Inside Japan’s S*X INDUSTRY: From Red-Light Districts to Soaplands

S*x sells, and almost no other country has understood this as well and as early as our beloved Land of the Rising Sun! Japan is a land of extremes in so many ways, and that also goes for how the country has handled the intricate business of satisfying humanity’s biggest natural urge as efficiently and on the largest scale possible: More than 33 THOUSAND businesses operate in the Japanese s*x industry as of the making of this video, pulling in more than $40 billion annually! For a population that is generally known to be incredibly shy and reserved, the Japanese sure like to spend a significant amount of money on erotic pleasures, and as is usual with anything Japanese, there is a long history to be studied and explored here, because for MOST of the country’s long history, the purchase of erotic services was seen as not only completely acceptable, but as an integral part of society! And you know what that means: There were those trying to profit from that same society’s desires and needs, and in the case of Japan, that exact business has grown, changed and evolved in many different ways for almost 500 years now! What started off as the occasional “horizontal mambo” in road-side inns and taverns SOMEHOW developed into some of the world’s most-frequented and most-visited red-light districts, where some of the Japan’s finest restaurants and bars share a block with establishments that offer to turn into reality damn-near EVERY kink or fantasy that one could possibly imagine… if you can afford it! HOW did this industry develop into a multi-billion dollar behemoth, what profound impact did the erotic entertainment industry have on the overall history of Japan, and who were the people that made it all happen? Let’s find out together in today’s video, as we take a look at Japan’s raunchier history, from the Edo period to present day, exploring both the beautiful, historically significant aspects of the country’s s*x industry, but also the dark truths that lay hidden beneath its seductive surface… while trying to stay as SFW as possible, of course! Let’s take a look inside Japan’s s*x industry: From Red-Light Districts to Soaplands! #japan #history #tokyo SOURCES: Article: “Twenty-Four Ways to Have S*x within the Law Regulation and Moral Subjectivity in the Japanese S*x Industry” by Gabriele Koch Book: “Yakuza: Japan’s Criminal Underworld” by David E. Kaplan & Alec Dubro https://www.statista.com/statistics/1...   / the-40-billion-shadow-inside-japans-enigma...   https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_an... https://rekishinihon.com/2015/02/06/t... https://www2.kobe-u.ac.jp/~alexroni/I... https://www.issendai.com/japanese-cou... https://sengokuchronicles.com/the-evo... https://dh.japanese-history.org/2020-... https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topic... https://www.youcouldtravel.com/travel... https://artfind.tokyo/what-was-yoshiw... https://samurai-archives.com/w/index.... https://japancitytour.com/yoshiwara-d... https://japan-forward.com/yoshiwara-p... https://intojapanwaraku.com/culture/2... https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topic... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiwara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostit... https://samurai-archives.com/wiki/Pro... https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Gr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanamachi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_o...   / i_have_a_question_about_geishas_oirans_and...     / question_japanese_history_edo_period_foccused   https://www.tokyoreporter.com/enterta... 00:00 - Intro 03:01 - Early History 04:17 - Yūkaku 08:06 - Yoshiwara 13:12 - Life & Death of a Pleasure Girl 21:16 - The Meiji Era 27:21 - Rise of the Geisha 30:13 - Akasen/Aosen 35:02 - Post-war Era 38:12 - Soaplands 42:32 - All kinds of pleasure 44:57 - Kabukichō 46:25 - The Yakuza 51:50 - Outro