Posted December 29, 2016 by Jonelle Patrick Host Clubs & Hostess Bars

Thanks For Destroying My Fantasies, Little Host Stickers

Okay, when I spotted this page of stickers at Tokyu Hands featuring smokin’ hot hostboys, I thought they were kinda fun. Even considered buying a bunch of them to give to my favorite hostboy fangirls. And then I looked a little…closer.

Ummm...why does this one read "Princess," not "Prince"? — Ummm…why does this one read “Princess,” not “Prince”?

Had to look this one up in my kanji dictionary. No. Wait. Tell me it doesn't really say "Prime Meat"? — Had to look this one up in my kanji dictionary. No. Wait. Tell me it doesn’t really mean “Prime Meat”?

And what's with THESE? Drunk, drunker, drunkest? — And what’s with THESE? Am I wrong to think that “drunk, drunker, drunkest” is a less than charming side of host life?

Sheesh, leave me some illusions, will ya?

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Writing mystery books set in Tokyo is mostly what I do, but I also blog about the odd stuff I see every day in Japan. I'm a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Institute in Tokyo, and a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters In Crime. When I'm not in Tokyo, I live in San Francisco. I also host a travel site called The Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had, so if you're headed to Japan and want to check out the places I take my friends when they're in town, take a look!