Tokyo Day 8 Part 2 — Kabukicho and Host Bars

After our tour of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Tokyo Day 8 Part 1), we wandered around Tokyo’s red light district, Kabukicho. We were walking aimlessly in Kabuki-cho trying to find a place to eat when we chanced upon a quite alley with large posters of men with spiky hair – the the type of men [...]


Tokyo Day 7 Part 3 — Gothic Lolita, Marui One, Marui Young Shinjuku

After our lovely visit to Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (Tokyo Day 7 Part 2), we visited Marui Young, a fashionable department store in Shinjuku, with 4 floors dedicated to Gothic, Lolita and street fashion. A Marui department stores are identified by its logo which looks like 0101. Maru means circle and i or ichi means [...]