Bold statement I know but in my (pre-covid) experience, I found out that Seoul, while teeming with SPs, is not a great place for foreigners. If you wonder why I posted here rather than in the international section, read on.
I was in Seoul for a few days some time back and after doing my research, I went to a place called "Castle Anma". Now presumably closed (the website is dead), it was kind of brothel place with a different line-up for the day and the night. According to the pictures, group play was involved. More important, it was - according to the message board - open to foreigners.
Now you have to understand that in Asia, the locals have a different view on foreigners than here in the west. We all know the stories about Gaijins in Japan, but whether it's Thailad, Vietnam or S.Korea, you will be treated differently according to your background. You might call it racism, but in my opinion it's part of the culture, although it can be annoying sometimes.
This is especially important when it comes to seeing SPs in Japan. There you have a few agencies in Tokyo dedicated to foreigners and you just can't get service in certain places if you're not Japanese. Also, there is a hierarchy among foreigners: you are more likely to be welcomed if you're white, than if you're black or brown. It sucks but that's how it is there and you won't find many activists willing to support the cause of Johns abroad.
With that being said, I managed to get lucky in Osaka's Tobita Sinchi red light district, where you immediately see if the SP wants you or not.
So in Seoul I hoped that it would be the same, that I would find a bigger selection than the Toronto's agencies. When I entered Castle Anma, I was thinking I would get to see the whole line-up (they had 5-6 girls on the website for the day) but upon seeing me, the attendant told me to follow him. I went down and, after paying, got ushered in to a locker room with directions to the shower. Afterwards, I had to go to a private room and wait. No choice for me, the foreigner. Then "Jessie" (pics below), a Korean lady in her late 20s- early 30s, with face lift and the typical Korean man-mades arrived. I found her attractive and she provided good service.
Her English was quite good and once I was done she lit a cigarette and we chatted a bit. When I told her I was from Canada her face lit-up and when I told her about Toronto she laughed. It turned out that she had been to Toronto a bunch of times, working for Moonwaiting as Shine (?). When I asked her about Lena from MW, she told me she was her friend and even showed me pictures of them in Yorkdale mall, carrying Vuitton bags.
So, after days of traveling and hours of research, the best I could find in Seoul ended up being someone I could have seen in Toronto months prior... I realized that, since English-speaking, foreigners-serving SPs are rare in Seoul, they must be the kind that have traveled abroad and worked there already. And since Toronto has a rather large Korean community, I came to the conclusion that, for a foreigner who couldn't speak Korean like me, I had better choice back home than at the source...
Maybe had I stayed longer than a week I would have found a nice place, but it's definitely harder there than picking up the phone and texting one of the many Asian agencies. Finally, I want to make clear that I'm not really complaining about it, rather sharing my experience. Korean culture, like all the others, has its peculiarities and I'm not the one to change that.
I was in Seoul for a few days some time back and after doing my research, I went to a place called "Castle Anma". Now presumably closed (the website is dead), it was kind of brothel place with a different line-up for the day and the night. According to the pictures, group play was involved. More important, it was - according to the message board - open to foreigners.
Now you have to understand that in Asia, the locals have a different view on foreigners than here in the west. We all know the stories about Gaijins in Japan, but whether it's Thailad, Vietnam or S.Korea, you will be treated differently according to your background. You might call it racism, but in my opinion it's part of the culture, although it can be annoying sometimes.
This is especially important when it comes to seeing SPs in Japan. There you have a few agencies in Tokyo dedicated to foreigners and you just can't get service in certain places if you're not Japanese. Also, there is a hierarchy among foreigners: you are more likely to be welcomed if you're white, than if you're black or brown. It sucks but that's how it is there and you won't find many activists willing to support the cause of Johns abroad.
With that being said, I managed to get lucky in Osaka's Tobita Sinchi red light district, where you immediately see if the SP wants you or not.
So in Seoul I hoped that it would be the same, that I would find a bigger selection than the Toronto's agencies. When I entered Castle Anma, I was thinking I would get to see the whole line-up (they had 5-6 girls on the website for the day) but upon seeing me, the attendant told me to follow him. I went down and, after paying, got ushered in to a locker room with directions to the shower. Afterwards, I had to go to a private room and wait. No choice for me, the foreigner. Then "Jessie" (pics below), a Korean lady in her late 20s- early 30s, with face lift and the typical Korean man-mades arrived. I found her attractive and she provided good service.
Her English was quite good and once I was done she lit a cigarette and we chatted a bit. When I told her I was from Canada her face lit-up and when I told her about Toronto she laughed. It turned out that she had been to Toronto a bunch of times, working for Moonwaiting as Shine (?). When I asked her about Lena from MW, she told me she was her friend and even showed me pictures of them in Yorkdale mall, carrying Vuitton bags.
So, after days of traveling and hours of research, the best I could find in Seoul ended up being someone I could have seen in Toronto months prior... I realized that, since English-speaking, foreigners-serving SPs are rare in Seoul, they must be the kind that have traveled abroad and worked there already. And since Toronto has a rather large Korean community, I came to the conclusion that, for a foreigner who couldn't speak Korean like me, I had better choice back home than at the source...
Maybe had I stayed longer than a week I would have found a nice place, but it's definitely harder there than picking up the phone and texting one of the many Asian agencies. Finally, I want to make clear that I'm not really complaining about it, rather sharing my experience. Korean culture, like all the others, has its peculiarities and I'm not the one to change that.
