan Jitsuwa (Sep. 15, pages 47 and 48)

Note: Brief extracts from Japanese vernacular media in the public domain that appear here were translated and summarized under the principle of “fair use.” Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of the translations. However, we are not responsible for the veracity of their contents. The activities of individuals described herein should not be construed as “typical” behavior of Japanese people nor reflect the intention to portray the country in a negative manner. Our sole aim is to provide examples of various types of reading matter enjoyed by Japanese.

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With the pennant races heating up, now is the time for NPB players to be at their best. Yet a feature in Shukan Taishu Venus (August 23) explains that the serious stick-playing begins after each game’s last out — albeit in a fashion that is more discreet than in days gone by.

In Tokyo, heavy hitters used to swing their bats in expensive soaplands in the Yoshiwara brothel district, and that is still true to some degree. “There’s a player with a bancho attitude that comes around,” says a beat writer with a sports paper. “He is a legend for using shops as his post-game shower room. He’ll play with three girls, no problem.”

However, a Yoshiwara street tout tells the tabloid, “We don’t see players come and play here as much as we used to.”

A fuzoku writer — that is, one who covers the sex trade — says that players are tending to use deri heru (delivery health) escort services as a means of discretion. “Since you can use your own hotel,” the source says, “there is no risk of fans or paparazzi finding out. SM clubs seem to be quite popular these days.”

A premier SM deri heru joint based in Akasaka is one example. “This is merely a rumor, but a former middle reliever from a Tokyo-based team, now pitching in the Pacific League, is a regular,” says the same fuzoku hack. “On nights when he gets rocked on the mound, he gets his rocks off with some beautiful honeys at the club, usually with some anal activities.”

These types of services are also popular among players who hang out in a group. “I knew it is someone famous when we got an order from four men staying at a hotel in Akasaka — in which we were instructed to keep it quiet regarding the front desk,” says a manager of a deri heru club in Ikebukuro.

The manager took four of his girls in his van and delivered them to four players from a very popular Central League club. Among them was a crafty infielder, who made things challenging for the girl who serviced him. “I was bit scared because even my soft touch on his shoulder made him upset. He start shouting, saying I missed a spot. He knew so much about massage.”

Then after he finished up, he suddenly asked the gal for her number. When she said that her company’s policy prohibits such an activity, he smiled as if he’d flubbed a grounder.

Nagoya’s Sakae entertainment district is frequented by many visiting teams. “One popular one is a mattress health club that features large-chested gals,” says a local beat writer. “One hour runs 20,000 yen. The place gets good reviews and the tits are really high end.”

A regular is the best closer in the Central League and was a member of the World Baseball Classic roster. “I guess closers endure tremendous pressure,” says the same writer. “This guy seems to get some relief by being covered in lotion.”

But that’s not all.

“He broke his leg few years ago,” the writer continues. “This caused his slider to lose some bite, and fans got nervous watching his games. But the story you hear is that he actually slipped during mattress play, and that’s how he got hurt.”

Sakae is famous for its clubs featuring hitozuma gals — or married women. “I was called to go to a premier hotel in Sakae,” says one escort. “I knew two teams from the Central League use the hotel, but I couldn’t believe I would ever be called for one of them.” The guy waiting for her is a leadoff batter for a Tokyo-based team. He is married to a real knockout, but he told the gal, “I like them a bit chubby and with a chest that’s a bit saggy.”

“That’s why he seems to like married women,” the call girl says. “He went licking all over my chest.”

Sapporo is home to the Nippon Ham Fighters, and visiting teams head to the Susukino entertainment area after games. “Most players call after 11:00 p.m.,” says the manager of a deri heru joint. “Perhaps that’s the time when they return to their hotel room after having dinner. This one pitcher was really fast. He called around 10:00 p.m.”

Shukan Taishu says that the kid turned pro a couple years ago. “While he made the roster this year, he seems to have an attitude problem and is not well perceived by his teammates,” says a sportswriter. “He eats alone after games.”

