This video takes viewers deep into Kabukicho, one of Tokyo’s most famous nightlife districts. Neon signs flicker overhead as crowds weave through bars, restaurants, and entertainment alleys. The host ...

Until now, Kabukicho had a reputation for being home to the bulk of the city’s host clubs and love hotels, not to mention Shinjuku’s giant Godzilla statue, yet with the opening of #000T – a shop ...

A lousy childhood, a yearning to be loved and sizable debts, to be paid off the only way they know how, by streetwalking.

Tokyo police arrested the owner of a girls bar in the Kabukicho nightlife district on Saturday on suspicion of operating illegally. Toshihiko Yahata, 35, owner of 55 Lounge, was the first to be ...

Shinjuku’s bustling nightlife district of Kabukicho is now home to Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, Japan’s largest hotel and entertainment complex, which opened its doors on April 14. The towering skyscraper ...

As the sun dips behind the skyscrapers on a bitterly cold evening, hordes of shoppers swarm towards subway entrances, a blaze of neon flickering in their wake. Within an hour the streets reverberate ...

Japan is famous for being one of the safest countries in the world, but one place locals and guidebooks will warn you about is Tokyo’s Kabukicho. While the area itself isn’t particularly dangerous, ...

Once notorious as Tokyo’s sketchiest red-light district — and a frequent setting for yakuza movies — Kabukicho has now become a somewhat gentrified lure for hordes of foreign tourists. But as Ren ...

Kabukicho 歌舞伎町 may be known for its adult-oriented nightlife, but September is festival season in the district. The festivals started out as a way to give thanks to the gods for good harvests, and ...