Telekura (テレクラ, Terekura^?), an abbreviation for "telephone clubs" (テレフォンクラブ, terefonkurabu^?), are telephone-based dating services originating in Japan. Prostitution in Japan has a long and varied history. ... Delivery health ) 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. ... 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. ... Abbreviated and contracted words are a common feature of Japanese. ...

In the original incarnation of the telephone club, popular in the mid-1990s, a male client would pay a fee to enter a booth with a phone. The phone would then ring with calls from women willing to go on a date — the implicit understanding being that this would lead to paid sex. These clubs have been outlawed as fronts for prostitution in some jurisdictions in Japan. See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services for money or other kind of return. ...

In modern telephone clubs, members pay a fee, after which they are supplied with the mobile phone numbers of women who sign up voluntarily to the sites. The caller then may arrange a meeting with a girl. Participants in the practice of enjo kōsai are thought to make use of this service. 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. ...