Araki, a self-proclaimed "Shinjuku Shonen" (Shinjuku Boy), knew these streets intimately. He wasn't a voyeur peering in from the outside; he was a participant. The "Lucky Hole" refers to the peep shows, the no-pan shoppu (shops where staff wear no underwear), and the sex clubs that proliferated during the Bubble era.
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that documents the "golden age" of Japan's sex industry in the Shinjuku district between 1983 and 1985. The title refers to a specific type of adult club where clients and hostesses were separated by a plywood partition with a hole. PhotoAnthology Content and Significance araki tokyo lucky hole pdf fixed better