Kabukicho is loaded with hostess/host bars, sex shops, tiny bars, and yakuza. If you are in Tokyo, I highly recommend that you do this. We did it in early evening (5-6pm) on a Sunday and it was still pretty busy. Many things were closed though, so me missed out on the S&M show. Unfortunately I am still a bit camera shy and didn't get any photos of the beautiful girls wearing hotpants and guys with their high hair and 44cm shoes.
People everywhere
Entrance to Kabukicho
Interesting English
Outside of a ramen shop
More people
Inside a love motel. It is a mirrored surface and the pictures are rooms available. Only 4 were unoccupied and it was 6pm on a Sunday. In the reflection you can see the shark swimming in its tank
All hostess bars (except The Loft, which is a music venue in the basement)
The police station that just ignores everything
An arcade/batting cage in the middle of the brothels and love motels
The batting cage, 300¥ for 20 balls
At the arcade
Room rates for a love motel. Different rates for different lengths of stay (by hours)
A temple in the middle of the sex trade world
A toilet in an alley
A dark scary alley with lots of hosts milling about
Outside of a host bar. Women go there and pay to "talk" with the men. According to the tour the majority of a host's clients are hostesses and prostitutes
The #1 Host
Alleyway full of tiny bars. Each is about as wide as a king sized bed. They were all closed when we went
One of the little bars
Sin City
My new mascot at a Korean restaurant
Koban is "Police box" in Japanese
Waiting
The lonely trip to the train
I didn't take any pictures of hosts in Shinjuku, but here is what many looked like
After a long day everyone was ready to go to bed (the woman on the right is holding a beer).
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