The manager concurs about his lack of maturity. “He had no class,” he says. “He changed girls twice. One of them said he was really rough and handled her head during a blow-job.”

The magazine even tracked down one call girl who is actually a Hanshin Tigers fan. She remembers a left-handed pitcher from a Tokyo team who was in town.

“It was tough to give him massage as he was all muscle around the shoulder,” she remembers. While he is known for his fastballs, it took him a long time to finish up. “So I let him lick my nipples even though that is not allowed to finally get him off,” she says. “Is he really known for his velocity? I can’t believe Hanshin can’t handle him.”

Source: “Yakyu senshu shinya no fuzoku gayoi,” Shukan Taishu Venus (August 23, pages 46-49)

Note: Brief extracts from Japanese vernacular media in the public domain that appear here were translated and summarized under the principle of “fair use.” Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of the translations. However, we are not responsible for the veracity of their contents. The activities of individuals described herein should not be construed as “typical” behavior of Japanese people nor reflect the intention to portray the country in a negative manner. Our sole aim is to provide examples of various types of reading matter enjoyed by Japanese.

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Numerous news reports have documented the flight of foreign residents out of Tokyo following the Great East Japan Earthquake, and weekly tabloid Shukan Jitsuwa (July 7) takes an interest in the select group of Chinese females who fled to the Kansai area and now work at cut-rate massage parlors.

These illegally-operated establishments, which appear legit but offer hand-jobs, are mainly in Osaka’s Minami entertainment district.

“In the aftermath of the earthquake, only negative news reached mainland China,” says the operator of a Minami fuzoku joint. “A rumor going around said that 60 to 70% of Osaka-based Chinese took off. That left some shops with staff shortages, but there was also a sudden migration of girls from Tokyo.”

The magazine reports that there have been about 15 new shop openings within the Namba area and the border of Nihonbashi.

Prices are attractive. “Parlors with individual rooms require a minimal investment,” the same owner quoted earlier explains. “A simple curtain divides the rooms. Interior design costs are small, and staff members can be found to work for as low as 2,000 yen for an hour. So once a parlor can generate substantial revenue via intense customer rotation, they can minimize service fees.”

Therefore, a 2,980-yen charge for a massage and extra hand services for a half-hour is something Japanese-staffed parlors cannot match. One particular parlor offered body-washing as an added service and only charged 10,000 yen for 90 minutes.

And besides attractive personnel costs, advertising and recruitment outlays are kept in check. A sign posted in the street or an ad on the Internet will suffice. For recruitment, shops either utilize established relationships or place ads in Chinese newspapers, which charge about 15,000 yen. Japanese-staffed parlors will spend about a half-million yen a month for advertisements.

And the Japanese are taking note.

“It’s no longer true that Chinese shops are lagging behind in services,” says a fuzoku writer. “Girls who love Japan more than their country remained here and are working with great diligence. Their mannerisms and services easily exceed those of Japanese. While some Chinese parlors had some shady ways of charging customers, they are becoming accepted in Osaka.”

Nonetheless, these are illegally-operated parlors, warns the tabloid, and a crackdown by the police may by a real Shanghai surprise. (K.N.)

Source: “Shinsai atokara gekizo suru Osaka Minami no ‘nuki ari’ iho chukokujin esute,” Shukan Jitsuwa (July 7, page 38)

Note: Brief extracts from Japanese vernacular media in the public domain that appear here were translated and summarized under the principle of “fair use.” Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of the translations. However, we are not responsible for the veracity of their contents. The activities of individuals described herein should not be construed as “typical” behavior of Japanese people nor reflect the intention to portray the country in a negative manner. Our sole aim is to provide examples of various types of reading matter enjoyed by Japanese.

