Soaplands as in the prostitution is illegal, so yeah cabarets are more common because they actually are legitimate businesses.
All I'm saying is that I'd go to a maid cafe because I think those are a funny concept. But I wouldn't go to a cabaret because my pride is too high to pay to talk to a hostess and 100% I'm too awkward to talk to someone I'm not actually friends with. But in any case if you are married you shouldn't be going to a cabaret to talk to a hostess or host. But for some reason that's not viewed in the same way as cheating.
Westoids in for a rude awakening when they realize Nippon is not Trad or Cath and that they're just a bunch of perverts that sell used underwear in vending machines tbqhfam