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Soapy gal's golden chair makes for a slippery ride
By Masuo Kamiyama
September 23, 2004
Anyone who rides commuter trains in Japan is likely to be familiar with the
term "Silver Seat," which is, of course the term given to priority seats set
aside for the elderly, the handicapped, expectant mothers and the like.
But Japan also has another type of seating referred to as a "gold chair," whose
purpose is purely for pleasure. These are special stools used by masseuses in
"soaplands," upon which the male customers relax by planting their bare cheeks
on cushions on both sides, with the center part completely open. This allows
their, um, appurtenances to dangle exposed, giving the masseuse full access for
a wash, a rub, a tug and any other lascivious delights that might be worked
into the routine. In addition, the chair allows a nude masseuse to cover
herself with soapsuds, slide herself over her customer's supine body, and bring
him to orgasm in a variety of ways.
Shukan Jitsuwa reports that the gold chair originally got its name from the
color of its plastic upholstery. Originally they had been pink.
One shop where this particular piece of furniture can be found is Suzume no
Yado (the Sparrow's Inn), a soapland in Kanazuen, a huge red light area in Gifu
City.
"Our shop is high class, so lots of customers ask for 'pink chair' service,
says Yuki Igarashi, a veteran masseuse. "At one time they were difficult to
use, especially for girls who were first starting out in the trade. Being
covered with slimy lotion, as they were, a hard push could cause them to
overshoot the customer, and go flying off. Sometimes they'd hit the floor and
hurt themselves. Hence, the chair was modified to its present shape for safety
reasons."
And since the sex industry naturally benefits from improved human engineering,
the chair's design is highly ergonomic, allowing the man's back a slight lift
from the horizontal of between 10 to 15 degrees. Igarashi claims that thanks to
this added element of safety, her shop has succeeded in attracting a higher
caliber of masseuse, who performs her duties reassured in knowing that slipping
and sliding atop the chair's 40-centimeter elevation is low enough to avoid
bruises, abrasions or fractured limbs due to an accidental slip-up.
Igarashi, whose age is given as a "permanent 28," is a veteran trooper who has
seen, and done, it all ---including servicing a 92-year-old man and keeping
pace with a client who manage to ejaculate 10 times within a two-hour session.
Indeed, so popular is this semi-legendary queen of suds that she is usually
booked solid for a month in advance. She is also called upon to train newly
hired employees at the shop in all the techniques of the trade. Including, of
course, providing sensual services beneath the famous gold chair.
Actually, remarks Shukan Jitsuwa, the Suzume no Yado has become something like
a postgraduate school for soapland operators, with male staff and shop managers
from Kobe's Fukuhara and Shiga Prefecture's Ogoto Onsen also coming to receive
a session at Yuki's attentive, er, hands. Her standard course consists of a
quickie (straight from the entrance way to the bed (round 1); the gold chair
routine (round 2); a bubbly wash job aboard an air mattress (round 3); and then
a final climax atop the massage table (round 4).
"Even girls who think they can imitate me find that they can't pull it off,"
winks Yuki. "I've got the advantage of years of accumulated experience, plus
the right 'feel' for doing this kind of work."
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