A break in the rainy season, or so I'll tell myself. In reality it was a warm, slightly humid night. I checked into a Chiba hotel and called Hitozuma no Himitsu Narita.
The front desk at Hitozuma no Himitsu Narita stays composed even when you call on a night like that. The 90-minute course runs 20,000 yen. Open 9:00 to 26:00.
The Moment She Arrived
The instant the door opened, I thought tonight might be "a hit." No real basis for it, but a first impression is exactly that kind of thing. With 18 years of accumulation, this gut read doesn't miss by much anymore.
She looked early thirties. Makeup neither too heavy nor too light, with a cleanliness that fit the Chiba area feel. Down to how she'd put her outfit together, she gave the impression of "someone who knows herself." People like that usually have a way of working that also "knows itself."
After she came into the room, she lined her shoes up neatly when she took them off — I always have a habit of watching for details like that. People whose movements have no wasted motion have no wasted motion in their work either. I made that call in the first two minutes. Over 90 minutes, the call held.
The way she shaped her expressions was natural too. Not smiling the whole time, not stone-faced either, but shifting with the situation. The naturalness of her laugh in particular is a key tell. A manufactured laugh and a real one — after 18 years I can tell them apart. Tonight it was a real laugh.
Looking back over the 90 minutes, I could feel that my first impression of her looks and bearing had been "right" all the way to the end. The phone description matching the real person, the first impression matching the actual service — that "consistency" is what'll make me pick Hitozuma no Himitsu Narita again. The 20,000 yen breakdown includes the quality of the girl. Running into this level at a Chiba delivery health (deriheru) shop doesn't happen all that often.
The Men's Esthetic Option
I haven't been a delivery health regular all that long. For someone whose center of gravity was deriheru and health shops, it's only in the last few years that I came to really see the value in esthetic and aroma services.
I picked Hitozuma no Himitsu Narita because its name came up as a shop with a strong esthetic reputation in Chiba.
On the Treatment
90-minute course, 20,000 yen. Before getting started, the girl ran a consult — where I was tight, how I liked the pressure. The quality of the experience shifts a lot between shops that do this and shops that don't.
The treatment itself — oil temperature control, pressure adjustment, the rhythm of the build — all of it cleared the bar and then some.
The Value of Chiba Esthetic
A 90-minute, 20,000 yen esthetic in Chiba. How does that stack up against Tokyo rates? I felt there's a value here unique to this area. Kofu / Kai area, 9:00 to 26:00.
The Verdict
| Item | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall service | ★★★★☆ |
| Service | ★★★★★ |
| Bang for the buck | ★★★★★ |
| Will I go again | ◎ Going again |
Next time I'm in Chiba, I'll be calling Hitozuma no Himitsu Narita again.