Japan's Sex Trade. Peter Constantine

is administered by soap ladies who specialize in hour-long teasing and tantalizing washes that culminate in explosive orgasms. A similar attack is the suibaku zeme (hydrogen bomb attack), in which the client is repeatedly massaged just short of orgasm.

      FASHON MASSAJI—Fashion Massage

      Fashion massage was invented in the early Turkish baths as a cheaper alternative for clients who prefer to abstain from paying the steeper rates for sex. The original fashion massage was divided into two portions: the regular body-wash, with the topless girl spreading the suds over her client while he sat in the tub, followed by massage on the mat. Instead of finishing off the client with intercourse, the girl would briskly knead and tug at him with her hand.

      Fashion massage achieved notoriety by becoming the main service in the booming herusu (health) massage parlor industry, where since the seventies it has been served up as fashion massage, or more specifically asfashon herusu (fashion health).

      HIPPU ARM—Hip Wash

      Hijrpu, the English word "hip," is a fashionable Japanese sex-trade euphemism for both the backside and the crotch area (it was inspired by koshi, its equally obtuse Japanese version). In the hip wash, the naked soap lady lathers her buttocks and the area between her legs and uses them to "wash" her client. In some soaplands this same program is also known as hippu roringu (hip rolling).

      JINTAI YOKUJŌ—Human Bathtub

      The special feature in the human bathtub service is that the bathtub is missing. In its stead, the soapland provides a "human" tub made of two nude girls— one on each side of the naked client—who wriggle and slide, spreading fragrant foams over his body.

      KANZEN PURĒ—Perfect Play

      The ordinary soapland customer sits quietly in the tub while the energetic girl gives him a good soaping, and then calmly climbs out, goes to the mat, and, lying motionlessly face up, waits for his massage. The perfect play was introduced specifically for the more active client. The soap lady lies still and the customer does all of the washing, massaging, stimulating, and licking. The session is then rounded off with intercourse.

      KUGURIARAI—Tunneling Wash

      The tunneling wash is one of the most original, if difficult, washes available. The supine and naked soap lady slowly wriggles her way under the prone and naked customer, performing the wash while she is "tunneling" under him. She carefully massages, licks, and bites each of the body parts that she comes in contact with.

      An even more venturesome variant of kuguri ami is kuguri tsubo (tunneling pot). The soap lady uses the same tunneling technique, with the difference that when her tsubo (pot) reaches the customer's organ, he may slip it in.

      The same service is sometimes billed as moguri ami (mole wash) and some soaplands even offer moguri shaku (mole blow), along with its expensive variant moguri namajaku (mole no-condom blow). The tunneling soap lady crawls and slithers towards the customer's organ, head first. Reaching it, she induces orgasm by fellatio.

      KUROSU SUTAIRU—Cross Style

      The cross style is an innovative type of wash in which the nude soap lady carefully seats herself on the organ of her supine client. She then massages and stimulates his body, revolving around him until he climaxes.

      NAKISEN—Crying Specialty

      Naki (crying) is a reference to the gasping or moaning sounds a customer might make while climaxing. In the nakisen, also known as naki senmon (crying expertise), the soap lady paces herself according to her client's prowess. She will incur the first cry by fellatio, while he is still dressed, the second by climbing into the tub with him, and the third in missionary position on the mat.

      NAME ARAI—Lick Wash

      After the client has been thoroughly washed in the bathtub the soap lady leads him to the mat, where she gives him a second going over with her tongue. In some soaplands these body licks are also offered as name sābisu (licking service).