Comments on: Hosts set hearts beating in Kabukicho

By: ‘Boy’s bar’ busted in Ikebukuro for improper licensing | The Tokyo Reporter - "All the News That's Fit to Squint"

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:55:24 +0000

[...] to FNN News, officers entered the premises at around 2:00 a.m. on October 14 and found two hosts entertaining a pair women, aged 20 and 24. Matsuoka had been promoting his operation as a [...]

By: Looking toward 2009: What to (s)expect in the year to cum | The Tokyo Reporter - "All the News That's Fit to Squint"

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:34:22 +0000

[...] for those with a swimsuit and sports costume fetish, the Suku-ran-buru “image club” in Kabukicho allows customers to first pore over its Web site and then preselect from a list of 48 varieties of [...]

By: Kabukicho conundrum : The Tokyo Reporter

Kabukicho conundrum : The Tokyo Reporter — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:15:14 +0000

[...] of yen. To show that they operate within the bounds of the law and are not at the mercy of the mob, host club magnate Takeshi Aida, whose chain of clubs in Kabukicho began in 1972, and numerous clubs in the area banded together to [...]

By: Menopausal moms see sex as formula for rejuvenation : The Tokyo Reporter

Menopausal moms see sex as formula for rejuvenation : The Tokyo Reporter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:43:16 +0000

[...] of these women are said to spend their earnings from the sex trade at host clubs, affording them further gratification from handsome young [...]