Quite a few came up — but the Red Rooster was the one that stood out for both of us: it looked like a nightclub, but with a naughty edge. We figured we could go, watch some couples, then head back to our hotel for a night of action. I was excited to see what might happen. But as soon as we entered the club, I felt deeply disappointed.

My slight fetish for public sex and exhilaration with voyeurism aside, I've always just felt that a sex club would be the latex-seated home to my kind of person. Adventurous and respectfully perverse, that is. But while I'd researched every sex club in my state and country and planet, I'd never been to one. I think it's the corniness they exude; the neon comic-sans font on the outdated website with the butterfly logo; the enthusiastic Yelp reviews from 50 year-old married couples named Terry and Terri that say things like, "The shrimp cocktail was fantastic and a nice touch! There are, of course, elite sex clubs and parties with more elevated game than that, but I could never afford them. Nor could I find anyone brave enough to go with me in the off chance I struck it rich. So, when I finally got the chance to go to a sex club abroad in Japan, I jumped at the opportunity

A place where people can have sex and other people can watch. And it was all quite hilarious and exciting when we were on the street, trying to find the discreet, nondescript door. A very perky young woman stood at the top of the stairs and talked us through how it worked there.

But sex clubs can actually be quite varied, and a lot of fun. Sex clubs are, like the name implies, clubs where people go to have sex. Sometimes temporary sex clubs are hosted in private residences. Some people enjoy the exhibitionistic thrill of having sex in front of other people.