Do we now have to avoid Kabukicho entirely now? Even when going to the cinema?
Me, my bf and his brother were walking to the Toho Cinema when we got a Nigerian tout get very aggressive and physical with us. We had told him no and walked away but he took it very badly, started shouting at us and kicking at the back of my legs. I told him if he didn't stop and leave us I'd call the police but then he started daring me to do it saying he was going to throw his coffee in my face and how there was nothing we could do because he had a permanent visa.
He left us after we left the area going to the Station, but he had driven us out like it was his territory shouting that it was Red Light District. This all happened on the Central Road to where the Toho Cinema, Krispy Kreme & Hotel Grocery is. I would have persisted and gone in but bfs brother is autistic, (had his International recognized lanyard on & everything) and he was pretty spooked by it and needed to head back. There were other Japanese touts ofc but they didn't persue us the same way.
I stayed in Hotel Grocery before and I know the areas behind it and around it and what they are completely. But never saw or experienced anything like this around the hotel plaza itself.
Should we not go to the cinema? or to Krispy Kreme, the central street or anything else if we're not willing to participate in Red Light district? Or stay at that hotel again. Because they've obviously become more emboldened with the lack of police intervention in the area.