Serious Eats
(Semi-)Naked Sushi Comes To Los Angeles
"Her name was Rachael, she said. She was blond and wore a disarming, gleaming-white smile. Her smile, however, was about the only thing she was wearing, with the exception of a few chrysanthemums affixed to her underwear and banana leaves carefully positioned along the length of her body." In today's New York Times, Eddie Lin visits the newly-opened West Hollywood restaurant Hadaka Sushi, where you can eat your sushi off a semi-naked model. $1,100 to hire her, sushi comes extra. Nyotaimori, or "body sushi" is alleged to be a practice of the Yakuza; the woman is supposed to be nude, with body hair shaved, and trained to lie still for hours.
(Lin shared some video from Hadaka on his site Deep End Dining back in March, saying "please check your prissy at the door.")