Today, in our Women in Japan Series, we take a look at four things women are still not allowed to do in Japan.
Bans allow no women; semi-bans allow women–but only sometimes.
This is truly long overdue since women’s sumo, called onnazumo, has been around as an amateur sport since the early 18th century.
Semi-Ban: Staying in capsule hotelsReason: Targeted towards businessmenYou may have heard that many of Japan’s capsule hotels are men-only.
To most people it’s enough to say that the rule doesn’t exist anymore because there are now capsule hotels that allow women.