Kabukicho, 2005

I heard from my son that a new hotel and entertainment complex opened last week in Tokyo, the Tokyu Kabukicho Tower. It differs a bit from the usual shopping/entertainment/office building complexes that seem to crop up every few years in Tokyo, which enjoy a burst of gawkers and occasional patrons for a year or two until the next shiny monstrosity arrives - this one has no shopping, not yet anyway. There's a massive food court, two hotels, two live concert/theater halls, a multiplex cinema, and some DJ nighttime entertainment space, the concept of which I'm too old to grasp.The Kabu…