Beniko’s photos taken in Japanese red-light districts focus on the buildings and rooms usually hidden from view. Read more at ...

It’s late morning and steam is rising from water tanks atop the colourful but opaque-windowed “soapland” sex parlours in a ...

Four street associations around Tokyo's popular Asakusa tourist district have joined together to promote what they claim is the longest shopping street in Japan. The four associations, whose streets ...

The same is true of host clubs catering to female customers. Other businesses, such as pink salons, soaplands and “delivery health,” offer more direct sexual services, even though prostitution is ...