Miss Todai Asa Kamiya Reveals the Truth About Minato Girls

I was a Minato-ku girl for a while

“Minato Ward Girl”

This is a term that most of you have probably heard at least once. It is a term that has become widely known in recent years. They gather for dinner parties almost every night with elite salarymen and business owners in Minato Ward, Tokyo. These women, who reign at the top of the debate on who should pay, have even become targets of hatred on social media.

These Minato Ward girls can be broadly categorized into two types. One is the night job Minato Ward girl, who works in lounges or hostess clubs. The other is the day job Minato Ward girl, who is a professional or student during the day and attends dinner parties at night. In this essay, I would like to talk about the “Highly educated Minato Ward girl”, who gather in Minato Ward every night while attending prestigious universities.

The reason is simple: I was one of them.

The days when Miss Todai attended dinner parties in Roppongi

“Since there’s a graduate from the University of Tokyo working at an international bank, why don’t we go for drinks? I think it’ll be a good learning experience.”

It was this invitation that led me to step foot in Roppongi at night for the first time in my life. As I began to think more about my job search after entering the University of Tokyo, it was an alluring invitation. When I went, I encountered not only the typical three Ks (kirei, kakkoii, kenkou, meaning beautiful, handsome, and healthy), but also men who were handsome, considerate, and even great conversationalists.

What is this perfect human being?

At a small, elegant Japanese restaurant in Roppongi, a variety of dishes such as small and delicate side dishes, thick sashimi, and flavorful cooked rice with black throat perch were brought to the table one after another. It was my first time realizing that rice and miso soup were considered meals. Of course, the bill was paid by the men. They treated me to expensive food and generously discussed work and job-hunting topics. This was something I would never experience with people my own age. I felt like this was what being an adult meant.

As much as I was intrigued by the flawless men, I was equally captivated by the beautiful women sitting at the table. They were so gorgeous that they could easily rival celebrities, and they mentioned they worked during the day. They were exactly the “Day job Minato Ward girl”. Upon closer listening, I found out some of them were nearly 40.

As I thought about what an adult group date was like, I also felt a sense of discomfort from these women living a lifestyle I had never encountered before.

Later, one of the men I met at that gathering invited me several more times to similar dinner parties, and I visited Minato Ward a few times. However, with each visit, my discomfort grew. Would attending this gathering really benefit my career? Would this network really be useful? Was I just being used as a drinking companion for young girls? Endless conversations about trivial romantic matters and self-praise, men with social status blushing when women with sweet voices tell them they’re handsome. I had probably gathered all the information I needed.

Feeling that way, I stopped attending the dinner parties after that.

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