Turn down the lights, hire a bunch of cute hosts, and keep the drinks coming, and it shouldn’t matter what your club looks like, right? Actually, no. Designing host clubs is a lot like designing casinos and supermarkets – if you want to inspire women to spend money like water, you better make sure you have a bunch of these:ContinueContinue reading “Inside Tokyo’s Wildest Host Clubs”
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The Annual Host Convention!
Picture this. It’s a quiet Monday night in January. Usually the hosts who work in the Zero Group’s bars would be giving their hair a much-needed rest, kicking back to annihilate some video game zombies, and ordering take-out. But tonight is different from all other Monday nights. Tonight is The Annual Meeting! In any business,ContinueContinue reading “The Annual Host Convention!”
A Day In The Life: What’s It Like To Be A Host?
“My name is Sakura, and this is our newest host, Yua. If you join us tonight, you can see what a new host does!” Join veteran host Sakura-san as he teaches his new recruit “Yua-kun” the ropes! First, a run-down of a typical day in Yua’s life: 11:00 a.m.: Wake up* Noon: Go to theContinueContinue reading “A Day In The Life: What’s It Like To Be A Host?”
Tokyo At Night: Kabuki-chō
The Hanazono Shrine, where everybody in the neighborhood makes offerings to ensure good business In Kabuki-chō, the day starts when the sun goes down. The streets are thronged with those who are looking for a good time, and those who are looking to provide it. I got to know this area pretty well when IContinueContinue reading “Tokyo At Night: Kabuki-chō”
How Do I Find A Good Host Club?
It’s a well-kept secret that there’s a website with listings for host clubs in cities all over Japan. It’s called HostXHost. Naturally, it’s in Japanese…but fear not! I can show you how to navigate the highways and byways to get a feel for the hosts and their clubs! Here’s what the home screen looks like.ContinueContinue reading “How Do I Find A Good Host Club?”
How Can I Go To A Host Club?
Tomoya-san, me, and my secret weapon, Yuki! It’s not impossible for a foreigner to go to a host club, but the best way to do it is to ask a Japanese female friend to go with you. If you go with a Japanese woman, she can make the reservation and ask the club if it’sContinueContinue reading “How Can I Go To A Host Club?”
Can Foreigners Get Into A Host Club?
In pictures taken at host clubs, customers’ faces are always fuzzed out to protect their privacy. Not everybody wants their grandma or their boss to know just what kind of fun they’re having in their spare time! It’s possible, but it it’s not quite as simple as walking up to the doorman and asking toContinueContinue reading “Can Foreigners Get Into A Host Club?”
What Is A Host Club “Champagne Call”?
Sometimes a customer orders a special bottle of champagne, and all the hosts in the club temporarily abandon the customers they’re entertaining and gather around her table for a “champagne call.” Laser lights and/or music starts up as they assemble from all corners of the club. Then, while a waiter prepares a tray of emptyContinueContinue reading “What Is A Host Club “Champagne Call”?”
How Expensive Is It To Go To A Host Club?
Will going to a host club blow your budget for a month? The answer is, it won’t if you’re careful. Most clubs have an “introductory price” of ¥2000-¥3000 that includes one to two hours at the club being entertained by the hosts and a bottle of either saké, shōchū or brandy. If you go with someoneContinueContinue reading “How Expensive Is It To Go To A Host Club?”
What’s It Like To Go To A Host Club?
Let’s slip past the secret door and find out what it’s really like to go to a host club! When you arrive for your reservation, at some clubs you’ll be handed a photo album before being seated at a table. Inside are glamour shots of all the club’s hosts, and you’ll be asked if you’dContinueContinue reading “What’s It Like To Go To A Host Club?”
What Kind Of Women Go To Host Clubs?
In case you think the kind of women who go to host clubs are all loser dogs who can’t get a boyfriend, think again! Many of them are women who have too many men after them, not too few! What kind of woman pays a guy to spend time with her? The truth might surpriseContinueContinue reading “What Kind Of Women Go To Host Clubs?”
What Do Women Want?
Meet the professors at Boyfriend University So, why do women go to host clubs anyway? That’s the million dollar question, isn’t it? What do women really want? Ask any host and he’ll tell you: women want to be wanted. But you have to be able to tell how a woman wants to be wanted. AContinueContinue reading “What Do Women Want?”
Look Like a Host In One Easy Makeover!
My all-time favorite magazine Men’s Knuckle sent an intrepid team of stylists to Kabuki-chō to perform makeovers on young men they thought could use some help achieving that irresistible host club look. Look & learn at the feet of the masters! Let’s face it – this guy looked hopelessly normal before the stylists pointed himContinueContinue reading “Look Like a Host In One Easy Makeover!”
Gateway to Kitty Nirvana
This cat café is in the Decks entertainment complex in Odaiba In a country where many people live in places too small for pets, cat cafés are a booming business. For about $10 an hour, anyone (over the age of 12) can sip a latte and pet herds of cats for as long as theirContinueContinue reading “Gateway to Kitty Nirvana”
Midnight Mess
Me, La Carmina and Yukiro outside Club Marz in Shinjuku Saturday night I went to the monthly Goth party at Club Marz and met up with famed author/journalist/TV host La Carmina, who was filming a segment for NHK Tokyo Kawaii TV. The fabulous outfits and makeup of everybody there – especially La Carmina and YukiroContinueContinue reading “Midnight Mess”
Bottle of Dom, Anyone?
Got to bed last night at 2:00 after passively breathing in about two packs-worth of cigarette smoke at a most excellent host club. These days in Kabuki-chō, it’s illegal to smoke out on the street, but inside a club? Fire ‘em up! It was pouring rain and freezing cold outside. I thought it’d be aContinueContinue reading “Bottle of Dom, Anyone?”
Host Club 101
Tomoya-san, me, and my second cousin Yuki enjoying ourselves beyond the call of duty at the Excellent Club Zero in Kabuki-chō. I’m happy to report that the geisha world is alive and well in Kabuki-chō…only these days it’s populated by gorgeous young guys decked out in visual-kei style whose job it is to entertain women like the princesses weContinueContinue reading “Host Club 101”
Only In Japan 