To and from Osaka Station (Umeda Area):
Japan Rail offers the Kansai Airport Rapid Service, taking you to Osaka Station in 65 Minutes. It will go on to Kobe. Search for timetable here (put in Kansai and Osaka).
To and from Namba Station in Osaka: Nankai Railway offers Limited Exp. Rapi:t Trains (38 minutes) and Express Trains (44 minutes). Timetable from Kansai International Airport and Timetable from Namba Station. Information about tickets here. Namba Station Guide here.
From Namba station you have access to the subway: Midosuji Line, Sennichimae Line and Yotsubashi Line. Download Osaka Subway Map.
And you can change to Kintetsu Railway (trains to Nara, Nagoya and Kobe, see Kintetsu timetable) and Hanshin Railway (trains to Kobe, see Hanshin Railway route map).
Shopping malls such as Namba Parks, Namba City and Takashimaya are directly linked with Namba Station.
To and from Shinkansen Station Shin-Osaka: Japan Rail offers the Limited Express "Haruka", taking you to Shin-Osaka station in 50 minutes. It will go on to Kyoto. Search for timetable here (put in Kansai and Shin-Osaka). Here you can also seacrh for Shinkansen timetables from Shin-Osaka to other stations.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Tobita Shinchi 飛田新地 - Where Snacks and Tea are a Camouflage for Prostitution
See the locations on Tobita Shinchi 飛田新地 Google Map
Picture by titanium22
Picture by Wasabi Bob
Picture by Kazuki Ohtsu
Picture by Katsuki Ohtsu
Picture by Lisa Pinehill
Tobita Shinchi (飛田新地) in Osaka's Kabukicho district, also known as Tobita Yūkaku (飛田遊郭), is the largest brothel district in Western Japan. The streets are lined with Taisho-era-style 2-storey buildings. Each is marked with a little white sign, lit up at night, indicating the name of the business it houses. The ground floors of each building have wide doors revealing a large genkan (entrance area). The floors of those genkan are covered with mats, the decorations vary widely – from classical Japanese to Hello Kitty dolls. All of them are however designed to look cute. By the genkan or in the living room young woman are kneeling to attract customers — an unusual practice for brothels in Japan. An elderly woman, often the owner of the residence, sits in the genkan and greets male passers-by with phrases like "douzo, onii-san" (どうぞ、お兄さん, Welcome, young man). The wooden bordello buildings with carvings above the entrance hall mostly date back to just after World War II.
Prostitution in Japan was outlawed in 1958. Then Tobita Shinchi closed down for one night – and opened up again in the form of a restaurant association. Since then officially customers don’t buy sex in Tobita Shinchi. They are served tea and snacks on the second floor... Nearly all prostitutes in Tobita are Japanese, there are only a few permanent residents of Korean or Chinese origin. The "restaurant association" does not want to have troubles with the immigration authorities. Get an impression by this Youtube Video of Tobita Shinchi.
The Taiyoshi Hyakuban restaurant is located in a former brothel, built in 1918 in the Taisho era style (see Homepage in Japanese).
Picture by
Kazuki Ohtsu
Taiyoshi Hyakuban (鯛よし百番) restaurant
Read also: A Red-Light District Off the Beaten Path.
Picture by titanium22
Picture by Wasabi Bob
Picture by Kazuki Ohtsu
Picture by Katsuki Ohtsu
Picture by Lisa PinehillTobita Shinchi (飛田新地) in Osaka's Kabukicho district, also known as Tobita Yūkaku (飛田遊郭), is the largest brothel district in Western Japan. The streets are lined with Taisho-era-style 2-storey buildings. Each is marked with a little white sign, lit up at night, indicating the name of the business it houses. The ground floors of each building have wide doors revealing a large genkan (entrance area). The floors of those genkan are covered with mats, the decorations vary widely – from classical Japanese to Hello Kitty dolls. All of them are however designed to look cute. By the genkan or in the living room young woman are kneeling to attract customers — an unusual practice for brothels in Japan. An elderly woman, often the owner of the residence, sits in the genkan and greets male passers-by with phrases like "douzo, onii-san" (どうぞ、お兄さん, Welcome, young man). The wooden bordello buildings with carvings above the entrance hall mostly date back to just after World War II.
Prostitution in Japan was outlawed in 1958. Then Tobita Shinchi closed down for one night – and opened up again in the form of a restaurant association. Since then officially customers don’t buy sex in Tobita Shinchi. They are served tea and snacks on the second floor... Nearly all prostitutes in Tobita are Japanese, there are only a few permanent residents of Korean or Chinese origin. The "restaurant association" does not want to have troubles with the immigration authorities. Get an impression by this Youtube Video of Tobita Shinchi.
The Taiyoshi Hyakuban restaurant is located in a former brothel, built in 1918 in the Taisho era style (see Homepage in Japanese).
Picture by
Kazuki Ohtsu
Taiyoshi Hyakuban (鯛よし百番) restaurantRead also: A Red-Light District Off the Beaten Path.
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