Everyday Life
I do not wish to write too much about the everyday lives of prostitutes. You will not be wrong if you assume that what they pursue by putting red powder on themselves is purely money.
She would wake up at around noon, rubbing their sleepy eyes, drift into the kitchen where her lover or actual husband works hard to prepare her meal, she bosses him around and makes him serve her, and starts her shamisen practice, just like the rain drops. Some would read magazines or newly published novels; some would spend money on junk food; and others would go out for shopping to town by hiding their shameless faces under their thick make-up. Some have the courage skin to visit Chinese gambling places as women, without changing their wrappers, and talk horrifying things like “I earned 50 ryo* today” or “I worked for 30 ryo.” There are also some rare women who study Japanese calligraphy.
They have a meal at 5 or 6 in the evening and another meal again at midnight.
In fact, their everyday lives cannot be generalized as they differ between towns, and between houses. Nelson currently has four devil caves but no straight Japanese businesses, and thus they have no relationships with straight fellows. On the other hand, Cranbrook is rather open and has straight business people and devil fellows visiting each other all the time. Of course, there are some purely serious people too but apparently most are frequent visitors to the caves. As such, there used to be ill-natured vagabonds, who pick a quarrel with devils and demanding alcohol and a grand meal. However, it is questionable indeed whether it is good or bad for them to ask for alcohol like that. The other party is people of the shade and they cannot say big things after all. But preying on their weakness is equally bad. Compared to this, those in Nelson have their lives in order. There is no straight Japanese in the first place and the wives of the bosses do not prostitute themselves, but instead they only serve alcohol on clients’ demands, and during the daytime, they supervise the domestic economy. Prostitutes take turns and do mopping and laundry, and use the remaining time for their own studies. They were able to come to this state after the four caves had a discussion and formed something like a union and worked hard, but previously they had many women who visited gambling places. Well, it does not mean that I am eulogizing current situation of Nelson caves. I am simply introducing general facts.
I can almost guarantee that they are exclusively having Japanese food. They order groceries from Vancouver.
Besides what mentioned above, there are many caves in places such as Revelstoke, Calgary, Lethbridge, and Hosmer, but there is not much difference in their everyday lives. Some difference exists depending on the number of prostitutes, but I will leave it to the reader’s imagination, and lay down my pen here to finish this section.