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Want to Play at a Top-Tier Soapland? The Selection Points Every Beginner Should Know

Want to play at a top-tier soapland? Taniguchi, with 20-plus years in the fuzoku world, lays out the selection points every beginner should know, from firsthand experience.

Want to Play at a Top-Tier Soapland? The Selection Points Every Beginner Should Know

"Want to play at a top-tier soapland? The selection points every beginner should know" — some people hear that and it clicks instantly, and some don't.

I'm 42 and still working the floor of this world, so I'll lay it out from a real, on-the-ground perspective.

Why This Topic Matters

Information about fuzoku (Japan's licensed adult-entertainment business) is surprisingly disorganized. Beginners especially tend to end up not even knowing where to start looking.

Elon
Elon42, single, living alone. When nearly your whole paycheck disappears into fuzoku, you naturally develop an eye for the real thing. That's not a brag and it's not regret — I'm just writing it down as fact.

What That Actually Means

In a word: whether you know it or not changes the quality of the experience.

Elon
ElonI don't have any ambition to conquer every soapland in the country, but I've made it through most of the "signature" soaplands in each region. My conclusion: service quality and cleanliness don't track together. Even the bargain joints can have god-tier service.

What I've written here is the essence of the knowledge I've built up over 20 years.

In Closing

Elon
ElonI first went to a Yoshiwara soapland at 25. That was back before I'd had the pearls put in. These days, the reaction when I go in with the pearls is one of the little pleasures. The conversation with a girl who asks "what is this?" turns out to be surprisingly fun.

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