I’m a woman considering starting papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan). While searching online for a good dating club, I came across your site.

Taro, even making copies probably feels nostalgic by now, doesn’t it? They probably just snap a photo on the spot with an iPad. It was so long ago when I joined Universe that I’ve forgotten. Marika

I haven’t heard the phrase “surfing the net” in ages. Those were the days—browsing Infoseek with Internet Explorer on Windows 3.1. Thanks for the nostalgia. The habit of inserting line breaks mid-sentence to make the text look neater is also very typical of people from that era, and honestly, it warms my heart. Could it be that you use Firefox simply because you insist on keeping the “Bookmarks” sidebar? As for your question, men are probably asked to provide a copy of their ID. While the female staff member—the kind of woman everyone who met her would assume had been a former delinquent—went off to make a copy, I ended up sitting alone in a private room with a very tense middle-aged man who was still in training. There was absolutely no conversation, and the heavy silence is something I still remember fondly. I assume women have their IDs copied as well, but I doubt they’re left alone with a middle-aged trainee while waiting. They probably explain things like the different relationship types, tell you to think it over carefully, and take the copy during that time. Not that I really know. Taro