Some major Japanese cities have a slum district or skid row. Osaka has one of the biggest in Japan. In this video, I walked through parts of Osaka’s Nishinari district where the Airin Labor Welfare Center and many day laborers, welfare recipients, and homeless are. Recently, these areas have transformed from predominantly day laborers towns to welfare towns, but homelessness and other problems still exist.
This area of town is generally referred to as Nishinari District and nicknamed ‘Deep’ Osaka because of its colorful past, homeless, yakuza headquarters, red-light district, and for having 24 riots, the most recent one in 2008.
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Made a similar video on the exact same place lol, but your is way better and more informative, good job man
the not so pretty part of japan.
Stil more safe then any other countrys homeles areas
Been there last year and no one bothers you or begs for money
Bless up
Super tamade,super cheap,I bought all groceries stuff here before returning home.
This must be in Nishinari…
Osaka.
Nishinari improved significantly from 2017 _2019. More tourist accomidations and small resto,until pandemic came.
Osaka will always be my fave part of Japan
Worst I saw were ppl staring at u for filming which is sometimes a thing in Tokyo as well. Not bad considering that's the worst they got.
You need a stabiliser for your videos. I think I belong to the group that gets naseous really fast with all the walking motion. 😛
I stayed in Nishiwari-ku back in 2016 at a backpacker hotel for only $20 / private room… i was also shocked to find vending machines selling things less than 100yen… Compared to other towns, I gotta say the area was abeit dirtier and there were more old people wandering around, but it felt safe. It was such a stark contrast to the nearby Dotonburi area where people were living and spending lavishly…
thx for sharing the video, it was good to see what this area is like nowadays. using a stabilizer would be improve video quality btw..!
cheers
Covid-19 gave a quadruple whammy on Japanese poverty.
Super cool!
There are a few things I notice in this video and others about poverty in Japan:
1. I have not seen ANY women in footage of Japanese slums
2. Hardly any young people either, and no children.
3. They are still very clean
( No obscene amounts of trash in the street or where the people sleep, no poop in the street) compared to every slum or ghetto in the world. The homeless in Japan still heavily prioritize cleanliness and order.
3. The energy and atmosphere don't seem so sad and heavy.
I wonder why all of these are so. And am really curious to find out.
Osaka is probably still a easier place to be homeless in than skid row in LA or some big cities in Germany. I d probably be arrested fir using those shrine grounds for water and to sleep in though🤫
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I’m homeless myself because of a tragedy early this year and even with my good job it’s still hard!
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good wisers…
rides on the bicycles / motorbikes
Lol why’s I don’t see any WOMEN’S around show me some ass no offense but would have keep storylines attractive lol
I saw Marilyn Monroe! What are the odds?
..Have been considering to Living in japan. Osaka is first to visit. I am Homeless myself. save hard to see if i am allowed to have a WORK VISA to try and see if i survive well over there. Good luck to ME!! Don't see any homeless woman around for companionship(s). Guess when i get there, I get to look around..
1500 homeless people in Osaka is really nothing compared to 66000 homeless people in Los Angeles.
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sorry too many homeless people in japan…
what happen to japan government tokyo
Contra la especulación inmobiliaria mano dura o muy dura, penas de internamiento hospitalario y carcelario, basta ya de abusar de la ciudadanía un delito de corrupción que tiene que para en la milla de oro latina de Santander el precio de la vivienda oscila entre los 9 y 12 euros el alquiler y los 12 y 24 euros, un crimen que tiene que atajarse por no respetar los decretos ley y el valor añadido en la primera adquisición, la barbarie contempla años de cárcel, la silla eléctrica y la horca, contra la masiva adopción global más sanciones y mano dura contra el crimen organizado
It's ridiculous when people saying: oh, so nice 👏👏👏👏the japanese slums are such clean and organized than the ones of America! Homeless people are homeless people. It's a tragedy ANYWAY.