Mila Makubetsu Prostitute ❤️

About Fukuoka

Met this one bird, right, called herself Ruby - swear she had a stash of gold under her mattress. Said she’d retire at 40, buy a cottage. Bollocks, I thought - you’re 39 and still turning tricks! “The dead don’t care,” she’d quote, smirking, straight outta *Son of Saul*. Cheeky sod. Surprised me, though - she knew more about dodging taxmen than I did! Clever, that. Reckon she could’ve been a planner herself, if life didn’t screw her first.

Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

Being forced into prostitution in Tokyo’s notorious Kabukicho district has left a mark, while she has still not been able to pay off a bill that continues to mount as the club charges interest.

I rush over to the park on Yamanaka Street. It’s packed! People everywhere, music blaring. I grab some takoyaki, and it’s like heaven in my mouth. I’m munchin’ away, and I see this little kid tryin’ to catch a goldfish. He’s so focused, it’s adorable. I’m thinkin’, “Man, I wish I could be that carefree.”

Olympic champion speed skater Nana Takagi calls it quits