Why the proliferation of these professional "orgy parties" in Tokyo? The main
reason is the crackdown against local naughty nightlife, which city hall has
been waging during the last few years, according to Spa! As the authorities
drive prostitution deeper and deeper underground, sex-establishment operators
have discovered that the sex parties are a relatively safe and highly
profitable field of business.
Advertising is done furtively, on the Internet or through word of mouth. The
venues are usually hotel rooms.
"Mr. D," an organizer of such soirees, says there are four basic categories of
commercial orgies: the high-class member system, common member system,
high-class 'guerrilla' (one-off) system and common guerrilla system.
"The difference between the high-class and common categories are the fees and
thus the quality of the girls," says Mr. D.
As for the fees, male participants in the classy members-only orgies pay
anywhere from 100,000 yen to 500,000 yen per session. Yearly memberships can
run as high as 5 million yen. For these prices, participants can expect to
cavort with aspiring fashion models and actresses. On the other end of the fee
scale are the common one-off parties, costing from 10,000 yen to 50,000 yen per
session. The women usually hail from massage parlors and other sex
establishments.
The most expensive -- and secretive -- of all are the high-class guerrilla
events, according to Mr. D.
"These are completely underground. Like, once a Diet member came to me to say
he wanted to entertain some people from his local constituency," he says.
Why do some customers opt for the priciest options? "The more expensive the
session, the greater the secrecy," Mr. D answers. "Customers who can afford to
fork out huge fees are usually people with social status, and these people tend
to be discreet."
But regardless of the fees, all the events have one thing in common: they earn
their organizers huge profits.
Spa! draws up a balance sheet for a typical, midrange orgy that took place
recently. It cost the organizer 630,000 yen to stage, including paying 90,000
yen for each of five women who worked at three different sessions throughout
the day.
Revenue, meanwhile, came to 900,000 yen: a total of 15 customers taking part in
the three sessions, each paying 60,000 yen.
So the guy who planned all the fun pocketed 270,000 yen. Not bad for a day's
work.
With money like that to be made, we can expect the orgy parties to become a
more common part of the sex scene -- at least until the Tokyo government's next
round of crackdowns.
The Japan Times
