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Sex industry journalist. As editor-in-chief of the sex industry magazine "Ore no Tabi" (My Journey) series, he has completely explored all of Japan's entertainment districts. His pen name is "Master Ikoma. Author of "Fuzoku no gendai shishi" (Modern History of Fuzoku) (Seidansha Publico). 
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 The "Reporto: Map of Japan's Otherworldly Realms" introduces the "otherworldly realms" that still exist throughout Japan. We interviewed sex journalist Akira Ikoma, who was in charge of "Shiki-gai" in the book, about the present and future of Shiki-gai as a "different world" that is disappearing.

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 Precious wildlife habitat is in danger.

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