Eliza Chofu Brothel ❤️

About Sapporo

What pisses me off? The fakers! Guys braggin’ they hit every brothel in town—liars! Makes me wanna shove a donut in their face, D’oh! But I get happy thinkin’—some workers there? Total bosses. They’re hustlin’, makin’ bank, takin’ no crap. Respect! Surprised me too—found out some brothels got secret rooms for weird kinks. Like, who’s into that? “If you leave me now, I’ll die!”—that’s me, shocked, quotin’ *The Master* again.

Walking to the Soba Restaurant Street in Chofu

Following the trail of manga artist Shigeru Mizuki's appeal in Japan leads to the city of Chofu in Tokyo, Mizuki manga's birthplace.

But back to work. I get another call. This time, it’s a guy on Shinjuku Street. He’s got a flat tire. I’m like, “Dude, you’re in Chofu, not a NASCAR race!” But he’s all frantic. I send a driver, but I’m low-key annoyed. Can’t people just check their tires?

koji aoki juxtaposes old and new fragments of house in chofu