A guide to Japan's red-light districts: foreign tourists and common misconceptions

Japan is famous for its bustling red-light districts. In this issue, we will explore the common sense and charging rules of Tokyo's red-light districts such as Kabukicho, especially the reception of foreign Tourists, to provide you with a clearer understanding.

In this issue, we will popularize the common sense and charging rules of red-light districts to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings when seeking pleasure. There are also many related articles on the Internet, all of which state that Japanese custom shops do not accept foreigners, but there are also some articles that say that they will accept foreigners. But if you want to get to the bottom of it, ask a question, why do many Japanese custom shops not accept foreigners. I'm afraid few people can answer it.



Why do some Japanese custom shops not accept foreigners?

Discrimination against foreigners?
Don't be ridiculous, Tokyo is an international city, and the number of foreigners is almost half of the local residents. Even because of the domestic purchasing trend in recent years, almost all slightly larger drugstores, such as purchasing centers, have Mandarin shopping guides as standard, and no one will have trouble with money.

Foreigners are difficult to serve?
Well, this statement sounds a bit reasonable at first glance. But these are just the imaginations of some cloud players or beginner players. Think about it carefully. If you go to a strange country, you are unfamiliar with the place. Except for a few people, few people will act arrogantly. As for the service attitude of the Japanese, let alone bad service, even if the service is perfect, they will keep apologizing and thanking, and they are super patient.

For example, those who have settled in Japan and applied for phone cards know it. It was originally a 10-minute thing, but the 20-year-old beautiful clerk in the business hall squatted beside you the whole time. She explained the terms to you one by one, fearing that you would spend more money and complain about disputes after not understanding the terms. It was obviously a 10-minute thing, but she took 2 hours to deal with it. On the one hand, the efficiency is indeed not as good as that in China, but when it comes to service attitude, it is really hard to find fault with it. It is really hard to find fault with people who smile.

In this case, foreign players are actually very polite, and the store is also very polite. Basically, most of the guests and hosts are happy. The real reason is that Japan has a variety of customs and gameplay, as well as many rules brought by extreme service. Foreigners cannot fully understand this cultural conflict, which has brought a lot of trouble to the store and the girls. It’s not that they have a grudge against money, it’s just too much trouble. So forget it.

Detailed explanation of the cost structure of Japanese sex shops

To put it simply, the various charging rules of the Japanese sex industry are very different from those in China. If you don’t have enough understanding, you don’t even know what is a normal charge and what is a pitfall. How can you play it well?

Here are a few common fees in the Japanese sex industry (excluding the girl’s service fee)

1. Membership fee
Many Japanese sex shops have a membership system, and this kind of membership is different from that in China. In China, membership is an additional service, and members have discounts and the like. Membership in Japan means that my shop only accepts members. To put it bluntly, I have some requirements for guests, and I don’t accept everyone. This may not be in line with the consumption habits of Chinese people, but it is actually a culture.

Don’t say that I only come to Japan once and I don’t apply for membership. You have to understand that high-end shops are not about how many times you come. If you don’t apply for membership and can’t prove your strength, they will not serve you at all. To be frank, the income of girls in high-end shops is higher than that of many men who come to seek pleasure

2. Appointment system
This is actually contrary to the habits of many friends. Although playing sex is a timely need for sex most of the time, the ultimate service experience requires enough time to prepare, which is why almost all high-end shops (high-end projects) need to be booked 2-3 days in advance. Even ordinary sex shops usually need to be booked 1-2 days in advance. Since you are here to play, it is recommended that you follow the local customs. If you want to have fun, remember to make an appointment at least one day in advance.

3. Transportation fee, designated fee, photo fee, additional services, etc.
Friends who go to Japan to have fun should have found that when they visit sex shops, many signs or official websites outside the shops say 20,000 yen for 60 minutes of service, but if you really want to play, you may not even be able to get 40,000 yen. For example, several common fees, take dispatch as an example. Simply put, the girl will come to your hotel, so there will almost be transportation fees, which range from 2,000 to 5,000 depending on the region.

Designated fee: This is easy to understand, so I won’t show it in the picture. It means you name the girl. This requires an additional fee (ranging from 2000 to 5000 yen)

Photo material: Some shops choose girls not in the Dongguan style of standing in a row, nor in the photo mode, but you put forward your requirements, such as liking lolita, long legs, and young girls. Then the shop assigns you a girl. If you want to see the girl's photo to choose, there will be photo materials, which usually range from 2000 to 5000 yen. In fact, for friends who play a lot in China, this may not be very suitable. (This is very strange, most high-end shops do this, but low-end shops and super high-end shops don't play this way)

Additional fee: This is a customized demand. After all, many friends are no longer satisfied with the simple play of simply having sex. Regarding this, I have to say that most of the dispatches are half-set services (without the main show), if you need the main show (very few top-quality shops provide it directly). Sometimes you can coordinate with the shop when booking, or you can communicate with the girl during the service process if you really "can't help yourself".



