TOKYO PINK GUIDE
Steven Langhorne Clemens
Everything you want to know
about Tokyo's sexy pleasure spots...
What, where, and how much!
Illustrated by Paul Nowak
Published by YENBOOKS
Editorial offices at
Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032
© 1993 YENBOOKS
All rights reserved
LCC Card No. 93-60527
ISBN: 978-1-4629-0426-6 (ebook)
First edition, 1993
Printed in Japan
CONTENTS
| Acknowledgments | 7 | |
| Introduction | 9 | |
| History of Sex in Japan | 9 | |
| Pink Etiquette | 15 | |
| Pink Phrasebook | 18 | |
| 1 | HAPPY TALK | 23 |
| Sex: The International Language | 25 | |
| Meet Market | 31 | |
| Hostess Bars | 35 | |
| The Tropic of Cancer | 41 | |
| 2 | THE EYES HAVE IT | 47 |
| Peep Shows | 49 | |
| Strip Shows | 54 | |
| 3 | GETTING A FEEL FOR IT | 57 |
| Cabaret | 59 | |
| Healthy Touch | 63 | |
| Suds | 68 | |
| 4 | FULL SERVICE | 73 |
| Club Nicol | 75 | |
| Going to the Dogs | 78 | |
| Sex on a Sofa | 83 | |
| Sex in the Park | 89 | |
| 5 | HOME DELIVERY | 95 |
| Dial-a-Massage | 97 | |
| 6 | STREET SCENE | 105 |
| Streetwalkers | 107 | |
| Koganecho | 110 | |
| 7 | GEISHA | 115 |
| The Gaijin's Ultimate Fantasy | 117 | |
| 8 | LADIES ONLY | 129 |
| Host Bars | 131 | |
| 9 | THE GAY SCENE | 137 |
| For the Boys: Shinjuku 2-chome | 139 | |
| Girls Only: Lesbian Hangouts | 148 | |
| 10 | WALK ON THE WILD SIDE | 151 |
| S&M Scene | 153 | |
| 11 | COUNTRY PLEASURES | 163 |
| The Country Club | 165 | |
| The Last Word | 173 | |
| Maps | 179 | |
| Pink Glossary: Japanese—English | 190 | |
| English—Japanese | 201 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
It's amazing just how many friends you make when word gets around that you are doing a book about the raunchier aspects of night life in Tokyo. Most newfound pals desperately asked to accompany me during the field research, others seriously begged for fortnightly debriefings. No one offered to help pick up the tab.
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