


I asked a bunch of WL’s during a group session if they’d pay me. The joke didn’t register. Not even a laugh.
So what else are you to do with them?




I assumed it would not be carry on and would be checked in. The girl I was talking to had been in Australia for 2 years and had done it 4 times, not declaring leaving Australia and not declaring back in Japan in order to avoid questions and paying taxes
Don’t know if she put it into the bank in Japan or kept it stashed at her parents place but I’d assume that they have similar laws to us in money laundering so if she put it into the bank she could not put over a certain amount at once
The thing that freaked me out was that she room shared and I was like, but if you room share won’t that person possibly steal the money from you as she said she kept the money in her room but that was when she told me that all the girls in her house were in the Mirage / Platinum / Mystic group which kind of made sense. She said they pared up based on rosters so that when one girl was working the other had the room




I agree that it is much more cash based than Australia but they have PayPay and I noted a massive difference between staying October 2025 and March 2026 in that in those 4-5 months every store I went to in Tokyo, apart from one, had converted to accepting touchless card payments.
Granted, I was staying in Minato-ku so that’s like comparing the Sydney CBD and Eastern suburbs to the whole of Australia but it was such a notable difference.
I went to one Men’s Esthe and payment was all card, no cash which surprised me


Yeah, as much as people view Japan as being super technologically advanced, there are many parts that are still stuck in the 90/00s.
They still use fax machines and hard copies for important documents.
Even from their subsidiaries in other countries. There are Japanese companies that have offices here in Australia, and the Australian offices still have to send shit like photos and forms for physical company/security IDs via mail to the Japanese offices to create them.
For most technologies, they've had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the modern age.
Even with cash - with the huge uptick in tourists in the last decade, as well as younger generations doing everything online, Japan couldn't afford not to start implementing alternative pay methods. But it's still majorly cash based.




Reminds me of a stand-up clip I saw couple of days ago: "I swear I have never paid money to see prositututes...and I can tell you, they get really, really angry"
Have you ever tried to get the tourist tax refund there? I couldn't believe how archaic their system was. They literally had to print the invoice out in triplicate and fill out forms that looked like an exam paper. They had to do that for any purchase regardless now small or large the transaction was. I felt like they made it that way deliberately to discourage people from claiming it.
'Triplicate' fuck, you just triggered a forgotten memory. My pile of receipts which the lady stapled all together.
'I felt like they made it that way deliberately to discourage people from claiming it.' Yeah, that and the person who helps you will definitely not be able to speak any English or other foreign language. I did give up in the end because my friend and I had calculated how much we'd get back, and mine was only around $60 worth, so I just got frustrated and binned the receipts.



I’ve dated multiple out of their work environment and I’ve even put my gf into that work environment 🧐
It’s about telling a joke that simply didn’t register. As a matter of fact I have another on the go and it’s just about whether I can be bothered doing round ten? She’s just come back from OS and I can’t decide if I can be bothered going through the same game that I played like all the others.
It’d be the third date with her. I have to choose direction and journey as her response is always “up to you”. Where do I want to be with this one? She’s a good sort, spends money on enhancements and is softly spoken. Out of work she dresses down which I’m ok with as she avoids attention. The two times we’ve dated she’s been the best looking sort in the room and guys and other girls do look at her, maybe it’s because she’s with a much older guy but there was a similar couple sitting next to us and their age gap wasn’t as evident.
It doesn’t concern me as I’ve dated women decades younger many times before. I think nothing of it and it’s a big reason why I stay fit.
All I have to do is txt her.






My thoughts.
It’s what I’m going through at the time. She’s back and I either let her wait or I txt and restart something.
For example, two days ago I was asked by a platinum blonde Vietnamese hottie half my age “I know you like Thai so which restaurant would you like to go to”? I’m obviously on her mind for her to make a move and occasionally she’s on mine.
Yes I want to bang her but again what does she expect afterwards?
So two opportunities but what is the future?









Can you tell us how much you spent vs how much you borrow from the WLs?
It's like the casino they lend money to gamblers knowing they will lose it back anyway.