Kamurocho, Tokyo

Discover Kamurocho, Tokyo in Yakuza 5. A comprehensive guide to its streets, restaurants, entertainment venues, story locations, and nightlife.

Based on the famed Kabukicho red light district in Tokyo, Kamurocho is considered the focal point of the Yakuza series. Every Yakuza game that's not set in another time period features Kamurocho either entirely or for its majority. It is the largest of all districts in the game and boasts a lot of entertainment and restaurants.

Describing Kamurocho is difficult, as it's a ton of interconnecting streets and alleys all centered around Millennium Tower in the center, but here's the main deal: Showa St. is the southernmost west-east street. From west to east, four streets shoot northward from it. Tenkaichi St. on the far west (with its trademark red gate), then the wide Nakamachi St., then Pink St. (with its distinctive leggy signage), then Senryo Ave. on the far east. About halfway up each is when you start seeing Tenakichi Alley, Nakamichi Alley, and Pink Alley in between the four main streets, then all four hit Taihei Blvd., which runs west to east about a third of the way up the map. There are large blocks between Taihei Blvd. and Shichifuku St. another third of the way up the map. From west to east, there's the Theater Square area, then Millennium Tower, which basically dominates the central part of town, then further east is Little Asia, a small cluster of alleys that many immigrants call home, and at the far east end is the Champion District, a small block of alleys. Above Shichifuku St. are only two areas of real note: the Hotel District in the midwest to center and Park Blvd. going from the Hotel District to the east, north of which is Kamuro Hills, a major retail center.

You can find the following attractions here:

Restaurants (Orange)

• Bantam — An Irish-style pub on Millennium Tower East St. You can play Darts here.
• Cafe Alps Kamurocho — This is the Tokyo branch of the famed cafe, found on the south part of Nakamichi St.
• Cuez Bar — This is a full service bar that also has pool, and it's found in the Underground Mall area on the south end of the district.
• Earth Angel — This bar is one of the Champion District's many alternative establishments.
• Gindaco Highball Sakaba — This booze and octopus establishment is found on the west part of Taihei Blvd.
• Kanrai — This is a restaurant that specializes in Korean barbecue and organ meat. It's found on Shichifuku St. northeast of Millennium Tower.
• Kyushu No. 1 Star — This is a nice tonkotsu ramen joint found in the midst of Pink Alley.
• Matsuya Taihei Blvd. — This is a beef bowl chain. This location is southeast of Millennium Tower.
• Matsuya Tenkaichi St. — This location of the beef bowl chain is west of Millennium Tower.
• Pronto — This cafe has two different menus depending on whether it's daytime or evening/night. It's found on the north part of Nakamichi St.
• Shellac — This is another bar in the Champion District.
• Smile Burger — This fast food burger joint is situated on the east side of Nakamichi St.
• Sushi Gin — This sushi bar is found on the west part of Showa St.
• Watamin-chi — This is a charcoal grill restaurant on the south part of Nakamichi St.

Entertainment (Purple)

• Yunosono Hot Springs — This indoor hot spring is found midway along Park Blvd. in the north. You can restore your health in the hot spring as well as engage in a fiery match of Air Hockey.
• Mach Bowl — The Kamurocho bowling alley is located on the west end of Theater Square.
• Orchid Palace Mahjong — This is a mahjong parlor found in the southeast part of Nakamichi Alley.
• Dragon Palace — This is a secret location at the west end of Park Blvd., although it's not really secret to any of the characters. It houses two illegal gambling houses; one Western style the other Japanese style, and the dojo of Sotaro Komaki.
• Shoten — This is a shogi parlor in the southeast part of town at the end of Senryo Ave.
• Volcano — This is a pachinko and slots parlor just south of Theater Square.
• Yoshida Batting Center — The batting center in Kamurocho can be found in the Hotel District at the north part of town.
• Fukuma Casino — This is found in Underground Purgatory, down the sewers in the northwest part of town. Western casino games are playable here.
• Coliseum — This is also found in Underground Purgatory, and is where fighters from all over the world gather to hit each other real hard.

Story Locations (Blue)

• Millennium Tower — The crown jewel of Kamurocho, this skyscraper is found in the center of the district.
• Naomi's Palace — This is a fortune teller's business hidden just next to the Club SEGA on Nakamichi St. Use this place to pick up Completion Reward items.
• Public Park 3 — This is a small park on Tenkaichi Alley.
• Kamurocho Hills — Finally completed, this shopping center dominates the northeast corner of the district.
• New Serena — This is a bar that serves as the hideout for Kiryu and the gang when they're all in Tokyo.

Nightlife (Pink)

• Elise — This is Akiyama's own hostess club, located just south of Millennium Tower. Check out the club with him to learn of their woes so you can set up the hostess club for Kiryu later on.
• MEB — This is the info booth in Kamurocho, located north of Millennium Tower. Once Elise is all set up, Kiryu can go here to learn about his Tokyo hostess: Hinata.