Photographs and text by Moriyama. Designed by Naomichi Kawahata. Includes a photographically illustrated folded broadsheet laid-in (14 1/4 x 19 7/8 inches), with text by Moriyama (in English and Japanese, translated by Lisa Louis and Hitoshi Shigeta) and 14 additional b/w reproductions. Beautifully printed full-bleed by Nissha Printing Co., Ltd., Japan. One of the best books published on Moriyama's work, reminiscent (in design and raw, gritty photographic style), of 'Bye, Bye Photography, Dear' (1972) and his first book 'Japan: A Photo Theater' (1968). One of the very best photography books published in recent years, and certain to become a landmark book of Moriyama's work! Out-of-print (sold out prior to publication). - From the publisher: "A few decades since then, Shuji Terayama has already died, and the current town of Shinjuku shows signs of becoming a near future city. The real and the virtual, pleasure and pathos are entangled night and day, and this becomes a huge stadium where the gathering crowds wander, holding their raggle taggle desires. There is no place for which words such as "melting pot" or "purgatory" are more suited than the town of Shinjuku." - Also available as limited edition of 500 unnumbered copies, signed (in English, "Daido") in silver marker recto the half-title page by Moriyama.