Went to Yoshiwara today, around 1:00pm. Not many of the touts were welcoming, but going by Landmark was greeted -- too pricy for me today, although I was tempted as my one really good prior soapland experience was there about 18 months ago. Was curious about American Cheer Girl (hey, I like some of the muchi muchi porn, and the price sounded right) but was turned away -- I was not greeted by the tout, and when I asked "English?" he shook his head and said "Sorry" (had that much English!)
Had a list of other places to look at, but got flagged down by the tout out front of Club Amour -- which had not been on my list as I expected the prices to be higher. Ended up staying there, and will post a separate review.
Mostly, though, thanks everyone for all the great information on this thread and this board as it was WAY helpful to have a sense of things rather than my two prior attempts which were pretty much "walk around until a tout greets me," without really knowing how things worked. In one case it worked out (great but pricy session with Kaori who no longer shows up on Landmark's site) and one was terrible (not sure the place but further down the same block as Landmark, cheaper but still more than I paid today.)