Kamurocho
is really Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
Kiryu's half of the story takes place in this neon-lit Tokyo entertainment district in December 1988, where a fight over a tiny plot of land draws in the whole yakuza world.
The real place
Kabukicho is named after a kabuki theatre planned in the post-war rebuilding that was never built. The game copies its street plan closely, block by block.
Visiting
A few minutes' walk from Shinjuku Station's east exit and at its best after dark. Ignore street touts and never follow anyone into a bar, as overcharging scams can cost tens of thousands of yen.
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