Photo: Nanpa-Bashi

This bridge has more names than an international arms trafficker. Ebisu-bashi, Hikkake-bashi, Nanpa-bashi. This area is famous for its restaurants (the billboard of the famous crab place, Kani Doraku, can be seen in at the bottom), nightlife, and the generally glitzy ambiance. Called "Nanpa-bashi" in popular parlance, this is believed to be the premier place to pick up girls, but most of the young gentlemen exercising their "nanpa" skills here--nanpa means "pick-up" in a romantic sense--are either working for a host bar or an adult video company. Looking south.