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The magazine continues: "One can also get his trousers
pressed at a nearby laundry in just a few minutes.
Next, one should use good sense in picking a place to go.
There are many bars operated by gangsters who make a
practice of overcharging or robbing customers outright.
Then, first-class bars do not want casual customers and
systematically overcharge them so they won't come back.
"Since it is difficult if not impossible to determine how a
place operates just from its appearance, one should always
investigate before patronizing it. If one has no friends who
know the place, he should ask the flower girls who work the
streets in the area. If two girls recommend the same bar, one
can be reasonably certain it is safe.
The playboy who likes to visit a large number of places
casually should patronize only second-class bars and
cabarets. He will at least be welcome in such places. It is
also advisable for the regular mizu-shobai patron to ask for
the same hostess each time because this increases the girl's
daily earnings, and she will show her gratitude. Also, it is
always best to tell your hostess how much you want to
spend. She will then make sure you bill does not go over
that amount."
Playboy types are also advised on how to take advantage
of economic adversity. A weekly magazine suggests that
they patronize places where the hostesses no longer get a
daily guarantee. Girls who work in such places depend
entirely on rebates and tips. On slack days and particularly
during business recessions these girls are much more likely
to exchange their favors for a fee and a free meal or two, the
magazine points out.
As a result of the no-holds-barred atmosphere of the
cabarets, hostesses have to be more unscrupulous and
callous than were the girls who used to staff the legal
red-light districts.
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Before the Anti prostitution Law put the red lights out,
the girls who worked in the districts were among the most
refined in manners, dress, and attitude that one could hope
to find. And this new situation has tremendously compli-
cated the sex life of the average Japanese man. Until the
latter part of the 1950's any man who wanted a woman of
almost any type or class could get one by the simple process
of paying a standard fee. Now he must compete for her
favors financially, as well as exercise considerable tact and
talent to make her favorably disposed toward him.
So far only the wealthy professional playboy has been
able to develop techniques successful enough to keep his
ego and batting average high. Professionals in the business
say most young men have to resort to promising to divorce
their legal wives in order to seduce hostesses into becoming
their ni-go. Middle- aged men, however, are more prone to
use a straightforward unemotional approach.
A typical ploy goes like this: "I don't want you to be my
mistress, but if you need money I will give it to you any time.
If you later meet a young man you want, I will be the first
one to congratulate you. All I ask of you is that we be good
friends."
Added an authority: "This, in fact, is the best type of
approach. Almost any lonely hostess who hears this type of
proposal is ready to wag her tail. It is fine as long as she
doesn't take the liaison seriously."
To summarize the most successful playboy techniques in
the floating world, one expert said: "You must be very
careful not to overstay your welcome. It is usually best to
leave a particular place within an hour. A second advantage
of this is that you save money. While in a bar, cabaret, or
night club, you should try to make yourself conspicuous but
without offending anyone. If most of the customers around
you are salary men, you should say you are engaged in some
profession, like painting. If there is a hostess you like, you
should not be so obvious about it. It is much better to be
respectful and attentive to the bar madam and to tell her you
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patronize her place because you are fascinated by such and
such a hostess.
"Later, when there is an opportunity, you should confess
to the madam that you have already fallen for the hostess.
Then you can expect your relationship with the madam to
pay off. Shortly before the bar closes, she will usually
suggest to the hostess that she should treat you at some
restaurant. This way your desire will be fulfilled. But if you
approach the girl directly and try to date her, your efforts
will usually fail."
Said another expert: "To find out how a hostess is going
to react to your advances you should touch her lightly on the
back of her neck as if by accident. If your touch causes her
to jump or move quickly, it shows that her sexuality is well
developed and that she regards you favorably."
This neck-touching technique is not as easy to ac-
complish as one might believe, especially if you have been
drinking. Well-known writer Junnosuke Yoshiyuki said:
"At least three years of experience is required before one
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