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INTEREST: 2nd Tokyo Shop Opens Where Visitors Can Sleep (Platonically) With a Woman


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Scormio





PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:14 pm Reply with quote
Don't understand this, why would you want to sleep with real girls?
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:18 pm Reply with quote
I guess the first one was such a big success that now everyone wants a piece of that pie.

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Tenebrae



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:21 pm Reply with quote
Eh, isn't that bit too tame for a Kabukicho service?
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:53 pm Reply with quote
That's a lot of money for such a low-risk venture with little actual work to do, assuming the customer isn't a potential danger to one's safety. I could see stressed out salaryman who don't want to attend pink salons try this type of place.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:19 pm Reply with quote
I'm not sure I understand the concept. Do guys pay to have physical contact with a real woman? If so, why does the title say it's "Platonical"?
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:35 pm Reply with quote
CrowLia wrote:
I'm not sure I understand the concept. Do guys pay to have physical contact with a real woman? If so, why does the title say it's "Platonical"?

Platonic = non-sexual. They can sleep beside the woman for a set amount of time, but no sexual contact is allowed. And as for physical contact - they have to pay extra just to pat the girl on the head...That doesn't normally get counted as "sexual" contact, so it's platonic touching only...non-romantic/non-sexual touch.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:41 pm Reply with quote
RyanSaotome wrote:
I guess the first one was such a big success that not everyone wants a piece of that pie.


Which is really disturbing to my Western sensibility. If there's something that I'm missing, please tell me.
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Kalessin



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:51 pm Reply with quote
This is the sort of thing that gives the Japanese a reputation for being creepy and perverted.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:14 pm Reply with quote
That's just weird.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:34 pm Reply with quote
Beatdigga wrote:
Which is really disturbing to my Western sensibility. If there's something that I'm missing, please tell me.
What's so disturbing about simulated intimacy?
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:49 pm Reply with quote
Polycell wrote:
Beatdigga wrote:
Which is really disturbing to my Western sensibility. If there's something that I'm missing, please tell me.
What's so disturbing about simulated intimacy?


People paying good money to sleep next to others because of a complete lack of social skills. Sounds very similar to something illegal in all the states except Nevada. Starts with a "P".
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:55 pm Reply with quote
So it turns out this isn't just a Weird Japanese Thing. A New York woman has made cuddling into a business.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:56 pm Reply with quote
Beatdigga wrote:
Polycell wrote:
Beatdigga wrote:
Which is really disturbing to my Western sensibility. If there's something that I'm missing, please tell me.
What's so disturbing about simulated intimacy?


People paying good money to sleep next to others because of a complete lack of social skills. Sounds very similar to something illegal in all the states except Nevada. Starts with a "P".


Prostitution is only illegal in Japan insofar as traditional intercourse. Oral sex and a variety of other acts are technically legal there.
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Kalessin



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:12 pm Reply with quote
octopodpie wrote:
Prostitution is only illegal in Japan insofar as traditional intercourse. Oral sex and a variety of other acts are technically legal there.


Just because it's legal doesn't mean that it isn't creepy. There's plenty of other creepy stuff in Japan which is perfectly legal (e.g. http://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.asp ). And honestly, much as I disagree with prostitution, I find it less creepy than this.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:22 pm Reply with quote
Hmm, so it would cost me roughly $8100 USD to lay there and have her stare into my eyes for 10 hours straight... would it cost extra if I asked her not to blink?
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