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Naked Director Author’s Insight: Midnight Shinjuku Kabukicho, Japan’s Wonderland

Where does this town's "attraction" come from? The Tokyu Kabukicho Tower towers over the town, a town of desire.

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Girls’ bar waitresses call out to passersby in the freezing cold. Their bare legs peeking out from under their down coats.
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The area around the Shinjuku Toho Building, made famous by the “Toyoko Kids,” still attracts young people even in the middle of winter.
The center of downtown Kabukicho. Girls’ bar staffs, holding signs indicating prices and other information, are trying to catch customers.
Around the Hygeia Building, two women in their 20s were approached by a man in his 30s and engaged in some kind of negotiation.
A man talking to a woman by Okubo Park. This kind of scene decreased for a while last fall, but has recently begun to increase again.

Nobuhiro Motohashi, nonfiction writer, was born in 1956. Born in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture. Graduated from Waseda University with a degree in politics and economics. Author of “Kabukicho Underground” (Komakusa Shuppan), “Boku to Johnny’s” (East Press), and “Zenkaku Oyaku MURANISHI Toru Den” (Shincho Bunko).

From the January 19, 2024 issue of FRIDAY

  • Interview and text： Nobuhiro Motohashi PHOTO： Takero Yui

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