Osaka schoolgirl parlors rebrand themselves as “taiiku-suwari cafes” to avoid police crackdown

We’ve been reading some interesting reports about goings-on in Osaka, which despite its inferior size compared to Tokyo, is often the first to try certain trends. And we suspect this might be the case here.

Following a recent series of arrests and police raids on “suspicious” maid cafes and schoolgirl “massage” parlors in Akihabara and elsewhere, the JK girl services are rebranding to get around the child labor laws. Now the high school girl parlors as so-called taiiki-suwari cafes.

A new addition to the Japanese erotic lexicon!

These cafes of course have a no-touching policy. Officially all you can do is chat to the girls, who are obviously dressed in school uniforms and may well be of school age. Drinks are available, but you buy them from a vending machine outside (so the girls aren’t serving the drinks).

Most importantly, they are sitting in the taiiku-suwari (or –zuwari) position, which looks like this.

The pose (literally meaning “physical education sitting”) is an idea from schools, where students hold their legs while they sit in gym class. Japanese kids are taught to do this. Naturally, if you’re wearing a skirt rather than regular gym clothes, the world can see the zettai ryouiki and your panties.

So would you pay ¥2,000 (around $20) for 20 minutes to talk to a maybe-maybe-not underage schoolgirl sitting like this?

We look forward to the taiiku-suwari cafes arriving in Tokyo.