Name: Tokyo Eye #193 | Shinbashi, Tokyo (1/26/2011 NHK World)
Uploaded: 2025-06-17T18:01:41.000Z
Duration: 28 min 29 s
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This part of town is packed with great places to shop, eat and drink.

This time, we dive deep for some unique Shinbashi experiences.

Welcome back again to Tokyo Eye, the world's number one guide to Tokyo.

Now, we visit Shinbashi once again with Jennifer and John.

Shinbashi is a major business district with actually many businessmen, but it's also very famous for its bars and drinking spots.

But, on this map, let me give you a sense of where it is.

It's within close proximity of there, so this orange area is the location.

And just in front of the station is a particular building that we're going to focus on today.

Now, Jennifer, how is this building different from other buildings?

Oh, it's really different from other buildings like department store because it has lots of shops and it's a real paradise for businessmen.

The first place they visit is the new Shinbashi building, just outside the station's west exit.

Shinbashi is full of office workers, salarymen.

So the stores in the new Shinbashi building are packed with goods geared towards salarymen.

Inside, the building feels like a department store, especially for salarymen.

If you ask the man who's been running this store for 30 years, he'll set you up with a nice business outfit.

It's stuff to give you energy, apparently.

This store sells items designed to give salarymen fim and vigour.

She keeps salarymen full of energy with all kinds of drinks and foods.

Recently, she opened a fortune-telling booth.

It's a place where workers can get things off their chest on their way home.

When everybody's busy working, some people are playing.

This place is equipped with tons of old games from the 80s.

Salaryman Holy Land, this place is called.

It's always crowded with office workers, even in the middle of the day.

John is a pushover for the ladies working in front.

On this single floor, you'll find about 30 different parlours, including ones offering Thai-style and Taiwanese-style massage.

The simplest kind of massage is for the soles of the feet.

It costs around 2,000 to 3,000 yen for 30 minutes.

Apparently, most customers are, yes, salarymen.

John's choice from the many options is...

I'm going to take nice pictures I can put on Facebook.

Place in an extra 3,000 yen and they'll trample all over your back.

I was touched by these two beautiful, beautiful women.

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Tokyo Eye #193 | Shinbashi, Tokyo (1/26/2011 NHK World)

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