Kabukicho is not what it used to be, Japan’s No. 1 nightlife district. There is nothing left of it.

good

good

What's good about it? Many people out of work, out of business and in desperate straits doesn't strike me as good.

Party til you die was just a phrase and should never be taken literally.

What's good about it?

well for one thing, the crime rate should go down.

Many people out of work, out of business and in desperate straits doesn't strike me as good.

Let them find other jobs.

Kabukicho and Roppongi are a scar on the face of tokyo.

It will reinvent itself - or developers will reinvent it. Look at Times Square today vs what it was in the 70's and 80's. That real estate is way too valuable for it to have been a flesh pit for this long.

absolutely! I'd love to see more decent businesses open there and fuzoku out.

Let them find other jobs.

Those jobs will probably include robbing houses. Good luck with that. I am surprised you can live in Tokyo with your attitude.

Those jobs will probably include robbing houses. Good luck with that.

Pretty much the same job they had before..LOL

I am surprised you can live in Tokyo with your attitude.

Pot calling Kettle

Pot calling Kettle

Don't live in Tokyo. But have no problem with redlight districts. Most major cities have them.

Some good, non-sleazy places in Kabukicho. Had a few good nights out there. The sleazy thing isn’t my scene ( I think I’m too miserable and cynical rather than prudish ), but each to their own.

Hope things pick up.

It will reinvent itself - or developers will reinvent it. Look at Times Square today vs what it was in the 70's and 80's. That real estate is way too valuable for it to have been a flesh pit for this long.

i guess you haven’t been to NYC or Times Square recently. They are beginning to look like they did in the 70’s. NYC is starting to resemble Chicago, with double-digit shootings on weekends. Half the stores on 5th Avenue are boarded up, and people are fleeing the city in droves. There are now more vacant apartments in the city than in any time during my lifetime.

Thank you mayor de Blasio and governor Cuomo for destroying 5 decades of social and economic progress.

Pot calling Kettle

Don't live in Tokyo. But have no problem with redlight districts. Most major cities have them.

to each his own.

but I am still cheering their demise

Didn't you read yesterday's story about SOD entertainment its going to be better than ever.

@sangetsu03 - Times Square is the shopping area South East of Shinjuku Station.