30 Soapland Slang and Industry Terms | Get the Meanings and Double the Fun!

Today I'm writing on the theme of "30 soapland slang and industry terms — get the meanings and double the fun."

I'll explain it by mixing in my own firsthand experience from 20-plus years in fuzoku (Japan's licensed adult-entertainment business) along with what I've dug up in research.

The basics

Let me lay out the fundamentals you should know about this area.

Elon42, single, living alone. When nearly your whole paycheck disappears into fuzoku, you naturally develop an eye for quality. That's not a brag or a regret — I'm just putting it down as plain fact.

When you've watched this industry for a long time, you notice that the same topic gets judged completely differently from the customer's side versus the girl's side.

What I can say from firsthand experience

I'll speak from what I've actually been through myself.

ElonI don't aim to conquer every soapland (soap) in the country, but I've made the rounds of each region's "famous" ones. My conclusion: service quality and cleanliness don't move in lockstep. There are bargain shops with downright divine service.

I believe firsthand experience matters more than theory. This industry especially is a world where "reps" count for more than "knowledge."

Wrap-up and my conclusion

ElonI first went to a soapland in Yoshiwara at 25 — back before I had the pearls put in. These days, the reaction when I go in with the pearls is one of the little thrills. Conversations with a girl who asks "what is this?" turn out to be surprisingly fun.

In the end, the place I keep going back to is First Class Ruby. The reason it keeps showing up on this site is simple: it's a shop I actually repeat at. Take it as a reference.