TO GO WITH Japan-culture-lifestyle-hosts,FEATURE by Alastair HIMMER
In this picture taken early on January 28, 2017, male host Noel (R) and his customer Megumi Suzuki (L) walk past portraits of male hosts as they leave a host club in the Kabukicho red-light district in Tokyo, after spending some time together drinking and chatting. Host clubs are a 10 billion USD industry in Japan with some 800 venues nationwide. Around 260 of those are located in Tokyo, most squeezed into Kabukicho's narrow streets where flickering neon signs display the air-brushed faces of hosts outside clubs with names such as Romeo, Gatsby and Avalon. / AFP PHOTO / BEHROUZ MEHRI / TO GO WITH Japan-culture-lifestyle-hosts,FEATURE by Alastair HIMMER