tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991677.post9139547182250724016..comments2023-08-12T02:57:55.657-07:00Comments on Random Thoughts...: Tokyo (Haneda) Layovertotochihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11605692399628828593noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991677.post-20644733546072657132011-07-19T21:05:33.365-07:002011-07-19T21:05:33.365-07:00Coupon?! Filler, is that you?Coupon?! Filler, is that you?totochihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11605692399628828593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991677.post-25477679469371823032011-07-19T20:55:19.261-07:002011-07-19T20:55:19.261-07:003 to 4 am would be better. you would just be catc...3 to 4 am would be better. you would just be catching them closing up although you probably can find a 24 hour place. you want me to see if i can dig out a coupon?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991677.post-40459544444637918152011-07-19T13:45:01.995-07:002011-07-19T13:45:01.995-07:00Wikipedia: Soaplands began when explicit prostitut...Wikipedia: Soaplands began when explicit prostitution in Japan became illegal, as a simple form of bath where women washed men's bodies. They were originally known as toruko-buro, meaning Turkish bath. Following a campaign by Turkish scholar Nusret Sancaklı denouncing the use of this name for brothels, the new name "soapland" was the winning entry in a nationwide contest to rename them.<br /><br />==========<br /><br />They had a "nationwide contest" to name whorehouses? Really?!<br /><br />Anyway, Yoshiwara is not that far from Ueno Station though Sunday morning at 6am is not the best time to visit, eh?totochihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11605692399628828593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991677.post-76127229349584678132011-07-17T23:41:00.720-07:002011-07-17T23:41:00.720-07:00sorry you may not have enough yen to visit a soap-...sorry you may not have enough yen to visit a soap-land :(<br /><br />they used to call it a Turkish bath or Turkey-bath until the Turks raised a stink.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com