Former sex worker records Tokyo's red-light history
In its mid-17th to 19th century heyday, Yoshiwara was home to high-class courtesans who sold a world of luxurious closed-door ...
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Japanese city paints notorious street in red light district yellow
A street in the red light district of Japan’s Osaka has been painted in yellow and decorated with murals to curb prostitution. The Kita Ward, which is known for illicit activities like ...
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Amsterdam Looks to Dim Red Light District Tourism
As it pursues its objective, it will have take on some restrictive measures in the Red Light District that run the risk of challenging its reputation. Share Amsterdam is trying to drive away party ...
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‘By 1925 Catholic Ireland was coming and the madams saw the writing on the wall’: Centenary of the Monto red light district’s end
making 120 arrests of mainly women in a dramatic signal of the demise of what was then the largest red-light district in Europe. The following Sunday, in a display of Catholic church power in the ...
Former sex worker records Tokyo’s red-light history through photography
Beniko’s photos taken in Japanese red-light districts focus on the buildings and rooms usually hidden from view. Read more at ...