honorable mention
Arthur Matsuo
title
"Sex, Massage, Japanese Girls?"
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entry description
Kabukichō (歌舞伎町) is known as the red-light district of Tokyo, where unaccompanied men are offered several options of adult entertainment, from striptease shows to sex itself (although illegal in Japan). Curiously it is difficult to see the working women in the streets; the touts are the ones occupying the place, saying you can 'check the girls faces' inside the establishments before deciding for a service. This creates the atmosphere of the night streets of Kabukichō, having as characters the men looking for something sexual, the touts insistently trying to offer services to potential clients and the women in the suggestive images of illuminated signs just observing.back to gallery