Otaku now dominate the streets of Tokyo’s Akihabara and the district once best-known for its clusters of electronics shops now has more than its share of sex services aimed at the geeks’ bizarre tastes, according to Spa! (5/20).
Though love doll outcall sex services first appeared in Akihabara several years ago, they’ve now disappeared, according to the men’s weekly.
Instead, Akihabara has a host of knocking shops and massage parlors where the workers are decked out in maid outfits, the object of desire for a vast number of otaku.
Women dressed in skimpy French maid outfits will provide erotic massages in places like Melrose and Eternity, establishments located along the Showa Dori avenue that serves as one of Akihabara’s major strips. Along the same thoroughfare are Hot Hands and Cherish Akiba, where faux au pair display their handiwork to relieve male customers of more than just their cash.
Most otaku, however, have a yen for something deeper than paid sex -– and it seems they need to.
“Some operations hand out pamphlets around Akihabara Station advertising maid dates. For 6,000 yen an hour, the customer can go around Akihabara together with a woman dressed up as a maid, and even go out for a meal or karaoke if they want,” a writer on otaku topics identified only as K tells Spa!
Maid dates strictly forbid any unsolicited touching. But the girls let their customers know that their services can always be optioned for an extra fee.
After a few of these designated dates, the guy might be permitted the occasional touch. If things progress really smoothly, some maids are rumored to eventually go the whole way for a fee of 50,000 yen.
“As a rule, otaku hate the sex business,” K says. “They’d much rather go to a maid café or meet a cosplayer and have sex after building up a real relationship with them. Sex for otaku always means making an investment at first.”
Akihabara still has simpler pleasures, though, as a salaryman tells the weekly.
“There’s a handjob bar located in the building immediately to the left of Akihabara Station exit,” the salaryman tells Spa! “There are plenty of young girls there and the service charge is just 5,000 yen. Mind you, there are more than a few old women working there, too, so it’s best to be careful.” (By Ryann Connell)
(Mainichi Japan) May 14, 2008
