Kansai Enko [patched] -

In Kyoto and Nara, the pressure to attend juku (cram school) costs millions of yen. Some high school girls enter Enko not for designer bags, but to pay for their future. They justify it as a "short-term loan" to themselves—a dangerous cognitive distortion that keeps them trapped.

: In the Kansai region, research often highlights economic factors—such as local unemployment or the desire for consumerist status symbols—as primary motivators for entering the trade. Emotional Labor kansai enko