The terms massage parlour and sauna cover many sorts of businesses, some of which are brothels where the massage is probably not skilled or healthful, others of which employ people skilled in massage who also offer services variously known as full-body massage, body rubs and happy endings and some of which offer nothing sexual at all. Non-sexual massage businesses are granted licences in many cities. Inspections to make sure all these places are always sex-free would be an overwhelmingly expensive task for city councils, with the result that even some licenced places become known for providing sex for money. Many such businessplaces are located in ordinary commercial strips but appear rather blank, since no goods are displayed in the windows. There is a lot of variation if you look closely, however, so here are some more photos of the sex industry as part of everyday life. A growing collection can be viewed here, without being a member of facebook.
Daye Town (Huangshi CIty, Hubei, China
Vancouver, Canada
Hamburg, Germany (Photo Claus Petersen)
Shrine inside Hamburg parlour (Photo Claus Petersen)
Could be anywhere
New Zealand
Ireland, a residential-looking building
Incidentally, how they came to enjoy the name parlour is a mystery to me.
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Interesting, most parlours and saunas in the pictures are related to chinese massage
I took the massage parlours in Shinjuku, Japan
http://picasaweb.google.com.tw/mmbted/20090708#5376483333201406162
there were many guys outside the parlours and asking people if they want to watch porn DVD or get massage. unfortunately, it is my last day of the trip and i ran out of money, otherwise i will give it a try to see what is going on inside.
I guess it’s because there are many chinese immigrants in Vancouver and New Zealand, so the sign of the store also wrote in Chinese (probably also they are also run by chinese).