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“It changed the way that men and women meet” — a bold statement indeed, and weekly tabloid Shukan Jitsuwa (June 9) is paying tribute to that game-changer, the terekura, which this year turns 25, or thereabouts.

For the uninitiated, and within SJ’s readership there are few meeting that criteria, a terekura (telephone club) operation includes a room or booth with a phone that men pay to enter and receive calls from women interested in going on dates if the terms are suitable.

“For enjoyment and making money, the fundamental rule is to let guys flirt with you,” explains 43-year-old Hanayo, who started at such clubs from the age of 17.

“The guy was around 40,” she remembers of her first encounter. “He was a good talker and made me give my virginity to him. He told me he knew how to do it without pain.”

Feeling that she had offered up something important, Hanayo decided to extract a bit of revenge through the clubs. “I was getting paid 30,000 yen just for a dinner date,” she says. “But there were times when I had to put out. Three steps forward and two steps back; three wins with two losses.” She wound up in the terekura world until she finished community college.

Fuzoku journalist Yukio Murakami, who has been following the practice since it began, says that at the start — roughly at tail end of the Showa Period (1926-1989) — money was not a prime motivating factor. “Money might have been used, but only as a thank you for getting someone to listen,” says the sex scribe. “Housewives would complain about being lonely or about their husbands. High school girls were also making calls purely out of interest. Before the laws were changed it was really simple to meet high school schools.”

For Hanayo, she joined an office after college and worked the company’s messaging system. It wasn’t long before her competent skills with a phone and the bursting of the bubble economy led her back to the clubs. But the number of men seeking sex at low rates had increased.

When she hit 30, she entered into an arranged marriage. Now she has two kids, and she resumed hunting for clients three years ago, when they had grown up. “These days I go to singles bars in Roppongi and museums to wait for guys to hit on me,” she says. “I start at 20,000 yen. Sometimes it goes up to 100,000 yen. You know, I still have the skills for targeting the right men.”

Saori, 37, says that girls of the Heisei Era (1989-Present) had the choice of the terekura or its sister endeavor, the burusera shop, which bought and sold used women’s under garments.

“Gals who didn’t want to provide full service went to burusera joints,” says Murakami. “Panties were sold for 5,000 yen each. If there were from a famous school, the price was 10,000 yen. Girls brought in their identification cards and took off their undies in front of customers. This sort of thing was mainstream then.”

Saori claims that her life changed after her first 5,000-yen sale. “Since then, I would wash a new pair once and wear it for two to three days straight,” she says. “I sold everything, including my swimsuit. Twice a year I submitted a form to my school stating that parts of uniform had been stolen. I think I made about one million yen just by selling socks.”

When she reached 20, use of the Internet increased. “It was around that time that these shops started getting cited,” Murakami says. “Shops were using online sites to show panties said to be authentic, and some girls were providing Polaroids of their private parts or pubic hair as promotion.”

Saori stayed in the panty-selling business even after she got married at the age of 25. Today she has three kids and has expanded into doing online chats. “While I cannot make money like I used to,” she says, “it is still better than typical part-time jobs. Regulars these days ask for shots of me inserting dildos.”

In 1994, a dating club (an enkokurabu) that utilized a Dial Q2 pay service for recruitment was busted. It was from this time that enjokosai, or compensated dating, became a mainstream phrase, and Eiko, today 35, thought she could make some easy cash.

“A dinner date, some upskirt play, and then a hand-job at a karaoke box — that meant between 10,000 and 30,000 yen,” she remembers. “I quickly quit my 9-to-5 job and kept wearing a sailor-school uniform until I was 23.”

But Murakami adds that operations using Dial Q2 and party lines, which were derived from the terekura, were getting shut down over charging excessive fees. “Most of the online dating started going through online bulletin boards,” he says. “AOL, which required credit card payment and an ID check, was popular. All these girls looking for dates online were really amateurs. Then mobile phones came along, and now we have SNS. There has been a real transition in communication over the past 15 years.”

