Japanese Language
Pien: Its Life As Emoji, Vocabulary, and Fashion
Learn how “pien” became the in-fashion word of 2020 – and how its use spread through popular media and Kabukicho street culture.
November 26, 2023
Learn how “pien” became the in-fashion word of 2020 – and how its use spread through popular media and Kabukicho street culture.
Japanese news is rife with stories of host clubs that take advantage of their female customers. Now, lawmakers are getting involved.
There are rats in Kabukicho. (And no, we don’t mean the ones in the host clubs.) Now people have taken to feeding the little guys – and it’s driving officials crazy.
One of Tokyo’s most famous cafes, Coffee Seibu, has closed its flagship location in Shinjuku. The good news? It’ll be back soon. The bad news? It may be harder than ever to get a seat.
Police cracked down on yet another men’s con cafe for serving a minor in what authorities say is an increasingly common problem.
Mobile billboards, many advertising nightlife businesses, loudly circle the streets of Tokyo. Now the government is cracking down.
Police arrested the owner and an employee of a Kabukicho men’s concept cafe for using booze to get more money from underage girls.
An adult video company made millions with a bar in Kabukicho. Now the CEO’s under arrest because he never paid for the right piece of paper.
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