Well that kind of goes against my ethics, the hourly fee thing. A simple cover charge I am okay with, since a lot of bars have cover charges. I'm also okay with letting native English speakers in w/o the cover charge, but the hourly fee thing is a bit over the top.

What kind of ambience do you find in these places? Or are they fronts for prostitution as suggested above?

My understanding is that a lot of these places are patronized only by Japanese, so why would they go there and pay an hourly fee?

So who here has been to say more than three of these places? And what is your evaluation of them?

M8