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What do hosts in Kabukicho eat after a night of working in Tokyo’s red-light district?
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Oona McGee
Feb 8, 2024 - Tweet
Woman he illegally invited to come to his bar wasn’t who she initially seemed to be either.
Tokyo to crack down on hostess/host bar advertising trucks by closing loophole
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Casey Baseel
Apr 11, 2023
Metropolitan government may ask other parts of Japan to match its restrictions on adult entertainment advertising.
- Japan
- (ads • COK • host bars • hostess bars • promotional trucks • promotional vehicles • society • trucks)
Why is there a wrestling ring in the Underground Arena fighting bar in Kabukicho?
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Oona McGee
Jan 28, 2023
- Japan
- (bars • COK • fighting • host bars • hostess bars • hosts • izakaya • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • pro wrestling • professional wrestling • restaurants • Sega • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo • video game • wrestling • yakuza)
Back when she was younger she couldn’t get away from them, so we visit a host club to find out what’s going on.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • host bars • hostess bars • hosts • Ikuna Kamezawa • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo • video game • yakuza)
Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 4: Not Like a Dragon
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Casey Baseel
Dec 9, 2022
- Japan
- (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)
Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 3: Crazy Town
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Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2022
Stories of blood, cockroaches, and the old days of Kabukicho, Tokyo’s real-world Kamurocho.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)
Is real Tokyo as dangerous as the Yakuza video games? Chapter 2: Towards the Gray Darkness
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Casey Baseel
Dec 7, 2022
- Japan
- (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)
Is Tokyo’s real-world Kamurocho as dangerous as the Yakuza games’ setting? Mr. Sato investigates
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Casey Baseel
Dec 6, 2022
Our ace reporter hits the streets in his Kiryu Kazama cosplay to talk to the people who know Kabukicho best.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • hostess bars • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • SNJO • video game • yakuza)
Idol singer from Keyakizaka46 says she’s now working as a Tokyo bar hostess
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Casey Baseel
Sep 27, 2022
- Japan
- (AKB48 • hostess bars • idol singers • Idols • Keyakizaka46 • Manaka Shida • Sakurazaka46)
Adult entertainment guidance center in Tokyo also serves up great curry【Taste test】
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Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2021
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • curry • food • host clubs • hostess bars • restaurants • SNJO • weird)
Adult entertainment guidance center appears in Akihabara, some worry neighborhood is changing
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Casey Baseel
Dec 28, 2020
Photos show otaku district’s iconic Kitchen Jiro restaurant has been replaced by something very different.
- Japan
- (Ayaka Idate • COK • fashion • hostess bars • hostesses • masks • SNJO)
Hooters closing original location in Japan as large-chested chain’s downsizing continues
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Casey Baseel
Aug 19, 2020
- Japan
- (beautiful women • food • Hooters • hostess bars • restaurants • society)
Tokyo plan to give 100,000 yen to residents who get infected with coronavirus sparks backlash
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Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2020
“So is this the start of the Coronavirus Challenge Lottery?” asks opponent of Shinjuku program.
- Japan
- (COK • controversy • coronavirus • health • host bars • hostess bars • shinjuku • society • Tokyo)
Online Japanese hostess bar turns out to be better than real thing for our first-time customer
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Casey Baseel
Jun 10, 2020
All the charm and none of the hassle.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • COK • hostess bars • SNJO)
Japanese Twitter user’s plan to open virtual beautiful hostess bar hits major snag【Video】
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Casey Baseel
Apr 10, 2020
Everything starts out fine, but it turns out it’s impossible for this beautiful hostess to drink.
- Japan
- (bars • beautiful women • crazy • funny • girls bars • hostess bars • video • Zoom)
Japanese bar hostess goes too far with the compliments, scares customer into going home
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Casey Baseel
Jan 14, 2020
There’s a fine line between “Only this girl realizes how cool I am” and “There’s no way that should make anyone attracted to me.”
- Japan
- (COK • funny • hostess bars • weird)
The true, and truly weird, story of the time our hostess-bar-loving reporter went out for a drink, and couldn’t come back.
- Japan
- (aiseki lounge • bars • COK • crazy • crime • hostess bars • SNJO • weird)
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