Overview
There is a leisure building in Osaka's Minami district that is familiar to anyone in the Kansai region. The Ajien Building was once home to a huge cabaret that was said to be the best in Japan and a dance hall where Pink Lady used to take the stage every night before her breakthrough. The cabaret was closed due to the prolonged recession, but young people opened small izakaya (Japanese-style pubs) one after another in its place. It has become a center of Osaka's underground culture, including comedy and cosplay. Three days in the old and new “mecca of nightlife”.
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5 - 1Local Wrestling, 3-Day Traveling Tour January 10, 2014 -
5 - 2Huge Share House for 260 People January 17, 2014 -
5 - 3The Fierce Battle! Entrepreneur Contest. January 24, 2014 -
5 - 4At the Northernmost Bus Stop February 28, 2014 -
5 - 5Okinawa: The Barbershop that Never Sleeps March 07, 2014 -
5 - 6Fukushima: From a Super Market in Early Spring March 14, 2014 -
5 - 7Close Encounters! Street Corner Photo Printing Machine April 04, 2014 -
5 - 8Life route of a huge ferry April 11, 2014 -
5 - 9Consumption Tax Increase! 24 Hour Discount Store April 18, 2014 -
5 - 10At the Foot of the Skytree April 25, 2014 -
5 - 11Youth Hello Work Youth May 02, 2014 -
5 - 12Ueno Park, Under the Cherry Trees in Full Bloom May 09, 2014 -
5 - 13Midnight Public Restaurant in the Big City May 23, 2014 -
5 - 14Trunk Rooms: Another Secret Room May 30, 2014 -
5 - 15Osorezan: Place of the Dead June 06, 2014 -
5 - 16On the Road: “Happiness Theory” on Route 16 June 13, 2014 -
5 - 17Tropical Nightless City, 24-Hour Supermarket July 04, 2014 -
5 - 18Shonan, Reasons to Gaze at the Sea July 18, 2014 -
5 - 19At a Gas Station in a Drenching Downpour July 25, 2014 -
5 - 20What Dreams I Have at the Fishing Pond Late at Night August 01, 2014 -
5 - 21Veterinary Hospital in the City that Never Sleeps August 22, 2014 -
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5 - 23Summer: The Closest Station to the Nuclear Power Plant September 05, 2014 -
5 - 24“On the Shore with a View of the Atomic Bomb Dome September 12, 2014 -
5 - 25A Small Convenience Store in a Large Hospital September 19, 2014 -
5 - 26Haneda Airport: From Summer to Autumn October 03, 2014 -
5 - 27Deep Asakusa, Midnight Coffee Shop October 10, 2014 -
5 - 28Ueno Ameyoko, Multinational Underground Market October 17, 2014 -
5 - 29What to Hit: Boxing Gym in a Mixed-Use Building October 24, 2014 -
5 - 30Koenji, What to Expect at the Public Baths October 31, 2014 -
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5 - 32Kisarazu, Wangan, Big Lunch Box Store Blues November 21, 2014 -
5 - 33Wandering Shakebai November 28, 2014 -
5 - 34Osaka Minami, Midnight Underground Tenement December 12, 2014 -
5 - 35Shinjuku Ni-Chome: A Taste of Mother's Home Late at Night December 19, 2014