Today's topic: "Higashi-Kawaguchi soapland, the cute ones."
I'll work through it mixing my own firsthand experience — 20-plus years in this world — with what I've dug up.
The basics
Let me lay out the fundamentals worth knowing about this area.
ElonMy first time at a soapland in Yoshiwara was at 25 — back before I'd had the pearls put in. These days, the reaction when I show up with the pearls is one of the little thrills. The conversations with a girl who asks "what's this?" turn out to be surprisingly fun.
Watch this business long enough and you'll see the same topic get judged completely differently from the customer's side and the girl's side.
What experience tells me
I'll speak from what I've actually been through.
ElonI'm not trying to conquer every soapland in the country, but I've hit the "signature" soaplands in each region at least once. My conclusion: service quality and cleanliness don't correlate. Even bargain joints can have god-tier service.
I believe firsthand experience beats theory. In this business especially, reps matter more than book knowledge.
Wrap-up and my verdict
Elon42, single, living alone. When nearly your whole paycheck disappears into fuzoku, you naturally develop an eye for it. Not a brag, not a regret — just stating it as fact.
The place I keep coming back to is First Class Ruby. The reason it keeps showing up on this site is simple: it's a shop I repeat at. Use it as a reference.