Field Diary
Ikebukuro Pumpkin: A Walk-In Afternoon at the Cheap End of the Cinderella Group
A weekday-afternoon walk-in at Ikebukuro Pumpkin, the Cinderella Group's plump-and-cute hotel-health shop by the west exit: what the reception desk shows you that the website doesn't, why the whole price board is ¥2,000 plus ¥150 a minute, the ¥6,000 first-timer hour versus the 80-minute points deal, and the house rules to read before you go.