Yoshiwara: The Untold Story of Japan's Real Red Light District

[@Meshida]

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[@darkerdenim]

I would loove more videos like this! It's so interesting when you talk about history. Your narration style and quality is unmatched, too!

[@sovereigns757]

Wow! Well done for your new world record Japan!!!

[@88amona]

Awesome upload brother 🤙

[@Meshida]

Thanks ✌️

[@Alpay-l3u]

This kind of historical aspects are really interesting if you ask me

[@Zimtblut]

Thanks for the history lesson, teacher Meshida :)

[@kwang84404]

It was amazing how they recreated Yoshiwara in the Jin drama on Netflix.Crazy how many STDs Jin had to treat just within Yoshiwara.I dont think they let gaijin into Yoshiwara establishments unless you go with a Japanese friend.

[@POTATOEMPN]

It's funny you mentioned Yoshiwara because when I moved to Japan I learned Japanese from a lady who was from Yoshiwara. She was 96. She actually has memories of her grandfather who was a samurai. No shit, no joke. So turns out when she was teaching me Japanese that she taught me the way she knows how to speak Japanese. So from then on everyone kept calling me old grandma. Because of the way I talked like an old grandma. It took me a whole year of asking people to explain what they meant before they stopped bullying me about it because they didn't know why I was talking like that. They thought I was just being an asshole. But I explained to them where I learned all of my Japanese from and they all immediately understood. They were making fun of me because they thought I was trying to pretend to be like a geisha or some shit. With the way I talked and my mannerisms while I talked. I still talk the same way lol

[@soloflo]

You know there’s a possibility of some kind of lucrative gig as a standup comedian with that persona 😂 not kidding either

[@dannylo5875]

😂😆

[@oufukubinta]

Cool story bro 👍

[@dannylo5875]

@@POTATOEMPN We can call you an honary male Giesha ...

[@POTATOEMPN]

@@dannylo5875 LOL

[@jasonkno0525]

Interesting! I love back history in Japan. May have to check out the show & the tour.

[@Meshida]

Thanks for watching!

[@jasonkno0525]

@ I also believed that host bars, concept cafe and girl bars are today’s modern version of Yoshiwara sex industry just minus the “sex” lol

[@ozzyay9720]

I remembered watching that TV Drama Jin which was set in the Edo period on Netflix and the Dr goes to Yoshiwara frequently to treat the courtesans illnesses. That was very interesting to watch

[@justinecooper9575]

Same here. "Jin" recently showed up on Netflix and I binged watched it.

[@stimpunk]

Yoshiwara - the land where men bring their Yoshis to unwind. XD

[@kymo82]

Ah yes, yoshiwara is great. Hisyo, y-shirt, club 39, versalies, etoile... I'm signing up Meshida ;)

[@chriscooper654]

As ever, informative and grimly amusing. Many thanks, Meshida-Sensei!

[@Meshida]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@temjin44]

I just watched Tokyo Geisha on Amazon Prime yesterday which is about a brothel in Yoshiwara. And your video comes up on my KZbin recommendations. Great Timing. 😊

[@Meshida]

😍😍😍

[@TheCyberMantis]

Wagakki Band has a song called "Yoshiwara Lament". Nemophila has a song called "Oiran".

[@stimpunk]

The Swedish botanist took his bonsai to be serviced at Yoshiwara. That's why he cared. XD

[@Meshida]

🤣

[@afizi1213]

7:50 heii meshida adakah wanita ini yang sering dilihat didalam poster bendera yang diletakkan di tokyo sebagai iklan?

[@somerandomfella]

Let's go!

[@Pericalypsis]

Thunberg wasn't just interested in plants. He was a legendary naturalist who wrote "Flora Japonica", and contributed to the later "Fauna Japonica". Unfortunately, he died before he could write, "Yujo Japonica."

