Men other than my papas call me a “Minato woman.” Doesn’t that give the impression that I live by exploiting men for money, so it isn’t really a positive image? I’m a college student.
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I love high-end brands, and although I have black hair and don’t look flashy, people say I look like I do papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), or that I work as a hostess or in a lounge. Because of that, they’ll say things like, “You must love afternoon tea,” or “You seem like you’d be in Minato.”
I’ve actually worked various jobs, including several nightlife jobs other than sex work, but I currently work at a major retail store for a little over ¥1,000 an hour. I do papa-katsu because it’s hard to make ends meet without it, but it wears me out, so I only make around ¥300,000–¥400,000 a month. I’ve also left the club. Rather than earning money by acting charming toward men or sitting around using my phone while waiting for a client, I’m ultimately better suited to—and genuinely enjoy—jobs where I’m constantly moving around, such as working at an izakaya or a retail store.
So when people say I look like I do papa-katsu, and I tell them I work at [某所], they’ll say, “A girl who works at [某所] wouldn’t do papa-katsu, would she?” At the same time, they’re puzzled and ask, “Then how does a girl who works at [某所] own so many high-end brands?”
If a girl who looks like she obviously works in nightlife has a part-time job at an ordinary retail store, does that make her seem less glamorous?
Also, what kind of image do people have in mind when they say I look like a Minato woman? Do they mean I look stupid?
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Working in the nightlife industry doesn’t necessarily mean someone is glamorous.
Glamour comes from a person’s whole presence—it has nothing to do with their occupation. You can find glamorous people even working at an izakaya, after all（笑）
I can tell right away. It comes across in the way they speak, carry themselves, move, and so on.
> What kind of image do you have in mind when you say I look like a Minato Ward girl? Do you mean I look stupid?
I’m thinking of soldiers fighting on the front lines of the war between Ukraine and Russia.
It’s a matter of life or death! Kill or be killed! During wartime, killing is allowed, you know.
The world has a way of conveniently working in people’s favor, too（笑）
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Do people assume you’re a papa-katsu girl just because you look like someone from Minato—not necessarily an actual Minato resident?
When I first started carrying designer items as a teenager, I felt like:
“If I carry this, people might think it’s fake… ugh. But everyone else has one, so it’d be embarrassing not to.”
When I went to other areas, people would actually say things like, “Why do you have a designer bag and wallet? You must work in nightlife.”
I figured I was still too young for them and didn’t really suit them yet. Maybe I looked like someone had bought them for me? (lol) Especially since I wasn’t normally the type to carry things like that.
I consistently stuck to:
“This bag was handed down to me by my mother. Designer items last a lifetime, so I take good care of them and have them repaired when necessary.”
Feel free to use that line if you’d like (*^^*)
It leaves people completely speechless.
P.S. Repairs are so expensive. I thought, “I could buy a new bag for that price!” So these days I use Samantha instead (lol). But I still store my designer bags properly.
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I don’t think working at some ordinary retail store makes you lose your sparkle.
People who have that special aura have it no matter where they are or what they do. I don’t think it necessarily means they look like they work in nightlife.
Maybe you’re thinking of someone flashy?!
When I hear “Minato-ku girl,” I picture someone who looks expensive to keep up with.
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I don’t know how the term “Minato-ku girl” was originally used, but these days, among the people around me, it seems to be used exclusively in a negative or insulting way.
Basically, it brings to mind girls who seem unintelligent or who can be won over with money.
For example, if someone only makes ¥300,000–¥400,000 a month through papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), that’s pretty underwhelming for someone trying to show off. And when they say things that some people might take as condescending, I suppose they can’t really blame others for thinking they seem stupid.
Even so, there seem to be older men who like that type of girl, so I guess it’s simply a matter of supply and demand.
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