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Practical information — how to read prices, tax, the law, and where to turn when something goes wrong — compiled from shops' official sites and public bodies' own publications.
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Urisen prices aren't decided by the listed price: how to work out what you'll actually pay
Choose a shop on the 60-minute price alone and the bill on the day won't match. When we recalculated with extension, travel and room fees added, the order by listed price changed.
For customers／2026-07-31
Avoiding price trouble: 7 things to check before your first urisen visit
The most common trouble in this industry is being charged something different from what you were told. Here is what to check before booking, on the day and at payment, and the public services to turn to if a dispute happens anyway.
For customers／2026-07-31
Urisen income and tax: income categories, expenses and resident tax in one place
When you are paid in cash each day, the full amount reaches you with no tax deducted. Is it 事業所得 (business income) or 雑所得 (miscellaneous income)? What counts as an expense? Is there a way to keep resident tax from alerting your main employer? We sort it out using primary information from the National Tax Agency and local governments.
For job seekers／2026-07-31
How to file a tax return (確定申告) for urisen work: documents, records and the steps to submission
From checking whether you need to file, to keeping daily records, preparing the return and setting aside money for the tax, we lay out the steps in the order you actually do them. The deadline is 15 March every year.
For job seekers／2026-07-31
How to work without being identified: closing off three routes — resident tax, photos and social media
The ways people get identified are fairly fixed: the resident tax notice, photos that stay up after you leave, and what shows up in social media posts. Each has a concrete countermeasure, and for photos you can demand deletion under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information. We also cover a method that no longer works since fiscal year 2026 (Reiwa 8).
For job seekers／2026-07-31
What is urisen (売り専)? How it differs from gay bars, boys' bars and gay massage
The terms are confusing because the shops themselves use several names side by side. Among the shops we list, one calls itself 「売り専」 (urisen), 「ゲイマッサージ」 (gay massage) and 「出張ホスト」 (outcall host) all at once. Instead of by name, we sort them by where you meet and what you pay for.
For both／2026-07-31
Your first time at an urisen: from booking to paying, and where people get stuck
Every shop takes bookings differently, and some don't take them by phone at all. What do you tell them when booking, how does meeting up work, and when do you pay? Based on what shops that publish their process have written, we go through the actual steps in order.
For customers／2026-07-31
Looking for urisen in Shinjuku Ni-chome: which station to use, and why it's open from midday
“Go to Ni-chome and you'll find shops” doesn't apply to private-room / outcall services. Tallying where the shops we list are located, only a few are in Ni-chome itself; most are spread around San-chome, Gyoemmae and Higashi-shinjuku. Opening hours turned out to be the opposite depending on the type of shop.
For customers／2026-07-31
Can straight men work at an urisen shop? What the job listings actually say
Worrying that you have to be gay to do this work keeps people from even applying. When we checked the actual recruiting pages, several shops stated outright that sexual orientation does not matter. We list what they say, as written.
For job seekers／2026-07-31
Urisen interviews: what you will be asked, and what you can already know before applying
Even among shops with a recruiting page, what they actually state varies. Most state their requirements and benefits, but only a minority state their pay as a figure. We line up what each shop discloses before you go to an interview, and also cover what you will be asked and what you should check yourself.
For job seekers／2026-08-01
Urisen in Ueno / Okachimachi: prices, nearest stations and hours of the shops we list
We set out the prices, nearest stations and booking hours of the shops we list in Ueno / Okachimachi. The price of a 60-minute course isn't decided by the area; even within Ueno, it varies from shop to shop.
For customers／2026-08-01
Urisen: is a private room or outcall cheaper? The answer flips from shop to shop
Outcall is not necessarily more expensive just because of the travel fee. Comparing shops that publish both a room fee and a travel fee, which one is cheaper went opposite ways from shop to shop. Among urisen shops that set different course prices, every one we could confirm makes outcall cheaper; the reversal only comes once the add-on costs are included.
For customers／2026-08-01
Narrowing down urisen jobs by conditions: housing, daily pay, one day a week, age limits
What decides the shop is not “high income” but whether there is housing, whether you can work one day a week, and whether you can keep another job. We sorted the official statements of shops with a recruiting page by condition, and listed which shop publishes what.
For job seekers／2026-08-01
How much can you earn at an urisen shop? The rates of shops that publish their pay, side by side
“¥8,000 an hour” does not mean ¥64,000 for eight hours. We line up the rates of the shops that publish their pay as figures, and work out what share of the customer’s payment you receive. We also look at what claims like “¥1 million a month” actually refer to.
For job seekers／2026-08-01
If you work in urisen: how pay works, and 12 things to check when choosing a shop
How to read pay descriptions, and what to check before you sign. With sources from the Freelance Act, the Labour Standards Act and the Entertainment Business Act.
For job seekers
For customers
Urisen and the law: how the 風営法 (Entertainment Business Act) and 売春防止法 (Anti-Prostitution Act) are structured
In preparation- ・Legal status of each type of business
- ・Age limits and rules on late-night business
- ・The extent of the risk workers carry
For people working in the industry
Urisen and the law: how the 風営法 (Entertainment Business Act) and 売春防止法 (Anti-Prostitution Act) are structured
In preparation- ・Legal status of each type of business
- ・Age limits and rules on late-night business
- ・The extent of the risk workers carry
Searching by conditions: choosing jobs with housing, daily pay or once-a-week shifts
In preparation- ・The pitfalls of each condition
- ・Four things to check in a housing (寮) agreement
- ・How daily pay relates to paying tax
How we write our articles
We do not claim that our content cannot be found anywhere else. We cannot search the whole web, so it is not a claim we can verify. Instead, here are the conditions our articles meet.
- Facts come from each shop’s official site or from primary sources such as the National Tax Agency and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, with source links in the text
- Aggregate figures such as shop counts and price levels are, as a rule, calculated automatically from our listing data. When the shop data is updated, those figures update too
- We do not write in order to steer you toward applying to or visiting any particular shop. We compare across multiple shops
- We do not publish personal accounts or reviews, because we cannot verify that they are real
“In preparation” marks articles we plan to write.