http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2009/06/10/cops-crackdown-threatens-to-prick-soapland-bubble/ "All the News That's Fit to Squint" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2009/06/10/cops-crackdown-threatens-to-prick-soapland-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-4796 Maria Ozawa’s deri heru debut, ‘land mine’ gals top sex biz trends for 2010 | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photography from Tokyo Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:32:01 +0000 http://www.tokyoreporter.com/?p=6800#comment-4796 [...] second was the June re-opening of Yoshiwara soapland Kakuebi Honten. The magazine supposes that its closing, occurring one-year ago, was due to Tokyo Gov. Shintaro [...] [...] second was the June re-opening of Yoshiwara soapland Kakuebi Honten. The magazine supposes that its closing, occurring one-year ago, was due to Tokyo Gov. Shintaro [...]

]]> http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2009/06/10/cops-crackdown-threatens-to-prick-soapland-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-2641 Females forced to work off debts on hands and knees | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photos from Tokyo Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:01:22 +0000 http://www.tokyoreporter.com/?p=6800#comment-2641 [...] In September 2008, a 23-year-old employee of a cabaret club (kyabakura) approached real estate operator Yu Shimojo, 41, for a loan, saying she needed money to care for her sick parents. Shimojo said he would lend her 850,000 yen on the condition that she work it off in a Yoshiwara soapland. [...] [...] In September 2008, a 23-year-old employee of a cabaret club (kyabakura) approached real estate operator Yu Shimojo, 41, for a loan, saying she needed money to care for her sick parents. Shimojo said he would lend her 850,000 yen on the condition that she work it off in a Yoshiwara soapland. [...]

]]> http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2009/06/10/cops-crackdown-threatens-to-prick-soapland-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-2217 Tokyo’s dirty old men need love too | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photos from Tokyo Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:25:15 +0000 http://www.tokyoreporter.com/?p=6800#comment-2217 [...] informed by a fellow retired patient about a third-tier, cheapo erotic bathhouse in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara district where the cost of admission ran only 11,000 yen. He promptly began patronizing it, and [...] [...] informed by a fellow retired patient about a third-tier, cheapo erotic bathhouse in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara district where the cost of admission ran only 11,000 yen. He promptly began patronizing it, and [...]

]]> http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2009/06/10/cops-crackdown-threatens-to-prick-soapland-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-711 MSDF sailor stages predawn assault on Kobe soapland | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photos from Tokyo Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:34:17 +0000 http://www.tokyoreporter.com/?p=6800#comment-711 [...] soapland charges 51,000 yen for a 110-minute [...] [...] soapland charges 51,000 yen for a 110-minute [...]

]]> http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2009/06/10/cops-crackdown-threatens-to-prick-soapland-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-596 What’s in a name? Soaplands still going strong 25 years on | The Tokyo Reporter - News, Features, and Photos from Tokyo Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:36:46 +0000 http://www.tokyoreporter.com/?p=6800#comment-596 [...] This coming December 19 will mark a quarter century since political correctness forced the operators of the erotic bathhouses that used to be known toruko-buro (Turkish baths) to drop that term in favor of “soapland.” [...] [...] This coming December 19 will mark a quarter century since political correctness forced the operators of the erotic bathhouses that used to be known toruko-buro (Turkish baths) to drop that term in favor of “soapland.” [...]

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