Plaza — Yakuza

The Yakuza Plaza, as a concept, is dying. The Heisei-era economic collapse and the subsequent (1992, revised 2011) have transformed the Plaza from a fortress into a glass house.

To enter the inner Plaza—the back room with the tatami and the scroll—you need two things: a Japanese guarantor who has known the family for 20 years, and a willingness to accept that you will leave either with a lucrative contract or without your ability to ever hold chopsticks again. yakuza plaza

The Plaza is not one room. It is a complex: The Yakuza Plaza, as a concept, is dying