Lewd lady passengers leave Japanese cabbies drained but dazzled

By Masuo Kamiyama
May 23, 2005

In the depressed economic conditions Japan has faced over the past decade, taxi companies have served as a last-ditch source of jobs for salarymen who were down on their luck. The work typically involves long hours, low pay and the stress of increasingly heated competition for shrinking fares.

One of the few fringe benefits cabbies enjoy is the opportunity to share an enclosed space together with a woman. And sometimes, a driver can even get lucky.

Another urban legend? Not according to Shukan Taishu, which sent its reporters out to ask drivers, "While on the job, have you ever had the experience of being invited to have sex with a female passenger." Out of 50 cabbies questioned, 18 grinned and gave nods in the affirmative. And several were more than happy to talk on the record, with their names, of course, changed to protect the guilty.

"'If you drive me home, I'll do something v-e-r-y nice to you,' was how she put it," relates Yoichiro Takakura, age 39. "That was the second time that had happened to me."

The woman, Takakura relates, appeared to be in her early 20s. He picked her up north of Shinjuku around 4 a.m. and she asked to be driven to Nishi Ogikubo.

"On the way, she's begun muttering 'Oh no!' to herself from the back seat. At first I thought she had forgotten something, but I realized she didn't have any money.

"'Driver,' she told me, 'I'm afraid I spent all the money I had at a host club. But I'll tell you what; you can come to the massage parlor where I work and I'll make sure you get a freebie. What do you say?'"

"She also insisted there was no money in her apartment. I realized I was going to get stuck with the fare out of my own pocket, but she was really cute, so anyway ..."

"I parked alongside the elevated train tracks and she moved up front anbegan sucking me off. She really knew what she was doing and I barely lasted two minutes before I shot off in her mouth."

Veteran cabbie Ryoichi Matsumoto, 48, relates the time two years ago when he picked up a woman in her early 30s with an older man, apparently her boss, around 10 p.m. It was clear from their mannerisms that they were having an illicit affair.

"I was asked to take them to the love hotel district in Shibuya, but on the way, he received a call on his mobile and after a couple of minutes he turned to the woman and said, 'Sorry, but I've got to return to the office. Driver, please take her home to Shimokitazawa.'

"After the man got off in Shibuya and we were alone in the car, she suddenly said to me, 'Driver, let's do etchi.'

"I looked in the rear-view mirror and saw this lovely career lady with long hair. Reminded me of actress Yukie Nakama," Matsumoto says. "It was hard to refuse an offer like that. And anyway I'm an owner-driver, so I don't have to worry about tampering with the taxi meter or anything to make excuses about where I was I parked near a hotel and we took a room. Made it with her once in the bath and twice in bed.

"She had lovely, tight skin --- so different from my old lady. And it had been quite a while since I'd made it that many times," he sighs wistfully.

Shukan Taishu continues with two more juicy tales, including one cabbie who banged a nude model and another who took a fortyish nymphomaniac clad in a kimono --- with no panties underneath, naturally --- from the rear, banging away as she whimpered in ecstasy, spread-eagled against the outside of his car.

"When I dropped her off, I saw she lived in a big, fancy house," he relates. "I figure her husband must have been loaded. Not only did she pay the 10,000 yen fare on the meter, she tipped me another 10,000 for my 'troubles.'

"Too bad there aren't more customers like her!" he chuckles.

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