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  2. Host and hostess clubs - Wikipedia

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    The first host club was opened in Tokyo in 1966. [22] In 1996, the number of Tokyo host clubs was estimated to be 200, and a night of non-sexual entertainment could cost US$500–600. Professor Yoko Tajima of Hosei University explained the phenomenon by Japanese men's lack of true listening to the problems of women, and by women's desire to ...

  3. Kabukichō - Wikipedia

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    Kabukichō (Japanese: 歌舞伎町, Kabuki-chō, pronounced [kabɯki̥ tɕoː]) is an entertainment district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.Kabukichō is considered a red-light district [1] with a high concentration of host and hostess clubs, love hotels, shops, restaurants, and nightclubs, and is often called the "Sleepless Town" (眠らない街, Nemuranai Machi, pronounced [nemɯɾanai matɕiꜜ]).

  4. Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in ...

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    Anne Allison, currently professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University in the United States, wrote Nightwork through participant-observation ethnography.Allison, who received her Ph.D. in anthropology in 1986 from the University of Chicago, actually worked as a hostess girl at a club in Tokyo she calls "Bijo" to perform her research.

  5. Shinjuku Ni-chōme - Wikipedia

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    The decline was attributed to the construction of the nearby Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, which has pushed up property values in the area, and the rise of the Internet. [4] In 2012, the dancing ban in night clubs began to be enforced in a number of popular clubs in Ni-chōme, including Arty Farty, Annex, Arch, and Aisotope. The ban was lifted ...

  6. LGBTQ culture in Tokyo - Wikipedia

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    The number of gay-related businesses: Bar, nightclub, host club, cruising box, sauna, gay book and video store, etc. (Lesbian bars not included) Shinjuku Total – 460 [ 17 ] Shinjuku ni-chōme – 402 (Bar-274, host clubs -17, Delivery health / Fashion health -28, Gay bathhouse & cruising boxes-15) [ 17 ]

  7. Roland (entertainer) - Wikipedia

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    Roland was born Fuuga Matsuo (松尾 風雅) in 1992 in Tokyo. After graduating from Teikyo Koutou School, he proceeded to Teikyo University, where he eventually dropped out and made his host debut [8] at age 18 as Makoto Tojo. After a year as a low ranking employee, he became representative director of the club he had been working at age 21.

  8. Nobody really wants to host the Olympics anymore, and Tokyo ...

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    TOKYO — There wasn’t a lot of drama last week when the International Olympic Committee awarded Brisbane, Australia, the right to host the 2032 Summer Olympics.. It was the only city up for the ...

  9. Kasumi Kaikan - Wikipedia

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    The Kasumi Kaikan has its club rooms on the top floor of the Kasumigaseki Building in Tokyo. The Kasumi Kaikan (霞会館) is the association of the former kazoku of Japan. [1]It was originally called the Kazoku Kaikan (華族会館, Peers' Club) and renamed in 1947 after the post-war Constitution of Japan abolished the hereditary peerage.