Posted on 04/07/2008 6:32:28 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- At first glance, the man and woman at the nightclub look like any other couple on a date. He flirts and pours champagne. She looks at him and laughs.
Businesswomen in Japan pay up to $50,000 a night for male companionship from "hosts" like Yunosuke.
This isn't a date, though. It's business.
The woman, a successful executive, has joined a growing number of professional women in Japan in forking out from $1,000 to $50,000 a night for male companionship.
They meet their "hosts" in hundreds of clubs that have sprung up around Tokyo - the industry says only compliments are exchanged. The women pay for a man to lavish them with undivided attention.
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Cue “Aerosmith.”
Almost looks like an anime character.
Grody to the max !!!!
And female anime at that!
Ah so!....He better stay away from gay bar
This sounds like pure BS.
Nothing new. I saw one of those “Mondo” movies back in 1966. It had men dressing up like Geishas for men. the customers didn’t even realize the “woman” they were with was a man.
Can you say, "Non-sexual (read: non-threatening) man"?
In other words, a guy who doesn't look masculine enough to convey the possibility of the date getting out of the woman's control. The women want to be complimented and entertained, but no sex. Or something like that...
Kabooty theater?......
This sounds like pure BS.Nope I had a friend who saved $300,000(invested in a mutual fund) in 2 years as a host. He spent far more than that. It's not an easy life by any means, but you do make a lot of money doing it. Eventually he quit after the health effects of blowing out his liver at 23.
You-no-suke??? ROFLMAO!
Check out the picture of the male geisha....I thought it was a woman!Go into any bathroom and you'll see a couple of these guys preening their hair. Japan has been infested with as many metro-sexuals as America. If not more.
it’s pronounced “yo”(long u) “no” “sue-kay”. Sorry to burst your bubble.
Looks like a screenshot from a Final Fantasy game.
(cue Electric Six’s “Gay Bar” here)
}:-)4
In other words, a guy who doesn't look masculine enough to convey the possibility of the date getting out of the woman's control. The women want to be complimented and entertained, but no sex. Or something like that...There's control involved, but there's definitely a sexual element(after lots of money and time has passed). It's like paid dating.
“Host clubs” have been around in Japan for over a decade. Japan and Taiwan have had gigilos for much longer than that anyways. Some cherry reporter hops off the plane in Japan and discovers something new! Typical ignorant journalism graduate.
“Host clubs” have been around in Japan for over a decade. Japan and Taiwan have had gigilos for much longer than that anyways. Some cherry reporter hops off the plane in Japan and discovers something new! Typical ignorant journalism graduate.Finally someone with sense.
Today’s Japanese would have never bombed Pearl harbor. They would have attacked from the rear!
Wow, up to 50g’s a night and I don’t have to have sex, where do I sign-up?
If that “guy” gets 50k, what would a cowboy get?
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