The Night I Picked Toriko SPA in Kanagawa

ElonWhat you want changes with the woman's age band. Twenties, thirties, forties, each has its own appeal. I hear Toriko SPA in Kanagawa is known for a wide range of ages on its roster.

I booked for 2 in the afternoon. Move early to set up for the night, that's an eighteen-year habit. Read the timing right and you're more likely to land the woman you want. Toriko SPA is open 9:00 to 24:00, an esthetic and men's esthetic (menesu) shop covering the Kannai, Akebonocho, and Isezakicho areas of Kanagawa.

An 8 p.m. course, 120 minutes for ¥37,000.

On going quiet

Lately I get little time when my head goes quiet. The line between work and private life has thinned, and wherever I am, something is always lingering at the edge of my mind. Hit forty and that becomes the default, and you come to understand the value of "going quiet."

For 120 minutes at Toriko SPA, my head went quiet.

For the first ten minutes or so, the thoughts kept coming. Last week's work, tomorrow's schedule, the emails I hadn't answered. But as if pulled along by her pace, my thinking gradually went still. Few can do this on purpose. It's less technique than the "power to set a space."

The "power to set a space" is hard to explain, but it's the ability to create a "quiet time" inside that room. Tonight's woman had it. It wasn't that I actively did anything; I just naturally went quiet.

By the time we hit the second half, even the reason I'd come to Kanagawa wasn't in my head. That kind of "complete switch-off" can't be made with technique alone. It only happens when the space, the woman, and my own state line up. Eighteen years in this business, and the nights I get that feeling are few.

When I stepped outside afterward, the Kanagawa night air felt better than I'd expected. I walked for a while. Head still quiet, I headed back to the hotel. ¥37,000 for 120 minutes, and I believe this "quiet" carries over into the quality of the next day's work.

Why I keep coming back

My third visit to Toriko SPA. The reason for repeating is simple: it "doesn't miss." Maybe there's no upside surprise, but there's no downside either. That steadiness is, to me, the single most important factor over a long relationship.

This time too, the 120-minute course at ¥37,000. Toriko SPA.

This visit's woman

This time it was a different woman than before. The shop lets you use nominations (requesting a specific girl), but I deliberately asked for someone else. I wanted to confirm whether the shop's "standard" rides on one woman, or whether multiple women operate at the same level.

The result: both were the same level. That's the condition for a "shop you can repeat."

A fixed point in Kanagawa

Calling Toriko SPA every time I'm in Kanagawa is becoming a routine. Kannai, Akebonocho, and Isezakicho area, open 9:00 to 24:00. That's a compliment.

ElonWhat I've come to think at 40 is that my tolerance for "whiffing" has gone up. Chase the perfect experience too hard and you actually enjoy it less.

The verdict

Toriko SPA is a shop worth repeating. I'd go back if I get the chance.