Takarajima

Gaijin shitamachi: Kinshicho a low-cost alternative to Kabukicho

By Amy Takahashi • April 16, 2010

The warmth of spring may have finally arrived but the chill of the wave of recession is still readily apparent throughout the metropolis. Yet Akihabara on the Chuo Line in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward, to be surprisingly indifferent to these economic difficulties.

Tokyo’s Kabukicho teeters on the brink

By Kenji Nakano • March 13, 2010

Once known as Asia’s top entertainment quarter, Shinjuku Ward’s red-light district of Kabukicho has seen a hallowing out at its core. Monthly magazine Takarajima (April) takes a look at the devastation wrought by police crackdowns and the ongoing recession.

Latest issue of Takarajima chock full of chicks

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • July 27, 2008

Issue dedicated to foul gals on the prowl