Japan's host clubs trap young women in mountains of debt
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As a foreigner it’s hard not to crack up seeing adverts for these things. They seem like a mix of corny for host clubs and just generic horny bait like gentlemen clubs for the hostess clubs.
I would say it wouldn’t fly in America but Japan seems to be a step ahead. Reaction cams come to mind. This service would probably do amazingly well in the US with a slightly different aesthetic.
There are a lot of ideas from Japan like cat cafes, maid cafes, and cat maid cafes that are hard to import to the US. For instance they tried to start a cat cafe in Ithaca but the public health department wouldn't let patrons enjoy food and drink and interact with cats at the same time.
Even if no actual prostitution happens in connection with a host or hostess club that kind of organization has many of the same problems, particularly with violence. For instance, prostitution is often mixed up with organized crime because there's a need for "law enforcement" but the cops can't do it. If a customer goes over the line somebody has to kick their ass but it has to be done in a sustainable way in that there is some accountability, customers have some recourse in a really bad situation, etc. All things that an organized crime organization that has the right position in the community can do but it's not something you just want to open the door to.
* The scientific types, where the have family histories longer than your typical European monarch's for each animal, and a temperature and humidity control system more powerful than your smartphone to maintain EXACT OPTIMAL CONDITIONS to optimize lifespan and breeding yield.
* The people who can't resist "just another snake" until the wife says "unless you want to turn the place into a reptile shop, we can't get another one", and they call the bluff.
I've been visiting a shop that's clearly the latter lately; one has to remember to shut the door when entering lest something wander out into the neighbourhood. I suspect your 'Snake Cafe' might have been a riff on that strategy where he doesn't actually have to sell the snakes.
Don’t go to those things.
Saw a staff woman beat a huge tortoise on the head at the Tokyo Skytree…
Yes Japan definitely has strip clubs lol
I had filed that post under "sounds plausible, but needs more evidence". I guess I will have to re-file it.
"The nightless city, or, the "History of the Yoshiwara Yūkwaku" by De Becker, J. E., 1899