#WednesdayWalk from Okubo to Shinjuku in Tokyo

I'm joining another round of #WednesdayWalk initiative by @tattoodjay and this post will talk about how my Wednesday went.

Usually on gloomy days I just stay at home, watch something and be online. But this Wednesday night I'm meeting my friends so even when the weather forecast is not so favorable, I need to go out ~~so I have something to share today~~.

Tonight we're having dinner at Okubo (大久保) and this place is famous for being the Korean Town of Tokyo. I'll be talking about the dinner and more about Korean Town in a separate post so this one will only highlight the walk after we had dinner.

Narrow alley in Korean Town looking for a good restaurant

Because the Korean Town is just a few minutes walk from the busy streets of Shinjuku, I told my friends to walk going there so we can also save the train fee ~~and I have something to post~~. The place where we had dinner is so very near their train station, which actually surprised them because they didn't know. So now, I'm left alone to walk to my train station.

Just outside Seibu Shinjuku Station, now alone

In Shinjuku, there are so many train stations and mine is still few minutes away. So I got to enjoy my alone time walking and inhaling all the weekday vibes from the busy nights in Shinjuku.

I passed by a road construction and well, I got distracted by the thing at the top. 😅

Road construction

Let's darken a bit to see the thing

Mind you, I've seen some road constructions before but this is my first time seeing the floating thing. 😅 Well, I think it helps because even I noticed it.

Because the area I was passing by is full of road construction and is kinda not so lively, I decided to enter the tip of the busy area of the Red Light District of Tokyo, Kabukicho. Tip only because I didn't want to go deep inside Kabukicho at this time of the night.

The other side of Kabukicho, the food area

I reached the lively part of Kabukicho, the decent area. I only took snaps of the place to see its status on a Wednesday night compared to the Friday and Saturday nights.

Shinjuku Toho Building, also the cinema building

There are some gaming and gambling centers over there

So after entering from the side, I'll now be exiting. That was just a quick detour in the other side of Kabukicho. 😅 Not a lot of people, as expected since it's still Wednesday night. Still, in the streets, there were ladies dressed in cute outfits looking for customers to come to their girls' bar or men looking for customers to come to their bar/pub/karaoke place. No drunk people lying down on the streets tonight. 😅

Leaving Kabukicho

The red mark says Kabukicho Ichibangai which means Kabukicho's First Street

Crossing the street would mean leaving the Red Light District and going to my train station. Since it's almost 11PM, a lot of shops were closed. But the game center, the building where you can see the word Game, I think is still open.

Crossing the streets of Shinjuku

Guess everybody is going to the same direction? To the station!

Last road to cross before reaching the train station

My train line is a subway so it's located underground this another busy area of Shinjuku. I've been here last night too but on the other end of the last photo and even when it's raining, there were more people than today.

That pretty sums up my Wednesday night.
Glad it didn't rain tonight even when it's gloomy.

Thanks for reading!
See you around! じゃあ、またね！

^{All photos are taken using my phone unless stated otherwise.}