Before coming to Japan, some friends mentioned that my future place in Akasaka was going to be boring and that I'd likely need to get as way from the area to get to most fun times. Now, granted, I live in a building really near Akasaka Itchome Station, so it's really quiet, but they also told me there was a bar area (Akasaka Mitsuke) that was likely overpriced and uninteresting (for playtime activities).
After I moved, I wanted to test this out by going to the area and I noticed something interesting: Akasaka Mitsuke was a bit boring when I first got here and quickly transformed into a slightly more expensive (upscale?) version of Gotanda passed 22h00.
There are a few Chinese female touts, but also Chinese male touts and Japanese touts who will try to either drag you into their establishment or offer you FS for a price (between 12-20k). The places the touts take you to all seem to have street signs and aren't filled with small stalls that have that distinct stench of bad cigarettes, terrible booze, and broken dreams. The places are a bit roomier too (Oasis has a fucking gigantic shower room).
Walking through at night, I increasingly get approached by touts who are super eager to get my patronage in their establishments and some fairly hot Chinese ladies looking to give you a grand old time at a nearby hotel (they'll even offer to help you with the intake if I can't manage well enough in Japanese). There are more FS places that advertise as esthe or massage parlours. These places, that used to be filled with older women) increasingly have younger very eager girls (depending on where you go, Chinese, Korean, and sometimes Japanese).
Has anybody noticed these fairly rapid changes in the area? Am I just noticing because I am somehow looking? Maybe key people now recognize me as a Chinese-speaker, but I often get approached in Japanese.
It's been super fun just wandering around the area at night, but I haven't seen too much written about the redlightification of the area, so I figured I'd ask to see if anybody else is seeing this.
After I moved, I wanted to test this out by going to the area and I noticed something interesting: Akasaka Mitsuke was a bit boring when I first got here and quickly transformed into a slightly more expensive (upscale?) version of Gotanda passed 22h00.
There are a few Chinese female touts, but also Chinese male touts and Japanese touts who will try to either drag you into their establishment or offer you FS for a price (between 12-20k). The places the touts take you to all seem to have street signs and aren't filled with small stalls that have that distinct stench of bad cigarettes, terrible booze, and broken dreams. The places are a bit roomier too (Oasis has a fucking gigantic shower room).
Walking through at night, I increasingly get approached by touts who are super eager to get my patronage in their establishments and some fairly hot Chinese ladies looking to give you a grand old time at a nearby hotel (they'll even offer to help you with the intake if I can't manage well enough in Japanese). There are more FS places that advertise as esthe or massage parlours. These places, that used to be filled with older women) increasingly have younger very eager girls (depending on where you go, Chinese, Korean, and sometimes Japanese).
Has anybody noticed these fairly rapid changes in the area? Am I just noticing because I am somehow looking? Maybe key people now recognize me as a Chinese-speaker, but I often get approached in Japanese.
It's been super fun just wandering around the area at night, but I haven't seen too much written about the redlightification of the area, so I figured I'd ask to see if anybody else is seeing this.
