Break into the 8 largest red light districts in the world

De Wallen, Amsterdam, Netherlands

De Wallen is the gold standard of red light district in the world. Under strict management of local government, this area is more safe, clean and operates more efficiently than any other red light district in the world. This is a popular tourist attraction, always crowded with visitors.

The prostitutes will stand behind the glass door, dress sexily to attract guests. Starting price for 15 minutes is about $69. Amsterdam is the only place in the world built a iconic bronze statue named Belle for the girls working in the field of sex. Besides the statue is a message: "Be respectful of those who work as prostitutes in the world."

Villa Tinto, Belgium

Prostitution is a legal profession in Belgium. The red light district Villa Tinto opened in 2000, strictly managed by government, became one of the most clean and safe prostitution activities operating places in the world. Similarly to Amsterdam, the prostitutes welcome guests through glass windows.

The difference of Villa Tinto is, this area includes 51 suites, with biometric scanners to identify personnel, police station working day and night, and there's alarm button under the bed to protect the girls. In addition, there are massage rooms and clubs for visitors. About 70% women working as prostitute in Belgium are Bulgaria.

Pascha, Cologne Germany

Cologne is the first city in Europe where they build high-rise buildings. There, prostitute girls rent private room and welcome guest at the hallway. The cost for a 'fun time' of about 15 minutes is about $69. For visitors who are men over 66 years old, they only have to pay half the price at the afternoon.

Patpong, Thailand

The famous red light district of Thailand - Patpong is mainly for tourists. This is an entertainment location under administration of government, open until 2am. Patpong also is an exotic location where they combine sexual service and selling 'adult toys'. Compared with another famous red light district of Thailand - Soi Cowboy, the price at Patpong will be more expensive. Before coming here, tourists are also warned to stay away from drugs.

Reeperbahn, Hamburg, Germany

The red light district Reeperbahn is a first grade nightlife location with restaurants, strip clubs, cinemas in the city of Hamburg. However, activities related to sex are limited in certain time of day. There are around 400 women working at Reeperbahn. This number is 50% lower over the last decade. A ticket to erotic massage salon cost around $69-207 per hour.

Soi Cowboy, Thailand

Soi Cowboy is the most visited red light distirct in Bangkok. However striptease performance is considered illegal activity here. The costs for one 'fun time' is about $45/hour and $125 overnight.

Kabukicho, Japan

Unlike normal red light districts, Kabukicho mostly serves the locals and a few tourists. The bar, club here usually has a theme with girls dressed as secretaries, nurses, assistants, students... Some bars in Kabukicho are underwritten by mafia.

Pigalle, France

Pigalle red light district located right in Paris the magnificent capital of France. Here gathered may striptease clubs, nightclubs, adult toys shops. Ticket to a sex show is around $28. Some visitor come here because of curiousity, only watching without buying anything.

Go to Fukuoka to see erotic paintings in museum

Fukuoka Art Museum is located at Oshori park witih very beautiful scenery. The museum has several thematic exhibits from time to time, at September 2015 thery already announce the topics for 2016. Along with paintings there also are ceramics, needlework,... Especially in this museum they also sell prints of famous authors' works. But perhaps the Chunhua room is getting most of the attention.

After i just finished watching the ancient paintings in the 2nd floor of the main building and came out, a museum staff invited me into a room with the hanging curtains that have a (春) character on it. This is a gallery for visitors over eighteen only.

The first time i look at pictures displayed here i was starled. A world of paintings that describe sex scenes very specifically, with all kinds of styles, positions, even more than sex scenes that sometimes pop out on Internet. There are scenes with one male two females, two males twho females and even more so, the gay sex scenes and the most extreme is the picture of an octopus having sex with a woman.

Taking picture is not allowed in the gallery, but as soon as you walk out, typing Shunga (spring picture) in search engine will results in many illustrations. Shunga is a kind of wood carving picture in Japan, use the theme of heterosexual relations as inspiration back from 17th century. But learning about this art form you can see that it existed in China before that thousands years and developed quite prevalently around 10th century in large cities like Suzhou, Hangzhou, Guangzhou. Because it's the entertainment for kings and principalities, it's named Spring palace painting, the very specific sex scenes were not only drawn on paper but also printed on porcelain dishes, teapots, vases...

Shunga portrays quite detailedly sensitive parts of male and female body, the pleasure facial expression and all kind of making love positions. Artist Hokusai's painting 'Dream of fisherman's wife' describes the image of a woman being eated out by an octopus seemed totally alien to the mainstream of tradional art. However, this is one of the most famous paintings of Hokusai, many researchers consider him the greatest woodblock artist of all time in Japan.

Shunga paintings are given as 'wedding gift' to bride to bring to her husband's home, and as a luck charm to samurais before the battle.

Although causing many controvesies, ancient sunga paintings are still displayed in major museums and Japanese shunga paintings are brought to British Museum in London and even to US.