In Seoul, I saw three indys the first time. Two locals, one was a good experience, the other average, and a Belarussian, which was not great.
My second time in Seoul, I went to the same Anma (MPs that offer FS) three times (after failing to get anything at a kiss bang). I couldn't select the girl since I don't speak korean and ended up being assigned the same girl twice in three visits. She was decent, but the one I saw only once was really good. They offer a good scrub before taking you to bed.
In Tokyo, I had done a lot of research hoping to get to a foreigner-friendly soapland in Yokohama. I ended up seeing a girl from Tokyo Hentai Club on my first night in Tokyo and she was fantastic. It made me realize that seeing an SP on your first night in a new town is a great way to get some info. She explained to me how the subway system worked and gave me a few tips on things to visit. We ended up staying in touch the whole week via text and I decided to forget my plans to go out of town to the soapland I had found online and just treat myself to the longest date of my life with this girl on my last night in Tokyo. Had the time of my life with her and even stayed in contact for many months afterwards, until I realized it was better for mental health to just cut her off.
Also during that week in Tokyo, while I didn't see any other SP or go to a soapland, I did go to a "strip club". What a great and funny experience that was. There were basically 6 girls on rotation that would do a 3-4 part show with a theme (mostly cheap cosplay, but one girl was a legit aerial hoop artist). After their show, they would come back on the stage and show the goods again to the crowd who clapped vigorously for every pose while some of the regulars gave them gifts (including bananas!!!). Then the girl was available for photos for those who bought tickets for it at the entrance.
Out of the 6 girls, only 2 were very good looking while the rest were between average and try-not-to-look-away. I ended up getting the photo tickets for the heck of it (about 50$ for 10 photos). The price of admission was about 50$ and you could stay as long as you want, although it felt you are expected to leave once you've seen all 6 girls do their thing (they would to the whole run 2-3 times a day). You could also buy beer for 4-5 $ at the vending machine just outside of the show room. While most of the crowd appeared to be the regular perverts, there were some younger groups coming in and out, even young couples on date. It was quite the experience, very different than what we have in mind here when we think of a SC.