Comments on: Cabaret Club Girls in Japan: All You Ever Wanted To Know

By: Jake Adelstein

Jake Adelstein — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:00:10 +0000

Well, there isn’t really a good word for 水商売 and adult entertainment industry seems like a workaround of the category. In general, the lure of the Cabaret Clubs for Japanese men is the faint possibility of being able to woo one of the cabaret girls into being their lover. It’s the subtext of the encounters–not always of course.
At the same time, it’s not a club where sex is being offered and I wouldn’t want to imply that your friends are doing anything sleazy or morally questionable. There is certainly a kind of 癒し (healing) aspect and entertainment aspect to the clubs as well. I see your point and will think about changing the tag but right now “sex industry” as blunt as it may be–seems appropriate.
But I’ll take it up for discussion with Sarah Noorbaksh, the chief editor, and see what she thinks as well. Thanks for writing in.
Jake

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:04:45 +0000

…change that for me! “I wouldn’t think to associate it with the sex industry.”

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:04:07 +0000

Interesting to me that you have this tagged under “sex industry”. My friends and acquaintances that do this kind of work might disagree. Also, I have been to several of these clubs on different occasions and although its well…silly, and expensive, I would think to associate it with the sex industry.