I don't want to brag about the benefits of Japanese customs like other guides, but aim to let friends who really want to play know Japanese customs in all aspects. There are good and bad sides. Some shops include all the above fees (mostly high-end or super high-end projects. The kind that costs more than 200,000 yen), some shops have one or two additional charges, and some have all. So some friends who don't know the business will not have fun when they come to Japan for the first time because they don't know the doorway, but it's actually unnecessary.

An industry that has been passed down for hundreds of years naturally has its rules. If you know the rules well enough, you can say shamelessly that you can play all the ways you can think of in the Japanese custom industry. Let you come to Japan for fun and return with "essence"!

Kabukicho: Exploration and precautions

Is Kabukicho dangerous? Hidden information that tourist websites won't write about. Hello everyone, I'm a Japanese veteran! What do you think of Kabukicho? Although there are many tourist attractions and it is also a favorite spot for Japanese veterans, it is actually a very dangerous place. This time I will write about what I usually do in Kabukicho...

There are two behaviors that tourists are absolutely prohibited from doing in Kabukicho. That is not because of any legal regulations... Please think of it as a little advice from Japanese veterans. The two behaviors that you must never do are:

No pick-up behavior

Although you may be surprised, please give up on picking up in Kabukicho. Although people who don't speak Japanese may not think of picking up, even if you know Japanese, it is better to give up in Kabukicho. The reason is that you may anger porn scouts, who mainly recommend jobs in entertainment or bars to women walking on the street. In simple terms, it is to recruit people on the street.

When porn scouts successfully convince women to work in entertainment, part of the money they earn will go into their pockets. Although Japan has laws against this kind of pick-up, there are still a lot of porn scouts lurking in Kabukicho. So in Kabukicho, there is a high chance that casually picking up someone will lead to dissatisfaction and get involved in disputes.

And people who choose to work as porn scouts are basically a group of scary and dangerous people. There is a movie in Japan called "Shinjuku Swan" about porn scouts in Kabukicho. After watching it, you can get a general idea of ​​the world of porn scouts. Even if you don't usually have the habit of picking up girls, drinking the yellow soup will make you excited and you may want to talk to women. Please don't let yourself get to that point... If you accidentally pick up someone, it may lead to serious consequences.

Never follow a person who solicits customers

Another thing you should never do is follow a tout. This is not just the case in Kabukicho. In Japan, touting is basically illegal, and stores that do it openly can basically be considered scams. Please remember "no matter what happens, don't follow a tout!" However, touting is not only a custom, but also in restaurants, so both sides must be careful.

If you accidentally follow a tout, the possibility of being scammed is very high. The fraud victim here refers to the amount of money asked by the store to pay far exceeding the imagined budget, and it is not just to the extent that you think the cost performance is a bit poor... For example... a store that promised 3,000 yen per hour was asked to pay 500,000 yen after leaving the store. It is obvious that the amount of money charged is unfounded. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the number of reports of fraud victims in Kabukicho is about 300 per month.



Also, do you think that if you encounter such a scam, you can just go to the police station to solve it? You are wrong. If there is no intimidation or violence, the police cannot intervene and can only determine that it is a "financial dispute" between the store and the customer. The police cannot intervene in the quarrel between the store and the customer, and can only stand neutral to ensure "peaceful communication to resolve the conflict." The fraudulent store of course knows that the police can only respond in that way, and they remain indifferent in front of the police station and continue to ask for money. In the end, most people choose to pay and get rid of the matter.

As long as you don't do the two behaviors mentioned this time, the possibility of getting involved in problems in Kabukicho is not high. However, it is better to know in advance where the fraudulent store is located in Kabukicho to be more vigilant and protect yourself. "Kabukicho Botakuri Victims Consultation Room" (Japanese) is a website set up by a lawyer, which discloses the locations of all fraudulent stores and the content of the victims from the consultation of victims.

Now is the Internet age, and the facts of fraud will spread on the Internet immediately. Therefore, in order to avoid being discovered by customers, the fraudulent stores change their store names from time to time, and continue the same fraud in the same place and the same store. Even if you search for a lot of information about fraudulent stores in advance and try your best to avoid them, it is difficult to be alert to the fraudulent store if the store name has been changed.

Everyone already knows... these two things you can't do in Kabukicho? There shouldn't be many people who intend to chat up, right? So think about it again, never follow the touts! "Anyway, I will definitely not be fooled~" You are the most dangerous if you think like this. In recent years, the number of touts targeting tourists in Japan has increased, and they are all experts in fraud and are easily attracted by the rhetoric. Among the customers of the Japanese Old Driver Customs Agency, more than 5 said, "I have followed the touts in Kabukicho and encountered unreasonable fraud!"