IMAGE CLUBS

Ime-kura (from imeji=image and kurabu=club) are a recent development and can be considered as upscale fashion-health parlors. The difference is that each room is decorated according to one of a number of themes: office, doctor's surgery, etc. By far the most popular are the classroom and the train carriage. The "masseur" is dressed in the appropriate costume, the first most requested being the sailor suit worn by schoolgirls, with OL (office lady) uniforms coming a close second, and nurse and policewoman also being popular. This is sexual fantasy role-play taken to its logical conclusion. There is even a "Take-out" service where the girl, dressed as an OL or schoolgirl, will accompany the customer on a public train and allow him to grope her.