Kabukicho is an entertainment and red-light district situated in the busy Tokyo area of Shinjuku. At night the streets are buzzing with neon lights, as the host and hostess bars and clubs come to life. Meanwhile, in the criminal underworld, around a thousand gangsters (Yakuza) are said to operate in the area, giving this spotContinue reading “36 Portraits of Gangs of Kabukicho, Tokyo in the 1960s and 1970s”
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33 Amazing Photos Of The Firebombing Of Tokyo In 1945
The firebombing of Tokyo in March 1945 — called Operation Meetinghouse by the Americans — would become the deadliest air raid in human history. Early in the morning on March 10, 1945, terrified residents of Japan’s capital awoke to an inescapable inferno. By the time the sun rose, 100,000 people would be dead, tens ofContinue reading “33 Amazing Photos Of The Firebombing Of Tokyo In 1945”