[ASA Delivery] Shinjuku and Kabukicho: A Cultural Perspective【ASA配送】教養としての新宿・歌舞伎町
Shinjuku Kabukicho: A Cultural Perspective
From Streetwalkers to Semi-Yakuza: The Current State of the Underworld
By Masayoshi Hisada
ISBN: 9784022953704
Price: 957 yen (tax included)
Release Date: May 13, 2026
Paperback, 208 pages, Shinsho 1058
The Kabukicho you know is merely the surface of this city.
Gleaming neon lights, cheerful foreign tourists, and drunken office workers laughing.
Right beside them, streetwalkers stand, “Tōyoko Kids” loiter, and yakuza lurk.
What we need to understand is the deeper layers of the city that lie behind them.
Why do young girls stand on the streets?
Why do young people gather here?
Where do the yakuza hide, and how are they connected to the semi-yakuza?
And what exactly is the chaos of this town?
This book is a new kind of “educational work” that delves into the depths of Kabukicho through thorough on-site reporting.
[The Depths of the Town Revealed in This Book]
■ The social distortions that produce the girls standing on the streets and the young people gathering in To-Yoko
■ The “Disappearing Yakuza” and the True Nature of the Increasingly Violent Semi-Yakuza
■ The Background of Women Addicted to Host Clubs and the Swirling Desires Behind It
■ Current Practices of Solicitation and Price Gouging, as Told by an Active Yakuza Member
■ [Exclusive: Prison Diary] Former Kanto Rengō Member Taichi Ishimoto Reveals the City That “Dyes People in the Color of the Yakuza”
■ [Exclusive Interview] Legendary Right-Winger Mitsunori Agata Speaks on the Underworld’s Code and the “Lost Order”
■ Who Owns the Land? Zainichi Capital, the Bubble Economy, and the Unknown Origins of the City
This is not merely a gossip or exposé book.
Peering into the depths of this city reveals the true face of modern Japan.
Now, let’s dive into the depths of Kabukicho
教養としての新宿・歌舞伎町
立ちんぼから半グレまで、裏社会の現在地
久田 将義 著
ISBN：9784022953704
定価：957円（税込）
発売日：2026年5月13日
新書判並製 208ページ 新書1058
あなたの知っている歌舞伎町は、この街の表層でしかない。
きらびやかなネオン、楽しげな外国人観光客、酔って笑うサラリーマン。
その横で立ちんぼがたたずみ、トー横キッズがたむろし、ヤクザが潜む。
私たちが知るべきは、彼らの背後にある街の深層だ。
なぜ、少女たちは路上に立つのか。
なぜ、若者たちは集まってくるのか。
ヤクザはどこに潜み、半グレとはどう関係するのか。
そして、この街の混沌（カオス）は、一体何なのか。
本書は、徹底した現場取材で歌舞伎町の深層に迫る、新しい形の“教養書”である。
【本書が明かす街の深層】
■ 路上に立つ少女、トー横に集う若者を生み出す社会の歪み
■「消えたヤクザ」と、凶暴化した半グレの正体
■ ホストに溺れる女性たちとうごめく欲望の背景
■ 現役ヤクザが語るキャッチとぼったくりの今
■【独占・獄中手記】元関東連合・石元太一が明かす「人をヤクザの色に染める」街
■【独占インタビュー】伝説の右翼・阿形充規が語る、裏社会の掟と「失われた秩序」
■ 土地は誰のものか？ 在日資本とバブル経済、知られざる街の成り立ち
これは単なるゴシップ・暴露本ではない。
この街の深淵を覗くと、今の日本が見えてくる。
さあ、ディープな歌舞伎町へ
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