Comments on: Hostesses, bars, mobsters, and love hotels http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: White Rabbit Press - Japanese Kanji and Kana Flashcards, Tokyo Realtime Audio Tours and more… » Blog Archive » Japan Probe http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-319258 White Rabbit Press - Japanese Kanji and Kana Flashcards, Tokyo Realtime Audio Tours and more… » Blog Archive » Japan Probe Fri, 22 May 2009 05:33:46 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-319258 [...] Hostesses, bars, mobsters, and love hotelsLast Friday night found me walking through Shinjuku’s Kabukicho listening to an audio tour by Tokyo Realtime. I was a little skeptical at first, but right away it answered a question I’ve always been too lazy to look up: How a place with no Kabuki Theaters came to be called Kabukicho. [...] [...] Hostesses, bars, mobsters, and love hotelsLast Friday night found me walking through Shinjuku’s Kabukicho listening to an audio tour by Tokyo Realtime. I was a little skeptical at first, but right away it answered a question I’ve always been too lazy to look up: How a place with no Kabuki Theaters came to be called Kabukicho. [...]

]]> By: Can you visit las vegas hotel pools without being a guest? | Las Vegas Hotels http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-315783 Can you visit las vegas hotel pools without being a guest? | Las Vegas Hotels Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:41:39 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-315783 [...] Hostesses, bars, mobsters, and love hotels | Japan Probe [...] [...] Hostesses, bars, mobsters, and love hotels | Japan Probe [...]

]]> By: Jon http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-280073 Jon Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:32:30 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-280073 Hey Curtis, The tour was just over an hour long. The cover says it is 65 minutes, but that may include the disclaimer. It was a good length, felt about right. Hey Curtis,

The tour was just over an hour long. The cover says it is 65 minutes, but that may include the disclaimer. It was a good length, felt about right.

]]> By: Curtis http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-280032 Curtis Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:33:17 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-280032 Interesting. About how long is the tour? Interesting. About how long is the tour?

]]> By: _kovert http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-278598 _kovert Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:03:12 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-278598 At a place like that, or many other street corners all over town for that matter. I hate to stereotype but I've begun to dread walking past Nigerians as they always try to get me to go to some club. Many of them have a very hard time taking no for an answer. Yea, yelling at me and grabbing me is gonna entice me to follow you. You are right on there. The tour does sound interesting though and since it's an audio tour you can at least go around wearing some earphones which makes it a little easier to ignore the solicitors. At a place like that, or many other street corners all over town for that matter. I hate to stereotype but I’ve begun to dread walking past Nigerians as they always try to get me to go to some club. Many of them have a very hard time taking no for an answer. Yea, yelling at me and grabbing me is gonna entice me to follow you. You are right on there.

The tour does sound interesting though and since it’s an audio tour you can at least go around wearing some earphones which makes it a little easier to ignore the solicitors.

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]]> By: Max Hodges http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-278497 Max Hodges Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:08:47 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-278497 @roaf: the post title was taken from the subtitle of the tour: "Hostesses, bars, mobsters, and love hotels, An audio guided tour through Shinjuku's notorious sin district" Cheers, Max @roaf: the post title was taken from the subtitle of the tour: “Hostesses, bars, mobsters, and love hotels, An audio guided tour through Shinjuku’s notorious sin district”

Cheers,
Max

]]> By: Max Hodges http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-278496 Max Hodges Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:06:49 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-278496 The "boxing guy" was Nagurareya, the human punching bag. Seems he stopped taking punches for yen several years ago. The “boxing guy” was Nagurareya, the human punching bag. Seems he stopped taking punches for yen several years ago.

]]> By: Max Hodges http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-278495 Max Hodges Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:03:58 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-278495 I'm the producer of the tour, so if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them here in this forum! Glad to hear so many people interested in the tour. Max Hodges Producer White Rabbit Press I’m the producer of the tour, so if you have any questions I’d be happy to answer them here in this forum!

Glad to hear so many people interested in the tour.

Max Hodges
Producer
White Rabbit Press

]]> By: Ben http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-278437 Ben Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:04:14 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-278437 Honestly I can't stand all the harassment at a place like that, just because you're a foreigner. I know it's standard or whatever, but when strangers start grabbing me I say "get the fuck off, I don't know you." I don't care if they're doing their jobs or whatever, grabbing people literally is not the way to sell your sleazy product, it's a way to piss people off Anyway sorry about the rant but that's a good post, the tour sounds interesting. Honestly I can’t stand all the harassment at a place like that, just because you’re a foreigner. I know it’s standard or whatever, but when strangers start grabbing me I say “get the fuck off, I don’t know you.” I don’t care if they’re doing their jobs or whatever, grabbing people literally is not the way to sell your sleazy product, it’s a way to piss people off

Anyway sorry about the rant but that’s a good post, the tour sounds interesting.

]]> By: Jon http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-278416 Jon Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:26:27 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-278416 kingofjamos, Yeah, that's the guy. I didn't get a CD from him, but he gave me his card: Happy home entertainment Co.limited general manager OJDEVILLAGER kingofjamos,

Yeah, that’s the guy. I didn’t get a CD from him, but he gave me his card:

Happy home entertainment Co.limited

general manager
OJDEVILLAGER

]]> By: Jon http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-278413 Jon Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:23:39 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-278413 gadgetfanatic, Didn't see a boxing guy, that sounds like fun though. The tour did mention the fire and has you stop in front of the now empty lot for a few minutes. gadgetfanatic,

Didn’t see a boxing guy, that sounds like fun though.

The tour did mention the fire and has you stop in front of the now empty lot for a few minutes.

]]> By: kingofjamos http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-278389 kingofjamos Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:33:45 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-278389 i think ive met that nigerian. did he give you a cd? he's called the villager right? ha ha ha i think ive met that nigerian. did he give you a cd? he’s called the villager right? ha ha ha

]]> By: Eloy http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-278384 Eloy Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:16:39 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-278384 that's a tour that's worth doing. that’s a tour that’s worth doing.

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]]> By: gadgetfanatic http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-278321 gadgetfanatic Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:51:06 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-278321 ahhh, "The Cho." Was the boxing guy still there in the square? The one who lets you box him for a few thousand yen? anyone remember the fire that happened there a few years ago? with a mahjong place and some hostess clubs? quite a few people couldn't get out, but family members all stated that their loved ones "had to be" in the mahjong place when the accident happened. ahhh, “The Cho.” Was the boxing guy still there in the square? The one who lets you box him for a few thousand yen?

anyone remember the fire that happened there a few years ago? with a mahjong place and some hostess clubs? quite a few people couldn’t get out, but family members all stated that their loved ones “had to be” in the mahjong place when the accident happened.

]]> By: Kim Laughton http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-278315 Kim Laughton Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:31:23 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-278315 "The only real annoyance was being constantly interrupted by people selling sex and beer." I took an audio tour through a steel factory once, the only real annoyance was having to constantly avoid streams of molten metal. Still, awesome tourist attraction, full of character! “The only real annoyance was being constantly interrupted by people selling sex and beer.”

I took an audio tour through a steel factory once, the only real annoyance was having to constantly avoid streams of molten metal. Still, awesome tourist attraction, full of character!

]]> By: Roaf http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/12/23/hostesses-bars-mobsters-and-love-hotels/comment-page-1/#comment-278310 Roaf Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:14:44 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=7934#comment-278310 Now, that's a great title for a post! Now, that’s a great title for a post!

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