[@ChristophRiver]

I think Yoshiwara is now located in Osaka area called Tobita Shinchi

[@vawaie9vawa623]

very interesting , please tell us the nearest subway station , i will visit in 2027

[@CrapKerouac]

I remember when the Japan Times used to post translations of Japan's tabloids on Sundays and the westerners who couldn't read Japanese could see the seedier side of Japanese culture, then the government pressured them to stop. I just thought of that, watching this. There's no way the Japanese gov can stop the people from learning Japan's secrets in the Internet age.

[@Meshida]

Yes!

[@captaindavey]

Honestly I Feel Bad About Those Who Work Hard In 10 Years. :( Thanks For The History Lesson Sensei Meshida! Keep Up The Amazing Contents!

[@Meshida]

Thanks for watching!

[@ICEAiseliasGamingChannel]

Are they prisoned in building only? Is there any prisoner transportation in that time???? I mean like "prisoner carriage"??? Somehow ive got deja vu after see the picture 😂 i wanted to know more

[@afizi1213]

good story meshiba san ,we also want to know why japan have this culture

[@sen329]

"Why should a botanist care about prostitutes?" 😅 I think I have a theory.🤫 P.S. Interesting piece of history by the way. Thanks.

[@arne3239]

good work, a good reason to go to Japan

[@apixel87]

Japan never ceases to amaze me🙏

[@THENATTYNERD]

Anyone else here learn alot of these facts from anime or just me lol😂😂😂

[@garryferrington811]

A lot. English is a difficult second language. Keep trying.

[@lance5169]

I find it weird that Yoshiwara can be translated as "lucky field" based on its kanji characters if you consider that it is a red light district

[@afizi1213]

its aa dangerous zone ,many of yakuza like that place become they place

[@garryferrington811]

This sort of thing doesn't happen in the US because of Jesus. 🤣 HAHAHAHAHA! Sorry, I cracked myself up!

[@Frieren55]

We heard about this story from Hayao Miyazaki in "Spirited Away" (Sen to Chihiro no Kami-kakushi). Some guy named Haku from the Dragon Host Club persuades Chihiro to work in Soapland to wash the filthy bodies of local and foreign monsters who think they are gods. Chihiro thinks that Haku is a great guy, but he really works with Hel, the goddess of the Underworld. Actually, this story is really generic and is prevalent globally. Just ask Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gates and Hollywood Actors.

[@ChristophRiver]

It was also takes place in the anime Kimetsu no yaiba where the demon siblings Daki and Gyutaro place of their operation

[@soloflo]

面白い話題ではありませんが、面白くてためになる内容にすることはできます。最近日本（そして世界）で流行している梅毒やその他の性病について議論する動画を作るべきです。これは意識を高めるのに役立ちます。特に日本では今、衝撃的な状況です。近くの別の巨大な国ではおそらくもっとひどい状況ですが、正確な数字はわかりません。誰もが警告を受けるべきです。感染している人は気づかず、おそらく10年後まで検査を受けません。梅毒が唾液で感染するという科学的証拠さえあります。冗談ではありません。科学的証拠があります。😬

[@Rawrcraft]

I think I visited a place like Yoshiwara in Fate Remnants already

[@pookienumnums]

@Meshida I bought two tickets to your show on the 28th at Tokyo Brain for my friend for xmas since he is in Japan. I put my name and his name on the bookings but im not sure what he needs to get in since i didnt get a digital ticket.

[@Meshida]

Thanks! see you soon!

[@pookienumnums]

@Meshida it's not for me it's for him and his guest I'm asking what does he need to show as proof of ticket?

[@iamjabby3688]

Sana ol. Lets be open on having redlight district please

[@afizi1213]

even in southeast asia we dont have this culture we portuect our woman ,like japanese in malaka era 1400 they come to malaka malaysia to sell goods and then they start to bordern many of girl in there and then the pendekar which is sword of malay come to kill japanese people that and than japanese apologise for what they done at muslim people and since that they respect muslim in southeast asia even malaka empire just have relation with ryukyu south japan

[@seymourelykeley]

Meshida 👍🏻👍🏻