Kyoto
If you’ve played Ryu Ga Gotoku: Kenzan! you might recognize some of these places. Fantastic photo collection taken at Kyoto.
He’s already up to Episode 3 with plans to do both seasons! The series is great and one of my personal favourite JDramas (even if it wasn’t Yakuza related it’s great!)
If you haven’t watched it yet then it’s time to check it out. Show him some love so he knows how much we appreciate it!
The strip club, operating in the heart of Shinjuku’s famed Kabukichou sex district, was known as “Kabukichou T.S. Music” and opened in 1985, boasting the distinction of employing actual AV performers for its shows.
Despite having been in business for over 25 years, police suddenly identified it as “especially pernicious” due to its strippers actually stripping to the point of exposing their genitals, and the fact it loaned out cameras to patrons so they could better document this phenomenon.
It also boasted annual sales of 200 million yen and “was popular with Chinese tour groups,” perhaps in part due to some of its strippers having appeared in “over 100″ adult videos.
Police raided the premises and arrested the 41-year-old manager along with 10 strippers aged 24 to 39. The charges relate to indecent performances in which the women would expose their genitals to patrons, otherwise known as strip shows.
For once they did not opt to arrest patrons, as they have been known to in recent months.
Police were reportedly acting in response to anonymous claims that “their shows are amongst the nation’s most extreme, and if Tokyo hosts the Olympics it will shame Japan.”
As usual with such seemingly random crackdowns, business at the capital’s thousands of other brothels and officially sanctioned red light districts appears to be unaffected.
The disturbingly selective enforcement of the law which Japan’s police are known for – to say nothing of them picking on “harmless” strip clubs or the general lack of enthusiasm with which most Tokyo residents have greeted their city’s Olympic bid .
I think we just found the plot of the next Yakuza game. I swear that building is in game!
Want to download the Ryu Ga Gotoku 5 demo? Here’s how!
Assuming you have a japanese account and can get to the store.
Follow the pictures to find the demo on the Japanese store. Need a japanese PSN account? Destructoid has a great walk through up!
Sega are definitely ramping up to release.
12 more days until Ryu Ga Gotoku 5!
3 more days until the demo!
Team Ryu Ga Gotoku have just announced a contest for fans in Japan to come and preview Ryu Ga Gotoku 5!
Fans will be chosen via a lottery and will have the chance to come and see the game in action and ask Nagoshi-san a question!
If you live in Japan and want a chance at seeing the game in action before anyone else simply go here and apply!
Contest is open 5/7 - 10/8 and the winners will be emailed August 15 with the first event starting in Tokyo August 26th!
Hopefully these events will lead to a huge amount of info and answered fan questions about the new directions Yakuza is taking!
If any Yakuza Fans win let us know and you could write a guest blog for us when you visit the event!
Beautiful point-and-shoot journey through Tokyo’s dynamic blend of activity and harmony.
Look out for some familiar areas starting at 1:17 and some very familiar arches at 1:45!
In love with this video.
Some of my favourite photos from my trip to Japan in 2010
I see you covered all your bases. ;-)
From the February 2010 episode of Qore on PSN. Buyers of this episode also get a free Yakuza 3 theme.
Twitter user MacIver817 had a layover in Japan and decided to see what foods he could get in Narita airport that are in the Yakuza series!
These kind of real world product tie ins really make these games feel special. Thanks for the pics!
Miss Yakuza 5 Weekly #1 Ranking by Area.
16/04/2012 - 22/04/2012
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Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura Hen in store release day displays! It’s amazing how popular the PSP still is in Japan!