After retiring her school uniform, Eiko joined as many bulletin boards as possible. “That era was the best,” she gushes. “Posts reading ’30,000 yen for dinner only’ drew many quick responses. Perhaps the economy was good. The highest it reached was 160,000 yen.”

Eiko is actually an attractive lady, Shukan Jitsuwa assures, so her beauty helped. She then utilized SNS as soon as it was introduced since she sought a patron — more or less a sponsor. “Actually I met my husband in this way,” she says. “We were a good match.” He has a large income, but she still likes being wanted and continues to play via SNS. “It makes me wet when I know that I will be invited by a gentleman, bought by money, and done in a wild manner,” she says.

Then there is Kishiko, 41, who had sex for the first time when in middle school. Since then, she’s been hooked, and the terekura was a great option for her in the 1980s. “I wanted to do it once a day,” she says. “Even during a high school trip, I utilized a local terekura and did it with three guys. One time I met a janitor from my school. After that, he let me do it in his office.”

Murakami, however, argues that married women were more popular back in the terekura heyday. “After three years had passed, high school girls started to demand money,” he says. “But when the men paid, the sex wasn’t fun. It was much better to have sex with a wanting married women without money. There were more men who preferred that.” (A.T.)

Source: “Terekura tanjo 25 nen no ima. igai na anaba enko sedai no jodama bijinzuma ga wansaka ita!” Shukan Jitsuwa (June 9, pages 198-201)

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Sex workers are people too, and they yearn for marriage and family. The fact that many come from broken homes, suggests Nikkan Gendai (May 10), is all the more reason why they desire a normal family life for themselves.

Unfortunately, happy endings are the exception rather than the rule.

Michie, age 29, has been working in a Yoshiwara soapland (erotic bathhouse) for six years, and has seen many of her colleagues desert the sudsy sex trade and head for the altar.

“Probably because of their unhappy childhoods, they all felt strongly about wanting to marry and fix things up,” she says. “But a lot of them are looking for security and tend to marry older men with money, so these gals wind up married to men the same age as their own father. I don’t know why it is, but many of them start taking classes in English conversation, and then go off on trips abroad, where they can pick up men.”

When fuzoku femmes meet customers off the shop premises on dates, one of the first things they want to know is the man’s true financial status.

“They already know through their job about men’s nasty sides, so they don’t easily accord customers their trust,” says Michie. “Some people who patronize soaplands and make a show of having money, when actually they’re up to their ears in debt. Actually men who really have money tend to be modest about it.”

Of course some working girls care more about a man’s character than his bank account. Last year a former deri heru (out-call service) worker named Yuka, age 32, tied the knot with a man three years her junior.

“I’ve had terrible luck with men,” she tells Nikkan Gendai. “Some were two-timers (or three-timers) and others turned violent. My hubby may be a bumbling oaf with a face like a hippo, but at least I don’t have to worry about him cheating on me. I’m grateful he married me. It’s good enough.”

Nevertheless, by the calculation of one veteran soap lady, marriages among some 70 percent of gals in the sex trade are destined to fail within the first three years.

A typical marital spat might take this form.

Husband: Well after all, what can you expect, from a slut who peddled her ass in a soapland?

Wife: Yeah, and I can always go back to doing it — it’s no worse than living with you!

The war of the sexes takes no prisoners. (K.S.)

Source: “Kekkon shita fuzokuzjo no nanawari ga sannen inai ni rikon suru,” Nikkan Gendai (May 10, page 20)

Note: Brief extracts from Japanese vernacular media in the public domain that appear here were translated and summarized under the principle of “fair use.” Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of the translations. However, we are not responsible for the veracity of their contents. The activities of individuals described herein should not be construed as “typical” behavior of Japanese people nor reflect the intention to portray the country in a negative manner. Our sole aim is to provide examples of various types of reading matter enjoyed by Japanese.

