Almost Paradise

SEX SPACE: When the Exotic Imitates the Everyday, What's Left to Fantasize About?

| PLUS

| The New World

| Euro Space

| Nano Space

| Space Space

| Relationship Space

| Dump Space

| Atlas Space

| Voice Space

| Office Space

| Home Space

| Bush Space

| Protest Space

| Boom Space

| Body Space

| Research Space

| Tight Space

| Art Space

| Sex Space

| Border Space

| Crowd Space

| Future Space

| Secure Space

| Color Space

| Blog Space

| Waning Space

| Robo Space

| DNA Space

| Ad Space

| Golf Space

| Limbo Space

| Public Space

Tokyo has always been known for its "love hotels," elaborately designed spaces where denizens of one of the most densely populated cities on earth can steal a few moments' intimacy. Now some of the city's brothels are just as carefully appointed. Known as imekura, short for "image club," these imitations of quotidian spaces offer a fantasy that comes complete with a woman who plays the part – whether that's a secretary in an office or a commuter on a subway. As Kyoichi Tsuzuki's photographs show, they're mundane rooms transformed into fantasy chambers – and vice versa. In a city where anything seems architecturally possible, the ultimate erotic fantasy is that of everyday existence.

| Kyoichi Tsuzuki