As the Korean War raged on in December 1950, Western powers vied to restore Japan as a “great Asian power” to counter global communism. In December 2000, a teenage boy bombed a video store in Kabukicho. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/history/tokyo-population-communism-inflation-kabukicho-bomb-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #tokyo #population #taisho #coldwar #inflation #shinjukuward #kabukicho
Japan Times 1925: Tokyo population booming in late Taisho Era

The Japanese capital averaged more than 50,000 births per year in the 13 years leading up to 1925, as steady incomes allowed ordinary people to live prosperous lives.

The Japan Times
@tomayac just for you, i revisited the scene of the crime with more intention this time #photography #kabukicho #tokyo
going around #tokyo #kabukicho quoting "psycho goreman" (2020)
Heute Morgen war ich nur kurz in Asakusa um mir ein Goshuin im Tempel abzuholen. Heute Abend bin ich dann nochmal zu Big Camera gegangen, um ein paar Kameras zu vergleichen, die mich interessieren. Danach war ich noch kurz in Kanukicho. Heute also nichts besonderes erlebt.
#photowalk #xhalf #fujifilm #tokyo #shinjuku #kabukicho #streetphotography #photography #fotografie
🇯🇵TOKIO// BARRIO 🔴 SHINJUKU // #shinjuku #tokio #tokyo #Kabukicho https://www.ciaonihon.com/619126/
Between grilled meat and gay manga, Daigo Matsui’s "Meets the World" is a darkly funny tale of friendship, fantasy and female loneliness. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/10/23/film/meets-the-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #daigomatsui #hanasugisaki #kotonaminami #kabukicho #shinjuku
The Girl in the Window, Kabukicho 歌舞伎町
#cinema #Kabukicho
Centuries-old Japanese erotic art is still taboo, but a rare exhibition in Kabukucho, the city's so-called red-light district, aims to prove the genre is more than titillation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/08/art/japanese-erotic-art-shunga-exhibition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #art #kabukicho #ukiyoe #exhibitions #shunga
Traditional Japanese erotic art exhibition puts female pleasure in focus

An erotic form of ukiyo-e, shunga is often dismissed as mere pornography. An exhibition in Kabukicho aims to highlight its artistry.

The Japan Times