Last verified: 14 September 2026
What is a soapland?
A soapland is a licensed adult bathing establishment. Japanese law does not permit brothels, so soaplands operate as private bathhouses: you pay the shop for the use of a private bath, and what happens between two adults in that room is treated as a private matter. This distinction is not a technicality — it shapes how you pay, and what staff will and will not discuss with you.
How payment works
Prices are almost always split in two.
- Bathing fee (入浴料) — paid at the front desk on arrival.
- Service fee (サービス料) — handed to the attendant directly, usually in an envelope.
A price advertised as “20,000 yen” often refers only to the first part. Ask for the total (総額, sōgaku) before you commit. Almost all shops are cash only, and few accept credit cards issued outside Japan.
Most soaplands do not accept non-Japanese customers
This is the single most important thing to know, and most guides do not say it plainly.
The large majority of shops will politely turn you away at the door if you do not speak Japanese. The reasons are practical rather than hostile:
- Rules and boundaries have to be explained clearly, and staff cannot rely on being understood.
- An attendant may decline an individual customer, and a misunderstanding is hard to resolve without a shared language.
- Shops are wary of trouble they cannot mediate.
Arriving at a shop that has not stated it accepts international customers usually ends with being refused after you have already travelled there.
Shops that accept international customers
The 26 shops below have publicly indicated that they accept international customers.
| Shop (opens the shop’s own website) | Area | Map |
|---|---|---|
| Ailedore エルドール | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| Baron エクセレントクラブ男爵 | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| Club Hana クラブ華 | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| Colorful カラフル部 | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| Cospara コスパラ | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| La Vie en Rose ラビアンローズ | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| Le Celinu | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| Luxe リュクス | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| Martini マティーニ | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| Oushitu 王室 | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| PUZZLE | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| President Club プレジデントクラブ | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| Rokumeikan 鹿鳴館 | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| Romanee ロマネコンティ | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| TOKYO BUNNYS CLUB | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| USAGI | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| Versailles ヴェルサイユ | Yoshiwara, Tokyo | Map |
| Kabuto 兜 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | Map |
| POTENTIAL | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | Map |
| CANDY×CANDY | Nishikawaguchi, Saitama | Map |
| First Lady | Nishikawaguchi, Saitama | Map |
| VIP CRYSTAL | Kabukicho, Tokyo | Map |
| Happiness Tokyo ハピネス東京五反田店 | Gotanda, Tokyo | Map |
| Bunny Omiya ドMなBUNNYちゃん | Omiya, Saitama | Map |
| Silk Hat シルクハット | Chiba | Map |
| AAA トリプルエー | Yokohama, Kanagawa | Map |
Before you visit
- Call ahead. Ask your hotel concierge, or a friend who speaks Japanese, to confirm that the shop will accept you on the day.
- Bring cash. Japanese yen, paid in person.
- Bring photo ID. You may be asked to prove you are 18 or older.
- No photography anywhere inside.
- Tattoos. Some bathing facilities in Japan refuse customers with visible tattoos. Ask when you call.
- Do not negotiate at the front desk. Staff will not discuss what happens in the room, and asking puts them in a difficult position.
- Be on time. Sessions are booked in fixed blocks.
What “accepts international customers” does not mean
- It does not mean English is spoken. Many of these shops accept international customers without offering any English support.
- It does not mean every attendant will accept you. An individual attendant may still decline.
- It does not guarantee you will be accepted today. Policies change without notice.
About this list
This list is based on shops that have registered themselves with YOASOBI Heaven, a service operated by CityHeaven on which shops list themselves when they accept international customers. We publish only shops that have indicated this themselves. We do not publish a list of shops that refuse.
We check this list monthly. Last verified 14 September 2026.
This site reports only whether a shop’s own website has been updated. We publish no photographs, no promotional text, and no information about individual attendants. If you run one of these shops and this listing is wrong, please contact us and we will correct or remove it the same day.