Kabukichō
Kabukichō ( Japanese 歌舞 伎 町 ) is a district in Tokyo's Shinjuku district , which is primarily known as the red light district and begins directly behind the east exit of Shinjuku train station .
History and special features
After the end of the Second World War, the district developed from an ordinary residential area to the world-famous red light district today. Originally Tsunohazu called, he got its present name in accordance with one from the 1940s, planned but never finished Kabukitheater .
Kabukichō offers a variety of entertainment establishments in addition, hostess bars and Izakaya , nightclubs, restaurants, cinemas, karaoke bars , amusement arcades and especially numerous typical for Japan's big cities love hotels . The district is best known for the house facades full of neon advertising . Shinjuku City Hall and Seibu-Shinjuku Train Station are also located in Kabukichō . The postal code of Kabukicho is 160-0021. In the 2005 census, the district had a total of 2,298 inhabitants.
In the vicinity of Kabukichō is also Shinjuku ni-chome , a gay district.
In literary terms, the district was set up a socially critical monument in the novel In der Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami .
The video game series Yakuza , from SEGA , used the district as a template for the fictional Kamurocho district.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 新宿 区 の 町 丁目 別 常住 人口. (PDF; 97.6 KB) In: Shinjuku City. October 1, 2005, accessed July 26, 2016 (Japanese).
Coordinates: 35 ° 42 ' N , 139 ° 42' E