TRAVEL

Yen and the art of travelling on the cheap

B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 02/09/2012

» There is a sign on the door of the Capsule Inn Tajima near Ueno Station in Tokyo discouraging tattooed patrons from making use of the baths or overnight capsules. This is aimed at Yakuza, organised crime figures, who once had leverage over urban businesses but whose influence has waned somewhat in recent years, even in the entertainment districts where they used to thrive.