Field Diary
AFTER V, Ikebukuro: The ¥4,000 Set and the Physics of the Sec-Kyaba
A field report on AFTER V, an Ikebukuro sec-kyaba that opens at ¥4,000 for a 40-minute set and sells the one thing full-service shops can't — the tease. Why the clock, not the room, is the product, and what a two-year-old shop with a Miss Heaven No.1 is really betting on.