When I went looking for a delivery health (deriheru) shop in Saitama, I drew up a list of a few places. To be honest, the reason I settled on Onnanoko Ichiba was that the phone handling was the most courteous.
The 60-minute course, ¥7,000. Kumagaya City area. Open 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and they took a same-day booking.
From arrival to walking out
Twenty minutes after I hung up, the bell rang. I opened the door to a "Sorry to keep you waiting." A touch lower in tone than on the phone, calm. You can tell almost everything from the first words — that's the voice of someone who's done this a while.
After I showed her into the room, she moved her eyes around without a word. The location of the bathroom, the layout of the bed, where the outlets were. Taking it all in silently. There was nothing wasted in how she set down her bag either, and she kept the right distance while waiting for the next cue. The way she steered me with "go ahead and shower first" was natural. A girl who suggests it before you have to say so is one who understands the sequence.
When I came back from checking the bathroom, the angle of the room's lighting had changed. She'd adjusted it without saying anything. Few people can manage that kind of attention to detail silently. That's when I decided tonight was a hit.
The 60-minute course shifted in mood between the first and second halves. The first half is close to a feeling-out period. The girl watches your reactions and judges what you're after. The finer a girl's observation, the more the back half changes. Tonight's girl observed carefully. She remembered the moments I'd reacted to and circled back to them in the second half. You could feel the awareness that she was moving for this particular person, not just running a manual. That kind of "designed time" leaves a different afterglow once it's over.
Before leaving, while tidying up, she said, "If there's a next time, please do." A standard line, but the delivery wasn't standard — the words came after a slight pause, and the pause felt natural. Even while putting her shoes on, she didn't add any needless chatter. That "quietness in the exit" also speaks to the quality of the girl. When I stepped off the elevator and out the door, the Saitama night air was cold. My head was quiet. Nothing about work, nothing about tomorrow's schedule, nothing surfacing. This is what I call a hit of a night. You don't run into a shop like this in Saitama all that often.
Using delivery health in Saitama
Delivery health as a genre is a fundamentally different experience from hotel health (hoteheru). Saitama's scene has its own local culture and history. Saitama area.
This was my first time with Onnanoko Ichiba. I'd say ¥7,000 is an average price point for this area.
About the girl
When picking a girl, what I weigh is whether you can see "pride in the work." Whether someone's just phoning it in shows in the first five minutes. On that score, the girl at Onnanoko Ichiba gave me a sense of reassurance.
Careful, lots of checking in, deciding the arc while watching my state.
A verdict on Onnanoko Ichiba
Kumagaya City area, open 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The choice of 60 minutes for ¥7,000 matched tonight's value.
Bottom line
| Rating item | Stars |
|---|---|
| Reception handling | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Girl's vibe | ★★★★★ |
| Technique / service | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Fullness of the time | ★★★★☆ |
| Price fairness | ★★★★★ |
| Overall | ★★★★★ |
There's no question Saitama treated me well tonight. Onnanoko Ichiba accounts for a big part of why.