No-pan kissa

A no-pan kissa (ノーパン喫茶) is an establishment in Japan that offers food and drinks served by waitresses wearing short skirts with no underwear. The floors, or sections of the floor, are sometimes mirrored.[1] Shops generally operate under a "no-touch" policy.[2] The shops otherwise look like normal coffee shops (kissaten), rather than sexual establishments, although they charge a premium price for the coffee.[1]

History

The first one to open was in Osaka in 1980.[3] Initially, all of them were in remote areas outside the traditional entertainment districts. Within a year, large numbers had opened in many more places, such as major railway stations.[4]

In the 1980s (the peak of the boom in these shops), many started to have topless or bottomless waitresses.[5] However, at this point, the number of such shops started to decline rapidly.[1]

The New Amusement Business Control and Improvement Act came into force on February 13, 1985, which further restricted the sex industry and protected the more traditional businesses.[6] Eventually, such coffee shops gave way to fashion health (massage) clubs and few no-pan kissa, if any, remain.[1]

Related establishments

In addition to no-pan kissa, there has also been no-pan shabu-shabu[7] and no-pan karaoke.[2][8] In 1998, four officials at the Ministry of Finance were arrested and 112 were disciplined for accepting bribes in the form of visits to a no-pan shabu-shabu restaurant in Shinjuku.[9]

See also

• Prostitution in Japan
• Sexuality in Japan
• Café con piernas

Further reading

風俗店の歴史