The male owner of the business is about to be sent to prison for his arrest. He is said to deny the charges.The admission fee to SB is 7,000 yen for men and 2,000 yen for women. Admission is free for women, but about 8,000 yen to 17,000 yen for men, depending on the time spent. Discounts are available for couple customers. The store is a building with three floors above ground and one below, with a playroom on the third floor. The playroom had a magic mirror that allowed people to look into the room from outside. One of the regular customers mentioned above said, “Even with the corona disaster. it was always open, and alcohol was served even during a declared state of emergency. However, as one might expect, the Corona disaster caused the surrounding clubs to close and the number of customers to drop a bit, so the playroom on the third floor was not being used much anymore. Instead, more and more people were having sex at the bar counters and sofas on the second floor and basement level. My impression is that things have become more extreme since the Corona disaster.”   The restaurant has had sales of about 545 million yen since October 2008 alone. Although masks were sometimes required in the store, it was as if no infection control measures were in place, as nearly nude men and women walked around the store in various places. There was a reason why customers were willing to risk infection to come to the store. “The motto among lovers was, ‘SB is absolutely safe’. The reason is that when you become a member, you are asked to show a photo ID and a health insurance card, which is the secret. Even if a police officer tries to go undercover, he will be exposed because the health insurance card has the legal number of the Police Mutual Aid Association on it. I don’t know if it was for an undercover operation or simply as a customer, but I remember a clerk telling me how many times he had spotted a police officer coming into the store this way.” This system was introduced in October 2005, when a happening bar in Ueno called “My Harmonica” was busted. On the day of the incident, three men and a woman were having sex in the bar when a man in the corner of the bar started filming the scene with a cell phone camera. The man was an undercover police officer, and dozens of investigators entered the store shortly thereafter.