Kabukicho
Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
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Casey Baseel
Apr 24, 2024 - Tweet
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japanese food • Kabukicho • kamameshi • restaurants • review • rice • shinjuku • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)
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
- Japan
- (before and after • celebrities • COK • David Beckham • fun • funny • haircut • hairstyling • Japanese hairstyles • Kabukicho • photoshoot • shinjuku • SNJO • soccer • weird)
Golden ramen in Tokyo costs 1,980 yen instead of 10,000 yen for a limited time!
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Oona McGee
Nov 12, 2023
- Japan
- (COK • food • gold • golden • Japanese food • Kabukicho • Masanuki Sunakoma • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • taste test)
- Japan
- (COK • events • food • gotochi • Japanese food • Kabukicho • local specialties • Mr. Sato • Noodles • ramen • regional food • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)
Tokyu Kabukicho Tower backtracks on its gender-neutral toilets, rejigging them to appease public
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SoraNews24
May 19, 2023
- Japan
- (bathrooms • gender free • gender issues • gender relations • gender-neutral • genderless • Japanese restrooms • Japanese toilets • Kabukicho • news • pay toilets • shinjuku • SNJO • Toilets • Tokyu Kabukicho Tower • transgender)
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- Japan
- (Akihabara • beautiful • COK • Golden Gai • Imperial Palace • Kabukicho • Kichijoji • Nakano • observation floors • parks • Roppongi Hills • shinjuku • SNJO • Sumida River • Tocho • Tokyo • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building • Tokyo Tower • travel)
The new Tokyu Kabukicho Tower is packed with entertainment, food, and drinks–with one caveat
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Dale Roll
Apr 18, 2023
- Japan
- (bars • clubs • entertainment • game centers • Kabukicho • Mr. Sato • restaurants • shinjuku • shopping • Tokyu Kabukicho Tower)
Shinjuku izakaya’s all-you-can-eat-and-drink plan is one of Tokyo’s best secret cheap eats
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Oona McGee
Mar 21, 2023
- Japan
- (all you can drink • all-you-can-eat • bars • cheap • cheap eats • cheap food • cheapo news • COK • food review • izakaya • Kabukicho • restaurant reviews • restaurants • review • sashimi • shinjuku • SNJO • sushi • Tokyo • video game • yakitori)
Giant 1,431-square meter arcade and bar opening in downtown Tokyo from Bandai Namco
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Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2023
Namco Tokyo pours drinks, serves Pacman parfaits, and plays game music into the night in Shinjuku.
- Japan
- (alcohol • Arcades • Bandai • Bandai Namco • bars • crane games • drinks • game centers • Kabukicho • Namco • Namco Tokyo • Pacman • parfaits • shinjuku • sweets • video games)
Live-action Evangelion play ditches Shinji, Rei, and entire anime cast for new story, characters
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Casey Baseel
Feb 3, 2023
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)
We eat a luxurious Japanese-style buffet breakfast in a restaurant full of wood-carved bears
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Dale Roll
Dec 24, 2022
- Japan
- (breakfast • breakfast buffet • buffet • COK • food • Hokkaido • Japanese breakfast • Kabukicho • Mr. Sato • restarants • shinjuku • SNJO)
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)
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