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Word: shimbashi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...minimum, Tokyo boasts 30,000 establishments where a man or woman can have a drink. Prostitutes used to be everywhere, but a 1958 antiprostitution law scattered them to the winds, except for those who reappeared' as "bar hostesses." In the Ginza, Akasaka, Shimbashi, Shinjuku and Asakusa districts, such swank bars and nightclubs as Le Rat Mort offer unusual entertainment at prices that can be as exorbitant as anywhere in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: A Reek of Cement In Fuji's Shadow | 9/11/1964 | See Source »

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