Service de location de personne au japon.... de tous pour tous

It's not easy making friends. For some in Japan, it's even harder. Enter "Rental Friend".


According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the country's largest newspaper, a Tokyo based firm called Client Partners offers a "Rental Friend" service—among other services—at its locations across the country.

The article recounts how last summer, one lonely 25 year-old named Kouichi (not his real name) rented two female friends to go to a dance club for ¥30,000 ($341). For a part time worker like Kouichi, that's a hefty fee. But he ended up having a great time at the club and hanging out at a restaurant with them all night.

"There's a feeling of security when you are accepted unconditionally," Kouichi said, adding it was better to pay for friends than getting rejected.

The services Client Partners offers aren't simply companionship at dance clubs. At its Akihabara branch, for example, there is a whole array of possible services, such as dejected cosplayers can hire people to take their photos at events, lazy gamers can hire people to wait in line for them on a console's release day, or lonely strollers can shell out for someone to talk a walk around Akihabara with. (There are many, many other possible scenarios—from hiring people to move furniture and even renting family members or people to check on your grandma. However, this is not a sexual service.)

Making friends in Japan can seem hard. For adults, many relationships are centered around work; you spend your after work time socializing with co-workers or customers. Personal relationships are key to doing well in Japan. This set up works for those in the corporate world, but not for those who aren't.

Client Partners' Rental Friend service isn't mainstream in Japan by any stretch. But services like this are not new to the country, and there is an established practice of hiring phony customers and stand-ins. What's more, there are dozens of rental friend customers at Client Partners each month, who hire the companionship sorely missing in their lives.

According to Client Partners, many of these customers might lack self worth. Some of them, Client Partners adds, might have lots of friends online. But offline, where communication isn't one way and they don't have to worry about ruffling feathers. And for a price, they don't have to worry about being alone.

Akihabara is ground zero for Japanese manga, anime, and video games. No wonder the place caters to every nerd fantasy imaginable, such as maid cafes for guys (butler cafes for gals) as well as more adult services.


The latest business to make a splash in Japan's nerdom is always patrons to sleep with ladies. That's it, apparently. Just sleep. Um.

Located in Akihabara, it's called Soine-ya; "soine" (添い寝) means "sleeping together", and "ya" (屋) means "shop". The business's concept, however, isn't originally Japanese as website IT Media claims the idea was based on a similar business in New York. It's apparently the first of its kind in Japan.

Soine-ya is not cheap. After shelling out ¥3,000 (US$39) in membership charges, 20 minutes of "together" sleep costs another ¥3,000, while six hours can reach ¥30,000 (US$386). That's not even a full night's rest!

The nickel-and-diming, though, is mind-boggling. For example, customers must pay ¥1,000 ($13) to have the lady resting her hand on their arm for three minutes, while gazing at each other for one minute costs another ¥1,000. If you want to put your head on the lady's lap, it's three minutes for, well, ¥1,000.

Online in Japan, the reaction to Soine-ya has been one largely of bewilderment. Many Japanese net users have no idea why someone would spend all this money on such a service. "Geez, this is creepy," wrote one. "Yep, this shop is targeting stupid nerds," wrote another. Others were quick to say that those interested in Soine-ya should just visit an adult entertainment establishment, instead.



This place of business is zeroing in on emotional needs, instead of merely carnal ones. Maid cafes work in much the same way, allowing otaku the chance to chat up girls in frilly maid outfits—which is why they have often been compared to hostess bars for geeks.

Sleeping in the otaku subculture already has its own bedtime companions, those anime covered dakimakura (hug pillows). Soine-ya seems to be for those who are tired of their pillows—or just being alone. Soine-ya is selling companionship, but just not during every waking minute.

Soine-ya is a "snoozing with women" establishment that first opened in Tokyo's gaming and geek district, Akihabara. Since then, Soine-ya has become popular enough to open another branch in Tokyo's Shinjuku.


Soine-ya is just sleeping with women, not sleeping with women. But for a price, you can rest your head on some woman's tush. A very steep price. There's a new service being offered called "Butt Pillow". The rate is ¥1,000 (US$11) per minute.

Recently, Japanese late night variety program News Flash! B-Grade News Show introduced the service. This reaction sums up the butt pillow pretty well.

voici les ''type'' de courtisane je pense que l'on peut trouver.

Geisha et Maiko

du type plus traditionnel.on peut y manger et surtout principalement boire. bonne place pour être tranquille entre partenaire d'affaire pour discuté business ou sortir une personnalité importante que vous recevez en visite. Les meilleurs place qui sont les plus réputé peuvent couté excessivement chère a voir dans les 4... 5 chiffres. (en euro)

Geisha (芸者?), geiko (芸子) or geigi (芸妓) are traditional Japanese female entertainers who act as hostesses and whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music, dance and games.

Host/Hostess (male ou femelle ou mixe)

l'équivalent des bars pour sortir ici... mais des bars pour ''boire''!! on y va pas pour y faire des rencontres ou pour danser (quoi qu'il peux y avoir des club ou on peut avoir une petite piste de danse des fois) généralement on y sort seule... mais il se peut qu'il y ai des petits groupe aussi. Il est possible de demander en particulier un host pour nous servir.... certains host sont très reconnue et considérer des ''star'' et peuvent couté très très chère

Hostess clubs are a common feature in the night-time entertainment industry of Japan, east Asian countries and other areas with a high Japanese population. They employ primarily female staff and cater to males seeking drinks and attentive conversation. The more recent host clubs are similar establishments where primarily male staff cater to females. Host and hostess clubs are considered part of mizu shōbai or "water trade" in Japan.

