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Encyclopedia > Delivery health
Prostitution in Japan
Delivery health
Enjo kōsai
Fashion health
Image club
Pink salon
Soapland
Telekura

Delivery health (デリバリーヘルス Deribarii herusu?) is a form of prostitution in Japan similar to fashion health, the difference being that the brothel has no premises and is essentially a call girl or escort service. Prostitution in Japan has a long and varied history. ... Enjo kōsai ), or dating for assistance, is a practice in Japan where high school-aged girls are paid by older men to accompany them on dates and sometimes to render sexual services. ... Fashion-Health Massage, ファッションヘルス, or Health for short, is a form of Japanese brothel that manages to avoid the anti-prostitution law by offering a range of services that stop short of full intercourse. ... An image club, イメージクラブ, or ime-kura, are a type of brothel in Japan similar to fashion health parlors. ... A pink salon, ピンクサロン, or pinsaro for short, is a type of brothel in Japan which specialises in oral sex. ... Sōpurando (ソープランド) is a Japanese word for a type of brothel where men can be bathed by and can bathe with female prostitutes. ... Telekura, or phone dating service, is a telephone service offered by internet based companies. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services for money or other kind of return. ... Fashion-Health Massage, ファッションヘルス, or Health for short, is a form of Japanese brothel that manages to avoid the anti-prostitution law by offering a range of services that stop short of full intercourse. ... A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution. ... A call girl is a prostitute who is not visible to the general public, like a street walker, and who does not usually belong to an institution like a brothel. ... Escort may refer to: A sex worker engaged in acts of prostitution. ...


Outcall call girl businesses distribute advertising handouts to home and apartment mailboxes, telephone booths, restrooms and the like in big cities in Japan. Dimensions of these glossy paper ads vary from 7 cm W x 10 cm H (3 in by 4 in), to 8 cm W x 12 cm H (3¼ in by 4¾ in).

"Delivery Health" ad from Tokyo, 2005. Original on the left, added English translation on the right.
"Delivery Health" ad from Tokyo, 2005. Original on the left, added English translation on the right.


 

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