In Japan and looking for some sexual relief?
Famous for their blowjob bars, Japan has some of the best pink salon suckers in Asia. Offering legal oral sex as well as other services, these drop-in suck shops, or pinsaros, are not always foreigner (or gaijin) friendly so we’ve picked the best pink salons for visitors to Japan’s adult industry.
In this guide, we take a look at some of the best Japanese blowjob bars, how they work, and what you can expect inside these infamous ‘pink salons’.
The Best Japanese Blowjob Bars
The alluring Japanese girls in the Land of the Rising Sun can make more than just the sun rise. With their exotic looks, enticing eyes and appealing soft mouths it is little wonder that blowjob bars are so popular.
Getting a Blowjob As A Foreigner in Japan
The laws in Japan around prostitution make getting full sex a bit of a minefield with the definitions remaining loosely interpreted as coital penetration. In order to avoid any ambiguity around the act, many sex workers and their places of work opt for the easy option – providing their customers with hand relief, anal or oral sex.
As a result, business at the blowjob bars of Japan is big – and perfectly legal.
However, the culture of the Japanese is such that even talking to foreigners in some establishments is not even entertained. Knowing which of these venues accept foreign visitors is therefore important, not only to ensure satisfaction but also to avoid being ripped off or exploited.
Known as pinsaros or ‘Pink Salons’, you can find blowjob bars in the red light areas of any major Japanese city (see our guides to Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama) but we’ve looked specifically at those in Tokyo for the best services you can get as a gaijin.
How Much Do Pink Salons Charge?
Each pinsaro varies but at the low end you can expect to pay around 3000 yen and up to 7000 yen in bigger or better venues. It very much depends on where you go and, if you are foreigner, whether you take a local guide with you or not.
What To Expect At A Blowjob Bar
Generally, you will be touted before you even reach the venue you are intending to visit or, in the case of foreigners, directed to a pinsaro that will accommodate you.
You pay in advance and are shown to a seated area (sometimes these are private but many are open to the general area) where you will be met by your host as soon as she is free.
You will usually be given a cursory hygiene rub down with a wet towel before you receive your blowjob and you may be asked to wear a condom.
The act can take up to 20 minutes depending on what you have paid for and you will usually be cleaned up and maybe served a drink before you leave.
Jan Jan, Tokyo
One of the budget blow job bars that accommodate foreigners, Jan Jan’s is a mixed bag when it comes to the type of lady you will receive.
As you might expect from a low-cost establishment that specialises in oral sex, the women here are not what you would call ‘lookers’. However, they earn their living doing what they do best.
Open daily from around midday until midnight, you can find Jan Jan by leaving the Sugamo station via the south exit and turning left down the second side street (marked by two ‘No Entry’ signs) off the main roundabout. Known as blowjob alley, Jan Jan is about six doors up on the right hand side of the street.
You can spot it by its large red sign which has ‘B1’ written underneath the Japanese writing.
Because there are few places that welcome the foreign tourist in areas like this, you will likely be pointed directly to Jan Jan’s anyway.
Once you go inside the building, you will be lead downstairs where you will need to pay the cashier. The price for a blowjob is 3000 yen before 6pm or 4000 yen after.
With payment out of the way you can relax in a curtain off booth to wait for your blowjob specialist to attend you. First impressions from most patrons describe the women as average looking and sometimes on the plump side but, whilst they may not be easy on the eye, they make up for this with expert oral skills.
The etiquette at Jan Jan’s is straightforward and your host will usually slip offer her clothes, give you a wipe down and then get busy. Once the task is complete, she will leave momentarily to clean herself before bringing you a drink.
Happy Hinomaru, Tokyo
3F Ashibe-Kaikan, 2-36-3 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0021
Another foreigner-friendly blowjob bar is Happy Hinomaru which is situated in the famous red light area of the city, Kabukicho.
One of the best known pinsaros in the city for admitting foreigners, Hinomaru’s is a mid-range priced venue that offers you a choice from a ‘menu-board’. The photographs can be quite outdated and even misleading but the standard of girls is higher than some other establishments that charges less.
A standard blowjob will cost you 4320 yen which gives you 20 minutes with your host. It’s the cheapest option available but should suffice given their particular skills in this area.
The action happens upstairs in an open environment where customers can easily see what is happening in each booth. The etiquette is not to stare so try and focus on what’s going on in your trouser department and not someone else’s.
Once your selection of host becomes available she will attend to you. The usual practice is to clean you with a wet towel before she strips naked and then performs the service.
The house is usually strict on time so if you haven’t cum in twenty minutes you will need to pay extra or leave unfulfilled. You will be cleaned up before you leave.
The girls are used to performing oral sex on foreigners and the staff here are more friendly and accommodating than you will find in many pinsaros.
Open daily from 5am to 9am Hinomaru’s is easy to find with its big white sign in English and located just a few minutes walk from the Shinjuku Toho Building.
The signage of the Happy Hinomaru pinsaro – image via Google Earth
Dio & Emotion Tokyo
Located in the Gotanda area, Dio and Emotion are two separate pinsaros where you are serviced in one or the other depending on who you are and what you are paying for. Dio’s is the more common venue for a blowjob, particularly for foreigners.
If you don’t speak Japanese then you will have to pay for their standard gaijin service (or “course”) which is 7000 yen for a 40 minute session with two different women.
You don’t generally get a choice of which women that will be and, if the place is busy or you are just unlucky, they could be quite plain or even unattractive and possibly fat as well.
Our advice would be not to judge a book by its cover as all these ladies have hidden talents and make it their business to know how to please a man with their mouths.
As with many pinsaros, the action is only screened off with a curtain so it is less than private but regular customers (including locals) are well practiced in the art of zoning in to their own action.
Open daily from midday to midnight you can find Dio’s quite easily from its blue signage with English translation and is just a short walk from Gotanda station.
Academy, Tokyo
Located quite close to Jan Jan’s, Academy is a small suck shop where you can get a decent oral service and which accepts non-Japanese clients.
You will pay around 3000 yen for a blowjob but the women are much older than at other venues in the city. When we say old, we mean old and whilst this may appeal to some people don’t say we didn’t warn you.
The only other quirky thing about Academy is that foreigners must wear a condom.
The service usually lasts up to twenty minutes and never seems to be very busy.
Open daily from midday to midnight you can find Academy on the way to Jan Jan’s though it will usually be a tout who finds you.
Academy is open every day from noon until midnight.
great write up, wish the whole world was as open to blowjob bars as this country is
Any bars willing to open the backdoor to foreigners for around the same prices? Also, are there any bars that offer cosplay tag team lip service?