oh no they weren't REGULAR GIRLS they were just paid to hang out with the guys there and flirt with them, pour their drinks and complement their terrible karaoke "skills".
I was off but I wasn't too far off.
Also yeah I was pretty embarrassed but even then I knew it wasn't like I fucked up THAT BAD. I wouldn't doubt it if I heard other Americans probably do it all the time, we were just polite about it.
gonna add something I forgot when I wrote that post: we actually stopped at one brothel place and the Japanese guard guys said that we could get one girl and take turns with her or some stupid shit like that. I was F U C K THAT but my friend still wanted to do it, I said "I ain't double dippin' fool" and walked back in the cab where we went to our last destination.
My sentiments exactly.