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While the general mood of consumer self restraint that has followed the Great East Japan Earthquake has extended to Kansai, that area’s fuzoku industry — the commercial sex trade, to be clear — is showing signs of stimulation, reports Shukan Jitsuwa (May 5).

The tabloid says that fuzoku girls from Tohoku are moving to Tokyo, which in turn is seeing its gals go to Kansai, a development that has guys licking their chops, or rather, getting their chops licked.

“A week after the earthquake we started to see this shift,” says a writer covering the fuzoku trade. “In terms of types of services, most of them are working in health clubs” — which have nothing to do with fitness but everything do with blow-jobs — “and soaplands in Kobe’s Fukuhara red-light district. One can even hear Tokyo accents in quickie joints located in Osaka brothel areas like Tobita Shinichi and Kujo.”

One 24-year-old female health employee, who used to work in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro area, tells the tabloid why she moved: “Tokyo still has aftershocks and supplies in general are insufficient. I cannot focus well. While some may say they don’t like Osaka, I am fine with it.”

Kansai customers are reaping great gains in experiencing Kanto-style techniques, the magazine enthuses.

“Kansai health shops usually prohibit sumata (specifically, grinding without insertion) due to the risk of actual intercourse. Blow-jobs, too, are a concern for health reasons,” explains the previously quoted writer. “But Kanto girls are generally agreeable with providing these services, and Kansai guys love this.”

A 32-year-old sales employee boasts, “I got a girl from (Tokyo’s) Kabukicho area when I phoned a deri heru (out-call) service. It was the first time for me to experience activities that were nearly real sex. I hope local girls will start offering this kind of thing as a basic service very soon.”

A club in Kobe’s Sannomiya adult area employs three girls from Kanto. “While we did not put out any special advertisements, news of their presence spread around by word of mouth among customers,” the employee says. “At first, we were trying to help them by offering a job, but in the end they have been helping us.”

Most girls, however, are working on a part-time basis and wish to return to Tokyo when the situation has settled.

“At our shop, these Tokyo girls are considered ‘in-training’ and customers target that,” the Kobe club employee continues.

“In the end, I want these girls to make money now and help in revitalizing the spirit of Tokyo,” the employee says.

Enjoy the fun while it lasts, Osaka. (K.N.)

Source: “Ima Kansai fuzoku wa bijyo zoroi: Ogoto & Fukuhara ni Kanto musume ga tairyo ryunyu,” Shukan Jitsuwa (Apr. 28, pages 34-35)

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In the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, there have been no shortage of first-hand accounts that recall details of the tragedy.

For weekly tabloid Shukan Jitsuwa, that has meant focusing on the commercial sex biz. This week (Apr. 28) it seeks out the manager of Tohoku’s largest deri heru operation (that is, a service that operates on an out-call basis), which has introduced a special campaign to inspire the struggling industry.

Once the quake struck, the Sendai branch of the Okusama Tetsudo 69 chain had a PC fly off a desk, books tumble from shelves, and fluorescent lights fall from the ceiling, reports the manager of the club, which specializes in delivering married ladies to hotel rooms.

(The club’s Web site indicates that it was forced to suspend regular business until April 2. It also shows that basic services start at 16,000 yen for 70 minutes.)

“Seven staff members went under desks,” the manager continues. “Needless to say, it was the first time to experience and earthquake of such a magnitude, and during that time I couldn’t think about anything else.”

The manager then evacuated to the nearest elementary school but became concerned about the ladies under his employ. Taking some risk, he went back to the office and attempted to reach all his girls through their mobile phones as land lines were out of order.

A lady who was with a customer at a hotel told him, while in tears, “there was such a shock and trembling that I am afraid to go outside.” In the end, it was the customer who set her at ease by saying that everything would be fine.

