We chat with the minds behind this specialty store about its unusually uniform niche and learn to appreciate the plain.
Kabukicho
Complete with a Japanese bus stop, Japanese road signs, a Japanese taxi, and a Japanese car park.
Empty streets at Sensoji and Shinjuku have us seeing the capital in a very different light.
In amongst the noise and bright lights of Shinjuku’s Kabukicho is a quiet oasis where you can hear the sound of pencil on paper.
Next time the kids complain that they never get to do anything cool on the weekends, just take them to this host club.
People are falling in love with the wide-eyed visitor from abroad who discovers Kabukicho isn’t really like it is in video games.
Each blade is made by a craftsman from Seki using centuries-old traditional swordsmithing techniques.
Rev-9 and the T-800 beat drums in traditional happi coats under a giant Godzilla in Japan.
Litterbug smokers aren’t so eager to brawl once they find out they’re picking a fight with a guy who beats people up for a living.
The host now known as Phoenix Luna has figuratively risen from near death in Tokyo not much worse for wear.
Tokyo’s biggest club district has an all-night sushi joint where the chef is also a working host.
Akaya Kunugi owes it all to his rich “princesses” who spend up to US$35,000 a night on him.
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