Horinouchi-cho in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City, is a town that still has a somewhat bewitching and nostalgic atmosphere. In the Edo period (1603-1867), this area near Keikyu Kawasaki Station prospered as part of the Tokaido Highway's Kawasaki-juku, where women in charge of meals at inns took care of travelers' fatigue and affection. As time passed through the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras, Horinouchi took root as a town of "fun" and "relaxation" with its somewhat shadowy atmosphere.

Horinouchi-cho in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City, is a town that still has a somewhat bewitching and nostalgic atmosphere. In the Edo period (1603-1867), this area near Keikyu Kawasaki Station prospered as part of the Tokaido Highway's Kawasaki-juku, where women in charge of meals at inns took care of travelers' fatigue and affection. As time passed through the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras, Horinouchi took root as a town of "fun" and "relaxation" with its somewhat shadowy atmosphere.

After the war, Horinouchi was incorporated into the blue line area, and soon a forest of simple brothels called "chon-no-ma" sprang up. A single futon and a single faucet. A short time of companionship and faint memories. In 1960, "Keihin Turkey" opened, transforming Horinouchi into a Turkish bath and later a soapland district, and becoming the second largest after Yoshiwara in Tokyo.

Since the 2000s, however, with the tightening of the Entertainment Establishments Control Law and police busts, "chon-no-ma" have disappeared and illegal businesses have been brought under control. Nowadays, the entertainment district has become a little calmer. There are still faint hints of steam and makeup in the alleyways of the town. However, deep within the town, a layer of memory that has been created by the breathing of women and the joys and sorrows of men since the days of the inn town still quietly lives on.