There were also ladies who were on their way to see clients, some of whom were at Sendai Station inside a department store. It was a frightful scene, the manager was told, as the lights were out and nobody could go outside. One woman was trapped in an elevator. She kept mailing the manager, and he replied by saying, “stay calm, an engineer will reach you momentarily.”

“Most of our ladies are typical housewives so they were concerned about their kids waiting at home,” he continues. “But subway and JR lines were suspended. Some clients were kind enough to escort them to their homes.”

Shukan Jitsuwa says that 140 ladies are employed at Sendai’s Okusama Tetsudo 69 and that it took the manager four to five days to reach them all. While some lost their homes and are in evacuation centers, they all survived. With some now starting to return back to work, the manager has been going around to supermarkets to secure food for them.

He has recently sensed a rejuvenation within the town, a contrast to the conservative behavior that was favored immediately following March 11. To do its part, the Sendai branch is offering various no-charge specials — including an extension of services for 10 minutes and the use of remote-controlled vibrators — between April 15 and 20 under the campaign: “Tohoku Reconstruction Assistance.”

“Sex business operators also want to make a serious push in this way,” the manager says. (K.N.)

Source: “Sendaishinai hitozumaten panikku! Sono toki kyaku to jugyoin wa…,” Shukan Jitsuwa (Apr. 28, pages )

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Numerous industries in the Tohoku area have been negatively impacted by the Great East Japan Earthquake of Mar. 11. Businesses specializing in the fuzoku trade, that is commercial sex, are no exception, but Shukan Jitsuwa (Apr. 14) reports that assistance is being provided through a nationwide ring of cooperation within the industry.

Closures of soaplands (erotic bathhouses) in the cities of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture and Onahama, Fukushima Prefecture are hitting female staff members hard, notes a writer who covers the fuzoku biz. “There are more than a few hundred girls working just in just these two cities,” the source says. “They are temporarily unemployed. But a wave of helping hands are now being extended.”

One of the first to offer assistance has been Eikokuya, which proudly flies a British flag as its symbol. It is a well-known soapland catering to the Katayamazu Onsen area in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture.

“Two of our girls are from the Tohoku region,” says the manager of the soap. “While their families are safe, we were asked if we could help them. We have dormitories for staff members who are single. And should we happen to be over capacity on staff, we can always make transfers to other locations.”

The Kanazuen area of Gifu Prefecture also has establishments that are offering assistance. The president of soapland MGM Collection wants to take a proactive approach in the future. “Once the situation has settled, I want to go up there (to Tohoku) and provide my utmost support as a member of the same industry,” says the president.

The magazine notes that after the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995, girls from the Fukuhara red-light district of Kobe also relocated to Kanazuen. “These external activities actually revitalized the region,” says the previously quoted fuzoku writer. “Gifu Prefecture has three-room apartments for a very reasonable 40,000-yen a month, which is very attractive to families.”

The scribe goes on to say that some clubs are asking patrons to donate part of the fees to the Tohoku cause.

In the Kita Ward of Osaka, the SM club Carma, whose basic, non-member three-hour course starts at 65,000 yen, is another example. The fuzoku writer says, “Customers are getting an immediate five percent discount and being asked to offer that portion as a donation.” (K.N.)

The 42 clubs within the Ogoto soapland cooperative union in Shiga Prefecture are being encouraged to pledge part of their profits.

It’s the ties that bind the industry — and perhaps literally some SM customers — that will ensure its survival, concludes the tabloid.

Source: “Fuzokugyokai mo danketsu hisai soopujo uke ire mise ga zokuzoku tojo,” Shukan Jitsuwa (Apr. 14, page 15)

Note: Brief extracts from Japanese vernacular media in the public domain that appear here were translated and summarized under the principle of “fair use.” Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of the translations. However, we are not responsible for the veracity of their contents. The activities of individuals described herein should not be construed as “typical” behavior of Japanese people nor reflect the intention to portray the country in a negative manner. Our sole aim is to provide examples of various types of reading matter enjoyed by Japanese.

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