Talk:Kabukichō

message: I'm concerned about the way much of this article is written. It is written in a style that is not encyclopedic. It does not state facts, but rather makes judgements based on values. The text is very passive. for example, the paragraph:
"Nonetheless, Kabukichō's reputation of being a dangerous or otherwise unseemly area is highly exaggerated. There is little reason for visitors to be concerned for their physical safety. With this said, women, especially foreign women, are advised to be wary of harassment or solicitation, particularly recruitment for employment in hostess clubs. Couples are never harassed; and in the early evening there are numerous adult couples, some with children in tow, patronizing the high-class establishments. Lone individuals wandering the area aimlessly late at night are a different matter"
This paragraph has no citations and is written by someone who clearly has a 'viewpoint' of the town, like someone trying to advertise the town. I recommend it be sharpened up. Although it reads nicely, I don't think it is written in an encyclopedic fashion. Loki at6 08:01, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to edit the article (see WP:BOLD). The following templates may also be of some use to you: , , . Bendono 02:49, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone has sanitized this entry entirely too much.  While there is mention of massage parlors, love hotels etc., there seems to be no explicit mention that prostitution occurs, nor of the methods of solicitation. One is almost given the impression that it is the only red-light district in the world that doesn't have prostitutes. In fact the only explicit mention of brothels is to tell the reader that many have been shut down.  Anyone, at least any male, that has ever been there can tell you that you literally cannot take ten steps into the place without being solicited by various male touts wandering the area.  When I was last there with a friend, I had been past the entrance (the famous one pictured in the entry) for less than thirty seconds(this is not an exaggeration) before I was told that "shower, massage, sex" would cost me 18000 yen.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.152.223 (talk) 17:23, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Passive Text

message: I think most of us can agree that this article has some serious prejudices that linger.  Apparently by reading this, one would think that by reducing illegal immigrants, crime has been greatly reduced.  What kind of crime are we talking about? Illegally working, or assault?  Of course there is no citation to support this outlandish argument, other than that a crude note at the bottom of the page which explains the primary source of this article is the Japanese version of wikipedia.  (Just don't ask me what pages the Japanese version cited, because I'm afraid to look and find nothing.) 
I feel sorry for the people who continue to digest whatever racist, discriminatory, prejudiced, and/or xenophobic garbage the Japanese version contains.  It doesn't reflect well on the people who write those articles, or who read them, and then still permit them to exist.   --98.119.157.233 (talk) 08:53, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Man, you aren't kidding about the African hustlers being aggressive.  When I was there last in 2006, one of them actually followed me and a friend around the entire district trying to entice us to enter a bar/strip club.  He even followed us into a Circle K that is located on the outskirts of the district.  The fact that we told him no at least a dozen times had no discernible effect.  And when he finally left us alone, he accused us, no I am not kidding, of racism for not following him.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.152.223 (talk) 17:11, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: I feel sad about the prejudice in this article

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The result of the move request was: Moved, uncontested (non-admin closure)  BegbertBiggs (talk) 16:02, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Kabukichō, Tokyo →  – there is only one with this name. Gryffindor (talk) 23:38, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
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