The Tobita Shinchi area of Osaka is widely known as one the top-five red-light districts in Japan where full sex is available. But how can this underground practice, which is technically illegal β coital sex is prohibited under the Anti-Prostitution Law β manage to continue to exist? In Tobita Shinchi , the area consists of alleys of brightly lit ryotei structures. In the first-floor doorway of each establishment sits a woman attired in a revealing costume a cheerleader uniform, for example.
Next to her is an elderly female proprietor who verbally solicits clients. Prices start at 16, yen for the first 20 minutes, but since this past summer the numbers of ryotei offering services for 11, yen for 15 minutes have jumped.
For some slightly down-market action, the magazine recommends Matsushima Shinchi. Much like Tobita, customers can browse before they buy: The establishments feature three or four women seated behind lit windows. Prices begin at 10, yen for the first 30 minutes. On the other hand, police have been targeting the street walkers and Chinese massage joints in the Tennoji and Kita areas, the magazine says.
However, there is more to Kansai than Osaka. The famous soapland bathhouses in the Fukuhara area of Kobe shut at midnight, but that is when a different kind of fun begins.
Street walkers, some possibly awahime or soap princesses , offer an hour of action for between 16, and 20, yen. In nearby Amagasaki City , honban herusu meaning full sex is all the rage in the Kannami-gai area. Female attendants in their early 20s, and possibly attired in nurse uniforms, are seated on high stools are in full view of prospective purchasers. Interested customers are then taken to a separate room in the back at a rate of 12, yen for 30 minutes.
