The job of a typical club hostess is to jovially engage in simple chat, pour cocktails and attend to any unlit cigarettes for her male patron. Yet it will not be long before his topics of conversation drift from simple pleasantries to more intimate inquiries — an uncomfortable yet obligatory duty for many ladies.
Club @Virgin, which opened near Roppongi Crossing in Minato Ward last December, has a solution that puts both parties at ease: Its roster is comprised entirely of AV actresses.
"The main thing we talk about here is sex," explains representative director Kazuhito Shibuya of his establishment, which is staffed by roughly 25 girls on any given night and brightly adorned in white sofas, tables and wall coverings.