It is a great place for both people traveling alone and in groups. Free Wifi. Bring lots of money – in cash. Shinjuku Golden Gai, famous for plethora of small bars, is part of Kabukicho..
Or is it just for tourists? Golden Gai is around the corner from the Kuyakusho-mae Capsule Hotel.On "days of the rooster" in November, people flock to “Since Tokyo secured the Olympic bid in 2013, and since #TohoCinemasShinjuku opened in 2015, #Kabukicho has become somewhat more gentrified.”“You can tell they are making more of an effort to clean up the area, and crack down on things like street solicitation.
Show Prices. Blow a referee whistle, if you need to, and run shrieking to the Don Quijote safety station.”“In #GoldenGai, another #Shinjuku institution, near Kabukicho, Tokyo time-warps, its streetscape morphing into a narrow maze of dive bars.”Trees illuminated like champagne glasses on Kuyakusho Dori. All along the same street are other easy to spot landmarks. After several large hotels opened in the district, the Kabukicho Concierge Association was formed to recommend businesses that would be safe for foreign patrons, as the area is notorious for the practice known as The Shinjuku Koma Theater was a landmark in Kabukichō.
Just choose your travel destination. Kabukicho (歌舞伎町) is the most liveliest nightlife district in Tokyo. Tourists always love to see the #GodzillaHead.”The tree-lined pedestrian street that leads from the East Exit of Shinjuku Station to Yasukuni Dori / Kabuki Central Road (a.k.a. Tokyu Milano-za (2012), looking west from Cinecity Square The Kabukicho area of Shinjuku is expensive. The red light district covers several blocks of the east side of Shinjuku Station. In addition, fifty Private citizens and government agencies launched a joint effort in July 2003, called the Shinjuku Shopping Center Committee to Expel Organized-Crime Groups, with the aim to replace unlicensed and adult-oriented businesses (which were believed to pay In 2011, Tokyo began to enforce the Organised Crime Exclusion Ordinance, which makes it a crime for businesses or individuals to deal with the Yakuza.In 2007, Aida founded the Shinjuku Kabukicho Host Club Anti-Organized Crime Gang Association to disassociate host and hostess clubs from organized crime, reduce the aggressive "catching" street solicitations, and eliminate the Shinjuku Koma, looking north from the east end of Cinecity Square (Feb 1960) Don Quixote, the “everything you need” tax free shop and its bright lights. Shinjuku Granbell Hotel. Appropriate, since this is the largest red-light district in Japan.”“If you envision a Tokyo littered with neon signs, streets like Ichibangai in #Kabukicho do conform to that ‘Blade Runner’ ideal of the city.”“For foreigners, including celebrities, the most famous spot in #Kabukicho would undoubtedly be #RobotRestaurant, where giant fembots loom.”“A #Shinjuku institution, #RobotRestaurant is pure Vegas kitsch, w/ guitarists in spiky armor, and girls in sequin bikinis riding neon tanks.”“The true Tokyo: robo-cabaret? Yakuza nest no more?”“Even in the daytime, #TohoCinemasShinjuku is a *monster* draw, w/ its MX4D and IMAX theaters. Godzilla Road).A photoblog, where you become the phantom foreigner. You'd be surprised how many suburbanites here have not heard of #RobotRestaurant.”The entrance gate to Sakura Dori, the street in Kabukicho where Robot Restaurant is located.“Other novelty dining options in #Kabukicho include tachinomiya, or standing bars, and The Lockup, a theme restaurant evoking a horror jail.”“Entertainment/lodging options in #Kabukicho include arcades (called game centers in Japan), karaoke castles, capsule hotels and love hotels.”A window full of soccer balls in a store that used to be located near Hotel Colorful P & A, one of Kabukicho’s numerous love hotels.“Back on Ichibangai, the Humax Pavilion holds night bowling with misspelled English signs, and shabu-shabu with perfect pentagons of meat.”“Without a doubt, there is a seedy side to #Kabukicho, where hostess clubs and soaplands ply their so-called ‘water trade,’ or mizushobai.”“Anecdotally, a daytime stroll through #Kabukicho once prompted a tout to accost The Gaijin Ghost and ask, ‘Are you looking for a sex club?’”“It is not unheard of to circle the block once in #Kabukicho and have 8 different touts try to lure you in to 8 sketchy night establishments.”“Best advice: exercise caution in #Kabukicho. Fréquentable en journée par le grand public, il y règne une atmosphère pour adultes à la nuit tombée. Visiting Shinjuku and the red light district of Kabukichō. #2 Best Value of 44 places to stay in Kabukicho. For Hollywood films set in Tokyo (e.g. By 2008, it had moved to its third location; since it opened in 1956, it has hosted concerts and other performances by top stars, including The Tokyu Milano-za movie theater, just west of Cinecity Square, was the largest in Japan when it opened in 1956.In 2004, according to a spokesperson of Metropolitan Tokyo, there were more than 1,000 Entering the new millennium, laws were more strictly enforced and patrols became more frequent.
Prominent signs along Sakura-Dori (さくら通り), including entrance to Robot Restaurant Gate at Sakura-Dori, looking north from Yasukuni-Dori Restaurant. Show Prices. Entertainment and red-light district in Kantō, JapanKabukichō Ichiban-gai gate and colorful neon street signsKabukichō, view north along Ichibangai-dori towards the Humax Pavilion complex Kabukicho Red gate The first landmark you should cross on your way from Shinjuku station to Kabukicho is the large bright red gate on the street.
View east along Yasukuni-Dori, the southern border of Kabukichō.
Easy to spot, and marks the frontier streets that divides one district from another. COVID-19 Update: To limit the spread of the coronavirus, attractions may be closed or have partial closures. Hotel Gracery Shinjuku.
Restaurant. 12,503 reviews. When people think of Tokyo, visions of Shinjuku come to mind.