Maids/Buttlers Café (male ou femelle ou mixe)

je ne les considère pas tout a fais dans le water trade. un genre d'industrie récent comparer au autre et avec un type de clientèle très spécialisé. c'est plus du genre restaurant mais avec un service un peu plus personalité et attentionnée. c'est vraiment comme si vous aviez une servant(e) chez vous, mais vous êtes ailleurs. (certains café sont à la résidence du maid/buttler, d'autre sont plus du style petit resto sur le coins de la rue et il y a une couple de table a l'intérieur)

Cosplay restaurants (コスプレ系飲食店 Kosupure-kei inshokuten?), are theme restaurants and pubs that originated in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan around the year 1999.[citation needed] They include maid cafés (メイドカフェ Meido kafe?) and butler cafés (執事喫茶 shitsuji kissa?), where the service staff dress as elegant maids, or as butlers. Such restaurants and cafés have quickly become a staple of Japanese otaku culture. Compared with service at normal cafés, the service at cosplay cafés involves the creation of a rather different atmosphere. The staff treat the customers as masters and mistresses in a private home rather than merely as café customers.

c'est se que je pense se classe dans le Water Trade (Mizu-shobai)

ensuite il y a le sex industrie (fuzoku) qui habituellement se situe dans le red light district

selon le type de ''brothel'' les employers offre différent service.

Soapland

un lieu ou on prend un bain!! techniquement. vous savez que au japon on aime rester propre!!

Soapland (ソープランド sōpurando?) or sōpu is a Japanglish word constructed from the two English words "soap" and "land" and is part of Japan's sex industry also known as Mizu shōbai. Since sexual intercourse for money is officially prohibited by the Japanese government, many different types of brothels in Japan have been developed. In Soapland, clients engage in non-penetrative sex with prostitutes to achieve orgasm. Typically, male clients are laid upon a waterproof mattress where they are then covered in personal lubricant and massaged to orgasm by the female prostitute's body. This avoids the technicalities of the law by officially stating that the clubs do business where the client is bathed. Although the main clientele for soaplands are male, there are also a few soaplands specifically for female clients.

Pink Salon

un bar de danseuse mais uniquement les petit cubicule.... et pas nécessairement remplir de mur et meuble rose non plus. ca ne veux pas dire que les bars de danseuse n'existe pas non plus au japon.

A pink salon (ピンクサロン pinkusaron?), or pinsaro (ピンサロ?) for short, is a type of brothel in Japan which specialises in oral sex.

A pink salon is unusual in that the service is offered in small booths within a large open-plan room. The client is served soft drinks or alcoholic beverages by the "companion" who performs fellatio on him. There may also be additional activities such as fingering the "companion" and sumata.

Many young Japanese women work in pink salons throughout late high school and college as work is plentiful and pay is much better than in customer service positions. However, the work is demanding and an employee may be required to fellate over a dozen men in a single four hour shift.

Health Club

Ressemble au soapland mais pas de bain et au pink salon mais pas rien a boire

Fashion-health massage (ファッションヘルス fasshon herusu?), or health for short, is a form of massage parlor which circumvents Japanese anti-prostitution laws by offering a range of services that stop short of sexual intercourse.

Fashion-health clubs can be found in all large cities in Japan and are easy to spot because of their bright flashing lights and garish decor. Often advertised as "health clubs", they may confuse foreigners unfamiliar with the activities inside. These clubs usually post pictures of their so-called masseuses near the entrance; however, sometimes faces and eyes are censored with pixellation or black strips. Some club entrances feature caricatured depictions of the services provided.

Image Club

très proche du health club, mais avec de la thématique.

An image club (イメージクラブ imējikurabu?), or imekura (イメクラ?), is Wasei-eigo that indicates a type of brothel in Japan similar to fashion health parlors. They differ in that image clubs are themed along popular sexual fantasies such as an office, a doctor's surgery, a classroom, or a train carriage. The prostitutes themselves, whose activities are usually limited to oral sex, wear exaggerated costumes appropriate to the setting and the desire of the customer.

Sinon c'est sur qu'il existe plein d'autre genre de place que se sois dans le sex industrie ou pas (comme les place de S&M et de fétichisme etc...) et puis même s'il y a la fameuse lois anti-prostitution. il est dur d'imaginer qu'il existe quand même pas certaine place ou le règlement est peut-être un peu plier ou peut-être tout simplement parfois non respecter, tant que personne ne dis rien et rien n'est exposer... personne n'est coupable!!

This has led Joan Sinclair, the author of Pink Box, to observe that the sex industry in Japan ironically "offer[s] absolutely everything imaginable but sex"

sinon il existe plein d'agence qui offre plein de service domiciliaire de se style (un host ou une maid viens chez vous le temps de quelques heures etc....) et encore se n'est qu'un bref aperçu que se que le japon peut vous offrir.