As for Vanessa Del Rio by the Hippodrome... The Poor Tour ...Reminds me of a story…

I was living in Japan. Friend visited from overseas and stayed for a couple of weeks. One night was the boys’ night out and we were down close to the entertainment district. After a few beers he asks about a strip club. I never went in Japan or sought out prostitution, too close to home and cheaper and better fun to be had short trips away in Asia.

Anyway, we start heading towards the pink zone and soon approach a line of dudes, maybe 30 or so down the street and more waiting on the stairs leading to a second story. A real mix of punters in that line from older construction types to the two young guys in suits and fashionable hair cuts at the end. We figure something good must be going on and stand behind the suited guys and they think it is the funniest thing in the world that we are there.

My Japanese was / is limited but I ask them what was going on with the line and they mentioned for 5,000 yen (coincidentally, about $50 back then) that 3 different women would blow you for a few minutes each. I forgot how much. Just like your friend we definitely thought that it would be 5,000 yen well spent.

This is Japan, as soon as we made that decision to stay in line a guy comes out and says that no gaijin (foreigners) are allowed. No big deal, we ended up drinking more beers and met two young ladies coming out of a club after a few drinks. We started chatting with them, and played a few games of pool (with my buddy nobly teaching one how to shoot by leaning over her). Lots of making out but one had to work early the next morning. So we got kicked out of the line in which we had to pay, but could meet girls for free so another reason I never went to any club....