I ran a host club in Tokyo for 13 years.
Things you might not know about Tokyo's nightlife:
– Host clubs operate illegally after midnight. Police raid periodically but everyone keeps going.
– Yakuza-affiliated clubs are often just regular guys using a name to intimidate.
– The "Mama" culture — older women who are legends in the scene — is unlike anything else.
I've been writing true stories from those years:
https://medium.com/@yaoukenbou
Ask me anything about Tokyo after dark.
by Inner-Class-2216