Deai-kei

Deaikei (出会い系) means something "for an encounter" in Japanese.

Deai kissa (出会い喫茶) are coffee shops where men look at girls through a one way mirror and try to start the date if they like the girl.

Deaikei saito (出会い系サイト) refers to online dating websites.

Some kissa have been raided because of anti-prostitution laws.

References

• Holden, Todd Joseph Miles; Tsuruki, Takako (2003). "Cahpter 3: Deai-kei: Japan's New Culture of Encounter". In Gottlieb, Nanette; McLelland, Mark J.. Japanese Cybercultures. Asia's transformations. London: Routledge. pp. 34–49. OCLC 50270971. ISBN 0415279186, ISBN 0415279194, ISBN 0203219619. http://books.google.com/books?id=pmOt9AZzJx0C&lpg=PA34&pg=PA34#v=onepage&f=false. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
• Jensen, Nate (2009). Japanese-English Guide to Sex, Kink and Naughtiness. (First edition, version 3). CreateSpace. p. 25. ISBN 9781442108769. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1442108762/&sr=1-1#reader_1442108762. Retrieved 10 November 2011.  Quote:

  deaikei saito
  であいけいサイト　（出会い系サイト）
     Dating Web site.

• Nishimura, Keishi (3 December 2008). "Police crack down on pay-for-play 'coffee shops'". Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081205114251/http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200812030060.html. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 

Further reading

• "Tokyo dating cafe manager arrested, 31 girls questioned". Mainichi Shimbun. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 30 May 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080530105244/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080529p2a00m0na014000c.html. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
• Mori, Hiroaki; Matsumoto, Eiichiro; Kaneko, Yasushi (7 October 2008). "'Dating cafes' fostering child prostitution / / Some prefectures tackling problem, but police finding crackdown difficult elsewhere". Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081008024039/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20081007TDY03105.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
• "NPA to regulate dating-service cafes". Yomiuri Shimbun. 13 March 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090313235327/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20090313TDY02301.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2011.