In the hotel district of Kabukicho, Japanese men who approached streetwalkers (“tachinbo”) for negotiations were turned down one after another — while a man who appeared to be Southeast Asian offered 30,000 yen via PayPay and sealed the deal on the spot. A report covering this scene was shared on 5ch’s News Speed+ board and sparked a strong reaction. Against the backdrop of the weak yen, the article describes a phenomenon in which Japanese women appear to be a “bargain” to foreign tourists. Thread comments split between those who blame the price gap on the purchasing-power difference caused by the weak yen, and those who blame it on Japanese men simply being unpopular with women. The thread also touched on going rates in the sex industry and the legal loopholes that make it hard to crack down on foreign customers.
On a certain weekend, the “tachinbo” (streetwalkers) were standing around as usual in Kabukicho’s hotel district. Known abroad by the term “TACHINBO” as well, among them was one strikingly beautiful woman, wearing an off-the-shoulder dress and chunky platform sneakers.
One Japanese man after another tried to negotiate with her, but the “deal” kept falling through. Maybe, just maybe, she wasn’t cheap after all.
As one dejected Japanese man after another retreated, a man who appeared to be Southeast Asian boldly made his move. Using less-than-fluent English along with his smartphone, he declared, “I’ll pay 30,000 yen. Via PayPay,” and the deal was finally struck. When a reporter approached the man as he headed triumphantly toward the hotel, he could barely contain his excitement: “I’m taking her with me right now!”
Source: news.livedoor.com / Original article here
So true lol
Making sweeping generalizations just makes you look dumb
Can anime otaku even afford streetwalkers?
Anime otaku are socially awkward the world over
The story goes that a lot of unpopular otaku come to Japan just to lose their virginity
They're not interested in anything outside 2D to begin with
Unlike real 3D women, (in their minds) 2D girls never complain, never talk back, and always smile just for them
Hey, old man
Not even having a friend who's an otaku with a girlfriend or wife these days — how socially awkward and out of touch can you be?
Countries with weak currencies see prostitution, drugs, and robbery run rampant
That's obvious if you look at history
Going exactly as planned
Even if you push to punish the buyer under the Anti-Prostitution Law, the buyer turns out to be a foreign tourist.
Depending on who it is, it could turn into a diplomatic incident, and you can't single out just that one person for special treatment.
This is going to be tough to rein in.
However you look at it, you've got to arrest the seller, not the buyer
Foreigners end up not being prosecuted anyway, so in the end you've got no choice but to go after the seller
At high-end brothels staffed by AV actresses, double that is the minimum price lol
Delivery-health (outcall escort) services go for about one "Shibusawa" (i.e. a single ¥10,000 note) per 60 minutes
They say brothels have fewer customers than before and aren't as profitable anymore
Won't more of them start accepting foreign customers going forward?
Being weak for white guys — same as it was 100 years ago
Well, that's just what happens when you write the facts
TV is nothing but "Japan is the greatest" programs, so maybe it balances out?
Apparently anime, kimono, balls of yarn, and Japanese food are all No. 1 in the world in terms of quality
It's not a stretch
Back in the '80s and '90s when Japan had money, Japanese men used to go on organized tours to other Asian countries for sex tourism.
Now Japan gets treated like a developing country by foreigners
Most mixed-race athletes who succeed in sports have a Japanese mother
【 U . S . I N T E R N A T I O N A L M A R R I A G E D A T A 】 Marriages between white women and Asian men
・Japanese men (18.8%)
・Korean men (5.3%)
Most popular foreign languages in the U.S. (by number of exam test-takers)
#1 Spanish = 7.2 million
#2 French = 1.44 million
#3 German = 470,000
#4 Japanese / Italian = 130,000
#5 Chinese = 120,000
This has nothing to do with the thread's topic, but FYI, there are more international marriages involving Japanese men than Japanese women, you know?
Though I guess idiots wouldn't get that
・Good-looking
・Tall
・Just being seen with him is a flex
Well, of course women are picky
The yen, maybe?
And anime?
Food quality and the quality of its people
Though that doesn't really translate to corporate strength
Context and Talking Points Behind This Story
The backdrop is the historic, ongoing weak-yen phase that has continued since 2022. For visitors to Japan, prices in Japan look relatively lower, and reports suggest the same kind of price gap shows up not just in lodging and dining but in sex-industry transactions like the one described in the article. In the thread, opinions were split roughly evenly between explaining the phenomenon as a “purchasing-power gap caused by the weak yen” and attributing it to a domestic factor — “Japanese men simply aren’t popular with women” — without converging on a single answer. One point readers can easily misunderstand is that the exchange of payment for streetwalking itself is not immediately punishable under the current Anti-Prostitution Law; rather, it’s specific acts like soliciting and procuring that are subject to regulation. Because of this, some in the thread pointed out that foreign tourists can more easily avoid prosecution — but this reflects a challenge in how the legal system is applied in practice, not grounds for condemning any particular nationality or individual.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (News Speed+) thread “‘To Foreigners, Japanese Women Look Like a “Bargain Product”‘ — Even Japanese Men Negotiating with Streetwalkers Get Turned Down… Why Has Japan Become a “Has-Been”?“
