When Tommy came to visit we
accidently wandered into the Red Light District and
accidently took some pictures. I was surprised to see that the pictures of men escorts outnumbered those of women -- not that I'm complaining. Those were some good looking men. I even tried to emulate one of them in the following pictures:
Milling about the escort buildings was the Yakuza. It was the first time I saw them. Although some were unimpressed with what they saw, suited pimp style or loungy tracksuits, I had a chill down my spine as we walked only a few feet beside them. I thought it would be funny if we bounced up to them ganky happy and bellow in our most annoying foreigner voice, "Hey, tracksuit man, can you take our picture for us. Yah, it's easy, just press that one button there. Even a novice could use it." But I sort of value my life. I couldn't even muster a picture. Well, nevertheless, I was surprised to see Yakuza in the Red Light District. I would have thought I'd sooner see them near the Red Cross building or public library.
