A Question About Upscale Clubs

Based on what I’ve read in the anonymous Q&A box, there doesn’t seem to be much difference between the male and female members, so I’m Kazu, a male member who has lost interest in signing up with a luxury dating club. That’s why I feel “luxury club” is probably just a name. By the way, in President Kida’s answer to the very first question in the anonymous Q&A box, he uses the phrase “fully bespoke.” https://universe-club.jp/help/questions/view/1 I joined Universe Club after reading that, but one of the things I felt after joining was that it wasn’t really the kind of fully bespoke service I had envisioned. Of course, I’m told Universe Club isn’t a luxury club, so that was simply my impression at the time, and I’m satisfied with the level of service they provide. People may have different ideas about what qualifies as “fully bespoke,” but I’d like to share something I thought would be useful—and something I’ve actually discussed with the staff. In my work, I often receive introductions to job seekers from recruitment agencies. Recruitment agencies and dating clubs have something in common, don’t they? A dating club is also a business that introduces people—companions, in a sense—to clients. What recruitment agencies offer that Universe Club doesn’t is a service where they step between the company and the job seeker to help coordinate the terms. They speak with both sides and help adjust expectations while providing data and advice based on current market conditions. I think discussions are often easier to resolve when a third party helps coordinate things than when the parties have to negotiate directly with each other. Of course, dating clubs would need to take great care not to cross the line into facilitating or assisting prostitution. But if a dating club could find an appropriate legal framework and provide this kind of service, I would consider it a true luxury dating club.

I’m Maezawa from the CEO’s office, and I’ll answer this as well. Thank you for your question. I’m not really sure what qualifies as “high-end,” and I think very few of our other staff members truly understand it either. When SALON was first launched, women who owned a fair number of designer items were assigned as staff. Even so, male members apparently felt that we still didn’t really understand the world of luxury, and some of them took us to high-end establishments so we could learn. In the end, it seems that people who don’t normally visit high-end establishments have a hard time understanding what “high-end” really means. I’ve heard that Lexus also had all its staff undergo training at hotels when it was first launched. Toyota was already selling expensive cars, so I’m sure they were confident in their service—but even they apparently knew that wasn’t enough to create a truly high-end business. > Of course, the amount of the allowance would matter too. If that’s the case, the women themselves would also have to be unlike those found at ordinary dating clubs, which would make it an extremely narrow door to get through. > If there were a dating club that could find the right balance within the law and provide that kind of service, I’d consider it a high-end dating club. I’m not entirely clear on the details, but I’ve heard that some other dating clubs even set the amount of the allowance paid to women—in fact, I’ve heard that almost all of them except Universe do. Perhaps they believe they’re staying just barely within the law. Considering that even soaplands are occasionally raided, Universe couldn’t go that far—it would be too frightening. And honestly, I don’t think there’s much appeal in that kind of service anyway. I’m not even sure what kind of service they were looking for ＞＜

I’m Paper Airplane, a male member who thinks it would be wonderful to meet a down-to-earth woman. Dating clubs already seem pretty shady as it is… And when you hear “luxury dating club,” it sounds even more suspicious… Even more and more suspicious… right?