Rip-off

Bottakuri is letting you use a service without stating the price properly and then demanding an outrageous sum. At adult venues the classic case is a venue a street tout or an information booth took you to, where option fees, extension fees or charges under some other name you never heard of are piled on after the service. Some local governments, Tokyo among them, have ordinances requiring prices to be displayed and banning improper solicitation and collection.

The basics of avoiding it are not to follow touts, to choose a venue with a published price list yourself, to confirm when booking the total of course fee, nomination fee, option fees and transport, and to pay before the service. Venues listed on this site publish guide prices; if you are charged differently from the listing, tell us through the content report form.

If you are handed a bill after the service that you cannot accept, do not argue it out on the spot: ask for an itemised bill, hold off paying, and call 110 or go to the nearest police box.