Toyota Crown Comfort Taxi, Kabukichō, Shinjuku
Taken March 2023
Kabukichō is Tokyo's largest entertainment and nightlife district, packed into a few blocks east of Shinjuku Station's Kabukichō exit. The neighborhood took its name from a postwar plan to build a kabuki theater there; the theater was never built, but the name stuck. Toyota Crown Comfort taxis like this one were the standard cab in Tokyo from 1995 until production ended in 2017, and thousands remain in service across the city. Tokyo's taxi fleets are color-coded by company, with green and yellow liveries commonly used by operators such as Kokusai Motorcars. Shinjuku Station, the world's busiest rail hub by daily passenger volume, sits just a few minutes' walk from this intersection.
Taken March 2023
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