Shinjuku Kabukicho

The flashing lights and signs here are hard to miss. Kabukicho is a fun place to stroll through at night if you’re in Shinjuku (have your street smarts ready though). It’s the biggest red light district in Japan.
The Robot Restaurant is here. Along with strip clubs, hostess clubs, and adult-​rated DVD shops. It doesn’t matter if you’re a girl or guy, the Nigerian (?) hustlers will call on you to try to usher you into their venues. Coming from NYC, I found all the lights and sounds to be exhilarating.
I didn’t feel unsafe during our nighttime stroll here but I have heard stories of stories so keep your guard up but enjoy yourselves at the same time.

Shot Bar & Karaōke Bar 「Bar Amici」
is located in Kabukicho
¥ 500 /​One Night One Person
Drink 500 ~
Staff are all friendly

Love Love Love this place. Dont be deterred by the Yakuza stories about extortion. True this place is seedier than the rest of Japan, however the grittiness and grime is whats appealing about it.
Its A LOT cleanier since my last few visits. I hear from locals the government has truly put in an effort to clean up and it shows.
P. S. Come when its dark, thats when this area comes to life.
SAFE TRAVELS!

I really don’t understand the appeal of this place to Gaijin. It’s damn yakuza territory, filled with bars specifically designed to extort you out of cash, often by threat of force. I know Japan is exceptionally safe, especially compared to Western countries, but there is a reason this place is the situs of stories where idiot undergrads doing a semester abroad are separated with their money.
Don’t. Be. Stupid.

Kabukicho isn’t as dangerous or as scary as some people make it out to be. It’s a flashy night life district and there’s much to do here. Just be smart, don’t look lost, and don’t wander into small alley ways and you’ll be fine. If you’re looking for something in particular, don’t get tricked.

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最高のショッピング。。
最高のレストラン。。
最高の居酒屋。。
最高のカラオケ。。
と最高のナイトクラブ
But its one of my favorite places in Tokyo to hang out. Great shopping in the area during the day, and nice restaurants + bars at night.
Lots of nice restaurants, bars, karaōke, and other forms of nightlife (host/​hostess clubs, love hotels) can be found here. Host/​hostess clubs are generally off limits to foreigners but if you’re in Japan for business you will probably get invited to go to them. Love hotels, you’ll probably need to know some Japanese to check in to them as the person at the desk will probably not speak english and also having another participant.
Personally Its not as dangerous as people claim it is. You will get bothered a lot at people trying to get you into their venue as competition is fierce here — though the magic world «daijoubudesu» or 大丈夫ですworks wonders here (meaning «I’m good thanks» in english).
Additionally, for LGBT travellers, the place is also LGBT friendly too, especially in the Ni-​chome (新宿二丁目) part which is very close by, which has its own variation of nightlife.

Ce lieu de divertissement très connu est animé 24 heures sur 24, on peut y trouver tous les sortes de personnes: hommes, femmes, jeunes, vieux, japonais, étrangers… Normalement, cet endroit n’est pas dangereux, vous pouvez passer bon moment à ce quartier qui nous fournit l’alcool et la gaieté.
Mais à mon avis, c’est pas vraiment bonne idée pour une fille d’y marcher toute seule après le minuit. J’ai une fois raté le dernier train et devait chercher un endroit à rester jusqu’au matin là-​bas, mais en ce moment là, j’avais un peu peur d’être suivie par quelqu’un. Certes il s’est passé rien de dangereux, mais ce genre d’expérience n’est pas ce que je voudrais avoir de nouveau…

My image of Kabukicho is the place for hosts and did not have good picture of it before I actually visited. I was kind of feared a little. I went here for the first time with my friends to have dinner at the Korean Yakiniku restaurant. There are many hosts on our way but it is not dangerous at all. They just smiled and said welcome to our club. We can enjoy seeing handsome hosts for free outside of their club but once you entered the shop, I do not know.
Basically around Kabukicho, there are many good restaurants and shops. I would like to tell you that here is not the only place for host clubs. Like me, I guess many people do not think here is a good place. But Kabukucho is very close to Shinjuku. To think logically it might be safe.