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Namba (Japanese: 難波, IPA:) is a district in Chūō and Naniwa wards of Osaka, Japan. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's Minami ( ja:ミナミ , "South") region. [ 1 ] Its name came from a variation of Naniwa , the former name of Osaka.
Dōtonbori or Dōtombori (道頓堀, pronounced [doːtomboɾi]) is a district in Osaka, Japan. Known as one of Osaka's principal tourist and nightlife areas, the area runs along the Dōtonbori canal from Dōtonboribashi Bridge to Nipponbashi Bridge in the Namba district of the city's Chūō ward. Historically a theater district, it is now a ...
The Osaka movie theatre fire took place on 1 October 2008 at around 3 a.m., where an adult video arcade was set on fire deliberately. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As a result, sixteen victims died and nine more were injured.
Farewell and Welcome Live 1998 is a live recording by the Japanese Jazz fusion band T-Square released on July 18, 1998 [1] and made available on VHS. [4] The concert was held to bid farewell to Masato Honda and Hirotaka Izumi who were leaving the band, and to welcome their replacements Takahiro Miyazaki and Tadashi Namba.
In 1996, the number of Tokyo host clubs was estimated to be 200, and a night of non-sexual entertainment could cost US$500–600. Professor Yoko Tajima of Hosei University explained the phenomenon by Japanese men's lack of true listening to the problems of women, and by women's desire to take care of a man and be loved back. [23]
Tobita Shinchi (飛田新地), also known as Tobita Yūkaku (飛田遊廓), is the largest of the brothel districts in Osaka, and also the largest in western Japan. [1] It is located in the Sanno 3-chōme area of Nishinari-ku, Osaka. [2] Tobita Shinchi dates from the Taishō period. To circumvent the anti-prostitution laws, the brothels operate ...
Minnie Driver Cheekily Asks If Everyone Is ‘Getting New Faces for Christmas’ as More Stars Speak on Cosmetic Surgery
Girls of the Night (女ばかりの夜, Onna bakari no yoru, lit. "Nothing but Women of the Night"), also titled Girls of Dark, is a 1961 Japanese drama film directed by Kinuyo Tanaka and written by Sumie Tanaka. [1] [2] [3] It was the second collaboration of the director and the screenwriter after the 1955 The Eternal Breasts. [7]