Olivia Maebashi Brothel ❤️❤️

About Yokohama

Brothels, they’re old as dirt, mate. Back in Rome, they had ‘em legal-like, called lupanars—fancy word, eh? W-w-wolves, that’s wot it means, cos them girls howled for business, ha! Imagine me, bumbling in, knockin’ over chairs—CRASH!—and them laughin’. “Past belongs to us,” like in *Brooklyn*, but this past? Bit naughty, innit?

In cooperation with the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation

Law shut down the licensed brothels of Yoshi- wara, on the other side of town. The night the brothels closed, the Yoshiwara girls rose from their floor cushions.

So, I’m back on the ground, heart racing again. I’m like, “Okay, let’s grab some food.” I hit up this little ramen shop on Kōen-dōri. Best decision ever! The ramen is so good, I could cry. I’m slurping away, and the owner’s this sweet old lady who keeps refilling my bowl. I’m like, “Lady, I’m gonna explode!” But I can’t stop.

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