I'm back in Tokyo after a few months away, and poking around sugardaddy again.
It may be because the pandemic is winding down, but free meetups and sex for 2-3 seems to be no longer practical. I found one girl who was DTF for 3 flat with no date beforehand, but she turned out to be a starfish and possibly mentally disabled, absolutely horrible experience. Girls who will meet for a dinner/coffee date without an allowance are also few and far between; the only one I got so far was a 40+ separated housewife, who was fun to drink with but not even especially MILFy. I should add that I am N1 in Japanese, so I imagine sugaring on the cheap is even tougher if you don't read and write the language...
On the other hand there are good lays available if you shell out 1 for a date plus 3 for sex (although many chicks won't even talk to you at that level). Just spent a couple hours with a perky tandai student on that budget, and got two pops in with DATY, BBBJ, BBFS (as long as I didn't come inside her), cuddling, konyoku, etc. etc. Fantastic, much better than using escorts or deliheru IMO.
The girls I'm meeting generally don't want to exchange LINE beforehand, but are happy to do so once you meet them in person. Perhaps because there are scammers/spammers posing as potential SDs.