Kabukicho

(East Shinjuku)
Higashi-Shinjuku, Godzilla, Robot Restaurant, Ren, Toho Bldg, Golden Gai

Kabukicho is an entertainment and red light area just East of the tracks of Shinjuku, filled with narrow pedestrian streets and neon signs. Here you find the famous Robot Restaurants, rock clubs (of which 4 metal clubs), casinos, café and the Shinjuku Toho Bldg (Gracery Hotel) where Godzilla appears, roaring on top of the building's IMAX Theatre, on the edge of Godzilla Road. Ren American Bar is a very colourful and decorated, but also very tacky building. Kabukicho is one of the least safe areas of Tokyo with yakuza members, illegal clubs and brothels. We saw lots of African barkers on the streets. It is still much safer then most similar areas in Europe and America. Golden Gai is another nearby entertainment district with lowrise buildings.