I would like to tell you how my Japanese business partner, Mariko, helped me to entertain a group of businessmen from a company that is very important for our profits and growth. The way it turned out was not exactly what she had expected. For me what happened was incredibly erotic. For the guests it was something that will keep them coming back to us. For Mariko I guess it tested her acceptance of how far she is willing to go to support our business and her chances of getting wealthy.
By way of background can I explain a few things - my apologies if you already know about these aspects of Japanese culture and life?
First of all as you will know bondage is considered to be a very erotic sexual activity here in Japan. Its tradition goes back for centuries and has two main streams. One has grown into an erotic art form in which the skill of the ropemaster is widely acknowledged and the pleasure is seeing the art of someone being restrained and helpless.
The other, more submissive route, has its roots in the samurai era where it was much more to do with punishment and sexual humiliation. Bondage was often used to restrain defeated nobles and to also restrain their wives, sisters, family members, even mothers - who were then repeatedly violated in front of the captured noble either by the conquering soldiers or by the peasants who had previously been under the control of that noble family. Not only was this a way of entertaining the troops by letting them sate their lust whilst humiliating the defeated noble but also a way of breaking the servile bond between masters and their serfs. The serfs would prefer the soldiery to be raping noble women than their own wives and daughters. I am not sure how this relates to other countries but it does mean in Japan that there is a culture where men still gain enormous pleasure in private from watching and participating in sexual bondage.
This latter form of bondage plays into my voyeuristic nature and the process that I have been following of overcoming Mariko's initially proud Japanese attitude and making her accept my control!
Like many conservative Japanese women she was brought up to be rather disdainful of males and to consider herself a 'cut above' their sexual desires. When I met her she was just turning 40 and posessing that very trim, small breasted body that one sees so much in Japan. We not only became business partners but, as is commonplace in business here, she also became a 'sleeping partner' if you follow the gist of what I mean. It was however a real challenge to make her change her attitudes and to accept my sexual preferences. By the time of what I am going to recount I was part way there - but still felt that she had much to kearn about submission and humility.
The second thing is to explain the 'ryokan' or Japanese inn. Japan has thousands of ryokan in the countryside - almost always associated with hot springs (onsen) and naked bathing. These days most bathing is single sex but there are places that have mixed bathing facilities. There are also ones that have onsen that can be hired for private use. The rooms in the inn have tatami floors - a kind of woven bamboo matting. Each room is normally quite large and can be divided by screens. The screens are covered in what is called washi paper that is usually white and translucent. The most common arrangement is for a sort of sitting area next to the window to be capable of being screened off from the rest of the room by these washi screens. This creates a smallish secluded area. In the main part of the room low tables are set out for meals and when it is night mattresses are unrolled onto the tatami mats . This set up formed a perfect setting for what I wanted to do.
It is normal for guests in the ryokan to wear a full length cotton gown called a yukata held together by a cotton belt - and nothing else. So you have all the guests wandering around with little on.
It is commercially very important in terms of relationship building to offer extensive corporate hospitality to companies who are your clients. So I kind of got the message when the President of one company I have worked with for a number of years hinted rather indirectly (as can only happen in Japan) that sometime it would be good to have some more 'lively' hospitality for himself and his managers if possible!
After some consideration I thought that it could be good for business and good for Mariko's sexual experienc if something special could be arranged involving her. It would also be something I could enjoy watching and participating in.
Cutting a long story short I arranged to book a very discreet and small ryokan I know in the Japanese Alps mountains north of Tokyo. This would guarantee the privacy needed for what I wanted to arrange. It is also a very traditional and discreet place, which suited my plans extremely well.
