Popular Soaplands, Minami-Hatogaya

Today I'm writing on the theme of "popular soaplands, Minami-Hatogaya."

I'll explain it mixing in my firsthand experience — 20-plus years in fuzoku (Japan's licensed adult-entertainment business) — with intel I've gathered along the way.

The basic knowledge

Let me lay out the fundamentals you ought to know about this area.

ElonThe first time I went to a Yoshiwara soapland I was 25. That was back before I'd gotten the pearls put in. These days the reaction when I go in with the pearls is one of the little pleasures. The conversation with a girl who asks "what is that?" turns out to be surprisingly fun.

Watch the industry long enough and you'll see that even the same topic gets rated completely differently from the "customer's side" versus the "girl's side."

What I can say from firsthand experience

I'll talk based on what I've been through myself.

ElonI don't have any ambition to conquer every soapland in the country, but I've made the rounds of the "signature" soaplands in each region. My conclusion: service quality and cleanliness aren't proportional. There are dirt-cheap places with downright divine service.

I think firsthand experience beats theory. In this industry especially, it's a world where "reps" matter more than "knowledge."

Wrap-up and my conclusion

Elon42, single, living alone. When nearly your entire paycheck disappears into fuzoku, you naturally develop an "eye" for it. That's not a brag or a regret — I'm just putting it down as plain fact.

The place I end up visiting often is First Class Ruby. The reason it keeps showing up on this site is simply that it's a shop I go back to. Take it as a reference.