Life of a professional mistress not always a fistful of
yen
Japan's mistress business is reaching its headiest days since the
'80s bubble era, courtesy of a crackdown on sex services and an
improving economy, according to Spa!.
Miho Nagakura knows exactly what it's like to be a kept woman,
having lived for almost five years in a posh central Tokyo
apartment, given a 200,000 yen monthly stipend and lavished with
luxuries by a lad who loved her from the moment he first laid eyes
on her.
"We had normal sex once a week - he never wanted anything weird and
I was quite happy to do his cooking and otherwise look after him.
He told me to make something of myself, so I started taking English
conversation, flower arrangement and other classes a few times a
week. It seemed he got a lot of enjoyment out of watching me grow
into a lady," the 29-year-old medical equipment worker tells
Spa!
All good things come to an end, though, as Nagakura discovered. "It
looks like he found himself a younger mistress. He stopped visiting
me as often and then the relationship just fizzled out," she says.
"He didn't even give me a payoff."
Kana Hikawa knows what it's like to be a professional mistress in
Noughties Japan, too, but unlike Nagakura, she's strictly business
with little feeling involved.
Hikawa enrolled in an online matchmaking service where women upload
their profile and photos for free and the men pay an annual fee
running into several hundred thousand yen. For that sum, men can
choose the registered women they fancy and are permitted to take
them on a date on the premise that if they enjoy each other's
company, they will enter a contract for the woman to become a
mistress.
"On the day after I registered, I was introduced to two guys and I
picked the one most likely to have multiple mistresses. That way,
he'd probably have more money around I could also get away with
meeting him less but still getting paid," the shrewd 26-year-old
credit card company worker tells Spa! "Before you agree to sign a
contract, there's a tryout romp. I used every technique I'd ever
learned with every other guy I'd slept with, put all my effort into
the session and really tried to sell myself. I refused to be
passive, jumping on top and spending at least 10 minutes performing
fellatio."
Hikawa's efforts paid off and she ended up signing a contract where
she received 100,000 yen in cash every time she agreed to meet the
45-year-old tax accountant whose fancy she had tickled.
Not every professional mistress has a happy tale to tell, though.
Satoe Kawai was less than happy with her stint as a kept
woman.
"He bought me presents like saucy lingerie and even an anal probe.
I was more like his sex slave than a lover. One time during sex, he
suddenly thrust his fist in without a word of warning," the
27-year-old woman tells Spa! "I was tempted to call the cops on
him."
Kawai found her way into being a mistress by posting a message on
an ordinary lonely hearts site, but stressing that she was seeking
a 35,000 yen payment any time she met somebody. Within half an
hour, she'd been swamped with messages from guys eager to take her
up on the offer, but countering with sums considerably less than
what she was seeking. Eventually she settled on a man who said he
couldn't afford 35,000 yen a meeting, but would pay her 100,000 yen
a month if she agreed to meet him every Saturday. Kawai says she
needed the money and agreed to his condition. But things soured for
when Kawai when their sexual relationship began to take a twist
toward the twisted.
"What got me through all the unpleasantness of the abnormal games
was the delight I felt at not being broke all the time," the
professional mistress tells Spa! "Now, I've got myself a regular
job. It's a bit boring at times and, I know this is a given, but
earning a legitimate living is the best way of all."