The women in hostess bars can very well
be compared to the women of Film Noir.
It is usually a very attractive woman, a sort
of femme fatale, that works during the night
and makes a living out of playing with their
sexuality and good looks and somehow take
advantage of mens weakness for an attractive
woman. In Tokyo they exist everywhere and
women here make a living out of drinking
with the clients that come. They get a certain
amount of percentage depending on how much
they can drink. Of course the visiting men are
paying for these drinks. The more you drink,
the more your customer drinks. The more
drunk they get, the easier it is to take advantage
of the men, asking for extra money.

A mama-san, or mamasan, is a woman who
works in a supervisory role in certain
establishments in Southeast Asia, typically
those related to sex work, but sometimes in
drinking places as well. Papa-san may be used
to refer to a man in a similar position.
To at least some extent, these can be considered
the local equivalents of a pimp or madam,
although the conventions of bar fine prostitution
in Asia are quite different from those of
either street or brothel prostitution in the
United States. Once you have found your femme
fatale, the majority of the big city parts in Tokyo,
such as Ebisu, Ginza, Shinjuku and Shibuya
offer a lot of so called “Love Hotels”. It is a
place where you can take your woman and check
in for the night. It has a scary resemblance
to the Brothels or so called “Gentlemen's clubs”
in America.