as restaurants. Tea and snacks are served to the client in a private room. Subsequent sexual contact between the "waitress" and the client is viewed as a "private affair" between them under Osaka's liberal interpretation with the law. The brothels organised themselves into a trade associations, the Tobita Restaurant Association (Tobita Ryouri Kumiai), although some genuine restaurants in the area are members. Osaka mayor Tōru Hashimoto was a legal adviser of the Association. It was reported that all restaurants (159 shops) joining the Tobita Restaurant Association will be closed on June 28 and 29, when the 2019 G20 Osaka summit will be held in Osaka on May 16, 2019. See also Prostitution in Japan References External links I went to Tobita Shinchi - Gigazine (Japanese, with many pictures), May 21, 2012 Japanese hidden prostitution district: red light district in Tobita-Shinchi Osaka video on YouTube Brief history and guide video on YouTube Sexuality in Japan Tourist attractions in Osaka Red-light districts in Japan Prostitution in Japan Geography of Osaka Zainichi Korean culture