Enjo Kosai
” Enjo Kosai “ Some of you may have come across that term while surfing the net, which is how I found it. For those of you that never heard the term before, you should become familiar with it after reading this post. Since it is pretty relevant to the schoolgirl fetish theme of this blog, I felt it would be worth posting an entry on this practice they call Enjo Kosai in Japan. I’m not an expert on this by any means, so I prefer to quote some text from a couple of articles I found.
Here is a quote from one article…
“Enjo kōsai, or “dating for assistance” (usually called an escort service in English), is a practice in Japan where high school-aged girls are paid by older men to accompany them on dates and sometimes to render sexual services.
Most observers, especially overseas, regard it as a form of child prostitution, although it need not involve sexual activities; it often does not even involve kissing or holding hands.
The social network surrounding enjo kōsai is complex. Originally, most initial contacts were made through “telekura” (an abbreviation for “telephone clubs”), where male clients paid a fee to sit in a booth and receive calls from participating women, who could then set up a date if they wished. These days, telephone clubs simply supply paying customers with a list of mobile phone numbers to call.
Enjo kōsai is linked with the consumerist kogal subculture. It appeared after the end of the 1980s economic boom, and many observers believe that it serves as a way for young girls to preserve the lifestyle of that era, despite their families’ more difficult financial situations.
Others, especially within the Japanese academic establishment, see enjo kōsai as a coming-of-age ritual that has naturally developed in Japan’s contemporary capitalist society.”
If you’re interested and want more info you can read the rest of the article by clicking here .
Here is another excerpt from an article published in TIME ASIA. This is particularly interesting as it is told and based on the real life Enjo Kosai experiences by a young schoolgirl from Japan.
She’s Only a Little Schoolgirl
Why did she sleep with him? Money? Fun? Boredom? Gucci? Because, like, whatever
As told to KATE DRAKE Kyoto
I started doing Enjo Kosai my second year of high school. On most of my dates, I had sex. That’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever done—meeting someone for the first time and screwing him the same day.I was going to school like usual but I was bored and had no money.
My boyfriend, the guy I lost my virginity to, had just broken up with me. I wouldn’t do enjo kosai if I had a boyfriend. Losing him was really rough. So I just left a message about myself on a cyber message board and chose a sex partner from the guys who wrote back. It wasn’t hard.
Guys who want sex and dinner, guys who just want sex, guys who just want dinner—they’re all out there. They leave messages like, “Any girl who will have sex for 50,000 yen [$420] send a message here,” and stuff like that. I just had to say that I was a high school girl, you know?So guys wrote back their age or just, like, “Let’s have dinner.” I chose guys based on their age and occupation.
This guy I met at Kyoto Station, he and I wrote back and forth for a week before we met. He was practically an e-mail friend. I told him when I was free and he told me when he was free, and we just decided from there.
He chose the price.It was autumn so it was kinda chilly. I don’t remember which day it was, but it was definitely a weekday because I went to school first. I got out at 3:30 p.m. then went home. I wear a school uniform and loose socks to school, so I had to change.
Then I went to the station. I didn’t do anything special to prepare for the date, I just went. We must have met around 6 p.m., in front of the ticket stalls. I used my cell phone to figure out who he was. He was wearing a gray suit. When I first saw him I thought, “Yep. He looks his age. He’s a total salaryman.”
You can read the rest of the article by going to the following link:
Time Asia
