Pink salon

A pink salon (ピンクサロン, pinkusaron^?), or pinsaro (ピンサロ^?) for short, is a type of brothel in Japan which specialises in oral sex.

A pink salon is unusual in that the service is offered in small booths within a large open-plan room. The client is served soft drinks or alcoholic beverages by the "companion" who performs fellatio on him. There may also be additional activities such as fingering the "companion" and sumata.

Unlike the west, Japan does not have the same stigmas attached to sex work. Many young Japanese women work in pink salons throughout late high school and college as work is plentiful and pay is much better than in customer service positions. However, the work is demanding and an employee may be required to fellate over a dozen men in a single four hour shift.

References

• Allison, Anne (1994). Nightwork: sexuality, pleasure, and corporate masculinity in a Tokyo hostess club. University of Chicago Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 0226014878. 
• Hill, Jane H.; Mistry, P. J.; Campbell, Lyle, eds (1998). The Life of language: papers in linguistics in honor of William Bright. Trends in linguistics: Studies and monographs. 108. Walter de Gruyter. p. 127. ISBN 3110156334. 
• Kempadoo, Kamala; Doezema, Jo, eds (1998). Global sex workers: rights, resistance, and redefinition. Routledge. pp. 178–179. ISBN 0415918286.