One day at Kabukicho #DAY120 - The city after the Christmas has passed, nuisance guys of the city.
The Christmas of this year that I spent having cake with my friend. It has been a few days since then and an atmosphere of the Christmas has completely faded away from the city. And from now on, the city dives into the tumultuous atmosphere of the year-end and New Year.
友達とケーキを食べて過ごした今年のクリスマス。あれから数日、街からはすっかりクリスマスの空気は過ぎ去った。そしてここから怒涛の年末年始の空気に突入していく。
The touts of the hosts, who had disappeared when I visited last time, were back in the city as if nothing had happened. I think it's not a big deal to call out to people in front of their host clubs, but it's super bothersome to walk alongside girls and call out to them, you get it? And the girls being approached completely ignores them from the beginning. It makes me feel really uncomfortable to see.
この前は姿を消していたホストのキャッチの人達がまた普通に街に戻ってきていた。自分の店の前で声かけるくらいは別にしょうがないかなーって思うんだけどさ、歩いている女の子を見つけると横に並んで歩きながら声を掛けるのはどうなのよ。しかも声を掛けられている方は最初から完全に無視しているのにさ。なんか見ていてすごい気分悪いよ。
Drunk guys who're dizzy right in the middle of an intersection on Ward Office Street, not to realize the state of a traffic signal. No... it's fine, but I guess taxi drivers and so on possibly get quite irritated.
信号に気付くこともなく区役所通りの交差点のど真ん中でグダグダな酔っ払いな方々。いや・・・いいんだけどさ・・・タクシーの運転手さんとかは相当イライラするんじゃないですかね。
Continuation about the topic of touts. I'm not saying or don't mean to say that all the touts in this city should be regulated. Most of touts (especially those who approach me) may ask "Are you looking for somewhere to drink?" or something like that, but if once I tell them "No thanks", they usually don't continue asking me further. Even though it's strictly illigal, I consider it's still within the acceptable range.
客引きの話の続き。さすがにこの街で全部の客引きを取り締まれとまでは言わないしそのつもりもない。ほとんどの客引きの人は（特に自分に声をかけてくるような人は）『どうですかー？』って声かけてきても一言断ればそれ以上付きまとってきたりしないし、そういうのも厳密にはダメでもまだ許容範囲ではあると思う。
But if I can say my personal opinion to be honest, All the touts who walk alongside for more than 5 meters for instance should be cracked down. Simply, those guys never think anything what customers would like to, but only care of themselves and money. That's not anything called business. We call them just a nuisance.
けど個人的な意見を言うとすれば5メートル以上付きまとうようなのは片っ端から取り締まれって思うよ、正直。連中はお客さんのことなんて全く考えていなくて、ただ自分のことと金のことしか考えてないもん、単純に。そういうのは仕事って言わない。ただの厄介者。
According to several reports, various self-regulations by host clubs will be implemented in Kabukicho next year, but I'm not sure how much it'll get improved in reality. Personally I'm welcome the self-regulations of themselves, I also feel that the issue of too aggressive solicitation by touts is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon.
来年の歌舞伎町はホストクラブに関連していろいろ業界の自主規制とかが入るらしいけど実際はどうなることやら。自主規制には期待しつつも強引な客引き問題はまだまだ解決しそうにない気もしている。
The last shot of this time is a person sitting down under one of small number of lights in a dark parking lot. I stopped by several times on the way because it was the parking lot where I parked my car, and he were always there. Well, I wonder how many more times I'll go to Kabukicho before the end of the year. Probably just one more time.
See you then.
今回の最後の一枚は暗闇の駐車場の中のちょっとした灯りの下に座り込んでいる人。自分の車を停めていた駐車場だから途中に何度か立ち寄ったんだけどずーっといらっしゃった。さて、年内はあと何回歌舞伎町に行くんだろう。たぶんあと1回くらいかなー。
ほなまた。
