One of Daido Moriyama’s rarest and most sought after books, Shinjuku depicts Tokyo’s ramshackle Shinjuku district and its illicit inhabitants. Moriyama captures members of Japan’s fringe society, from sex workers to mobsters, in alleyways, basement bars, and train stations. “With its indecency, hardness and disconsolateness, the city functions in strange ways and yet exposes itself as lively; it is almost a contemporary Babylon. I think that Shinjuku and I have a similar nature; perhaps that is the reason why I cannot help but be fascinated by it.” says Moriyama. "Whatever I do, wherever I do it, I end up returning to Shinjuku, just like a homing pigeon or a salmon".