Prostitution Business Performance (cont’d)
The reason why they do not have Japanese clients is because they are afraid of trouble. The most important organ to cave owners is prostitutes themselves, and the owners try to squeeze money out by having this organ under surveillance. There is nothing to worry about for the owners if their prostitutes have white and Chinese clients, because they cannot communicate freely and there is no chance for them to touch sensitive aspects of human emotions. But if they have Japanese clients it is easier between the women and men to develop relationships immediately and there will be an increase of scandals of escapes and runs. They would not recover from the loss even with their easy money in their pockets, if they keep having their money trees pulled out so frequently. So naturally prostitutes are not supposed to have Japanese clients. In fact, caves usually do not let outsider Japanese see their women unless the owners know them very closely. For example, let us say there is a knock on the backdoor and a greeting saying “good afternoon” or “good evening.” Women in the kitchen, who hear this voice would quickly escape to their rooms and the owner would come out with a frown and a perfunctory greeting, and start asking the purpose of the visit.
Another reason why they do not have Japanese clients is because these prostitutes still have some sense of shame and they do not wish to disgrace themselves even to Japanese coming to this country. And even hired prostitutes often have lovers or husbands, and therefore, letting these women have Japanese clients may irritate their men. From these reasons their society does not welcome Japanese men.
Relationship with Men
Prostitutes usually have husbands or lovers. Some are married couples from Japan but usually they informally get involved in this country.
Men who already have caves, that is, husbands of house wives (madams), are not their lovers but true devils. These are fellows, who do not feel anything about carrying out evil schemes such as bringing over women from Japan by networking with red devils and green devils*. Next, prostitutes or women who are temporarily employed by cave owners often have men but these men can be their husbands from picture marriages or temporary lovers. There are some imprudent fellows, who abduct young women from Japan for the purpose of prostitution, put them into devil caves, have them earn money and play around themselves. In these situations, there are cases where the woman is twenty-year-old whereas the man is near fifty. These men usually cohabitate in caves but their everyday work is mainly cooking and sometimes shopping errands. They are extremely useless.
Now, let us leave ex-lovers and young devils on a back-burner, and tomorrow we will move on to real devils, or in other words evil men, senior fellows who have long experience in this field, importing women in cold blood. ‘Exploration’ will finally get to the heart of the topic.