Audio tour of Kabukicho launched

Thursday 23rd October, 04:36 AM JST

Here’s a new way to get around Shinjuku. White Rabbit Press has launched Tokyo Realtime Kabukicho, an audio tour that interweaves narration and interviews within a soundscape of lo¬cation ambience and music while navigating real-world spaces. In the Kabukicho tour, listeners go on a night stroll through the famous red light district of Shinjuku.

As you weave through the streets of countless bars, strip joints, love hotels, and eateries, you hear about the area’s colorful personalities and history, soak in the local ambience, and get insights into the real action behind those doors marked “Japanese Only.”

The 65-minute tour includes a CD with mp3 audio, area map (printed on durable, waterproof paper), and a booklet of area photography. Listeners simply transfer the audio program to any portable mp3 player, go to the starting point on the included map and press play. The tour features interviews with local experts and personalities, including Lee Xiao Mu, a noted writer and Kabu¬kicho guide, as well as renowned Japanese bondage artist Osada Steve.

For further info, visit www.TokyoRealtime.com. Tours can be purchased at the White Rabbit Press online shop at www.WhiteRabbitPress.com.

6 Comments

Osakadaz at 12:54 PM JST - 23rd October

..the occasional stabbing and screaming noises from some Chinese ramen shop and a million 'ocha shimasen ka?'s rebounding in the ears.What an aural feast.Kabukicho is a dive.
soldave at 12:57 PM JST - 23rd October

And the frequent "You want sex" being yelled at you as you walk down the street is another particular highlight of Kabukicho.
soldave at 12:57 PM JST - 23rd October

Question mark needed after the "sex"
BlackFlag at 01:03 PM JST - 23rd October

aaaaaah, the endearing old homeless guys who are paid to wander around shinjuku with sandwich boards proclaiming AL FK 10,000 yen.
soldave at 01:07 PM JST - 23rd October

Sounds like JT could do their own tour of Kabukicho. "And on the left you will see a man beckoning customers to come in and peruse his shop's collection of loli-porn. And now on the right if you look closely you can see a railway employee taking a photo up a schoolgirl's skirt..."
PepinGalarga at 04:00 AM JST - 24th October

that the map is printed on durable "waterproof" paper is the real clincher. even then, it should be "oil resistant".