A Tokyo nightlife spot puts tonight's gender headcount on a glowing sign out front

A pink sign outside a bar in Japan tracks exactly how many men and women are inside right now.

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Korean community post, image 1: Tonight's live count: 2 gentlemen, 32 ladies.
English translation
Tonight's live count: 2 gentlemen, 32 ladies.

일본 헌팅포차 성비 근황 (남자 2명, 여자 32명 표시된 전광판)

💡 Wait, bars post a live gender scoreboard?
This is a '헌팅포차' (hunting pocha), a Korean-born bar concept built for meeting strangers, now exported to nightlife districts like Tokyo's Ebisu; some flash the current male/female headcount outside to lure guys in with promises of good odds.vs. the US: imagine a bar marquee live-updating like a Tinder match ratio instead of showing drink specials.Klore note
💡 So why is this particular sign getting mocked?
The whole pitch is a favorable ratio for men, so a sign screaming 2 vs 32 is the opposite of the intended advertisement — it's basically a warning label.Klore note

What Koreans said

9 top comments on the original thread, translated
  1. 88 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    They're vampires. 'Call the day-walkers!'

    뱀파이어들이군. "데이-워커를 불러라"

  2. 85 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Apparently the whole premise of those places is that guys pay for everything.

    저런곳은 일단 남자가 다 사는게 전제라매

  3. 78 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    How does the bar even lose money lol, if you don't match up you still gotta pay and leave.

    가게가 손해날일이 뭐있음 ㅋㅋ 매칭안되면 지들이 돈내고 나가야되는데

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  1. 53 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Heard women pay nothing or barely anything... unless they're milking guys as suckers, the place would lose a ton.

    여자들은 돈 안 내거나 소액만 낸다던데... 남자 호구처럼 빨아먹는 게 아니면 가게 손해가 크겠는덴

  2. 23 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    They even order expensive drinks and food, don't eat or talk, just kill time then move to another table. Basically a paid job.

    심지어 비싼 술, 안주 시켜놓고 먹지도 않고 이야기도 안하고 시간 때우다 다른 자리감 사실상 알바임

  3. 22 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    So that's the gender-reversed world lol. Guess clubs will start charging only women entry from now on.

    저기가 그거구만 남녀 역전세계 ㅋㅋㅋ 이제 클럽같은데 입장료는 지금과는 달리 여자만 낼듯

  4. 12 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Usually it's the opposite everywhere else, what the hell happened in Japan lol.

    어느나라던 보통은 저런데 대체 일본은 뭔 일이 생긴건지 ㅋㅋㅋ

  5. 9 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Heard they call in part-timer friends on purpose just to bait suckers.

    일부러 호구 잡을려고 알바생 친구들 부른다더라

  6. 9 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    The 40+ simps who wanna pay would probably get rejected by the women anyway lol.

    돈 내고 싶어하는 40대 이상 스윗남들은 여자들이 거부할듯 ㅋㅋㅋ

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