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Japan is known for its strong emphasis on cleanliness, efficiency, and tidiness. It is not common to see slums in Japan as in other countries, due to strict zoning laws and building regulations. However, there have been instances of informal settlements or poor living conditions in some parts of Japan.
One example is the Kamagasaki district, located in the southern part of Osaka. This area is known as a gathering place for day laborers, mostly men, who work in construction, factories, or other low-paid jobs. Kamagasaki, is considered one of the poorest areas in Japan, with a high rate of unemployment, homelessness, and social isolation.
This episode has been filmed in September 2019.
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47 Comments
you couldn't pay me to go to Japan
America’s drug addicts would absolutely destroy that place ! “Stealing and destruction” is perfectly legal in America 🇺🇸
With slums and poverty comes christian and islamist converters
16:20 dogging?
The slum in Japan look like a posh area in LA.
How the West thinks Japan is its papa.
Even in desperate times, as sense of pride in their community and themselves seems to be what holds them together.
Japan is just built differently.
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Wow that is the cleanest slum I have ever seen in my life and probably the safest. Not a normal slum at all. I live in South Africa and that place would be paradise to many areas here where you will be robbed and raped in broad daylight and would have to wade through mountains of trash. I have been to the UK, India and Europe and seen some seriously horrible places and very scary people. If Kamagasaki is the worst they have they can count themselves lucky.
Weird how all these capitalist places have slums.
.. in Vino Veritas.
I was living with my girlfriend and our friend in Nishinari (or Kamagasaki) for 3 weeks in April/May 2019.
Our Airbnb was in front of that famous triangle park. We met there many gentle and interesting people, discovered many cool places to eat (Yakumido Curry, Okonomiyaki Chitose, one of the best Ramen in osaka), partying in many karaoke bars in area.
The area is a perfect hub for train rides to Kyoto, Hiroshima, Wakayama, Koyasan, Tokyo, Tottori, Himeji, Kobe and many other cities in Kansai area.
Yes, there are many homeless and drunk people, but never felt in any danger even going back to our place at 2.00 am – feeling completely safe even with my dslr camera in my hand.
The sitiuation of people (mostly old laborers) living in Nishinari is a result of collapsing economy in the past – it's not their choice of living (I strongly reccomend to read some articles about history of Nishinari). To be honest we met there kindest people and what was really strange, many say to us hello and asking where we are from in english – which is very rare in Japan.
Nishinari is changing to be better, it is very cool place to find good and cheap accomodation and reccomended for those who want to see other side of Japan – more normal, less commercial with people living their everyday life far from more touristy places.
I love Nishinari, love the atmosphere, food and bars there, and for sure I will be back there.
Greetings to all people living in Nishinari from Poland 🙂
Watanabe was very polite and respectful in his rapport with the reporter, and vice versa. Thank you for this informative video about a particular marginalized group in Japan.
Homeless in other country in USA is called zombies 🧟♀️
The best and clean slump I have ever seen ❤ in the USA the zombies are everywhere it’s for real just google kingsington in Philadelphia or every city in USA
Japan I hear HIDES their poor & homeless
Heart Wrenching, i wish them enough. 😢
Indeed, they deserve. They are the foundation not to be forgotten. The name Kamagasaki should be reinstated.
The most striking difference of this homeless section of japan from the others , esp. those in the west , is the cleanliness, the law abiding and peaceful citizens who make up this community .
Thank you for reporting on the city where I was born and raised!
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What he said is right…
In addition
Economy needs to have Rich people, and Poor people.
Because if everyone is rich. It will become stagnant. No one will work 🙈🙈
Some people just want to leave everything and everybody behind … u come to realize all work and stress for nothing. Some people miss places and pets more than their own relatives. Some people are just born with an emptiness and nostalgia inside of them that can never be fulfilled. Being alone and feeling lonely is ok but personally speaking being surrounded by family and friends and feeling lonely is the worst feeling ever… these people soon will be gone one by one and new people who ended up forgotten and homeless will take their place. Good bye to all.
May i ask whats the cause of homeless in japan…? In u s cause of homeless is drugs….
Took me ten minutes to realize that guy is wearing Versace
Sidenote: a lotta ppl have style in Japan
There's a black guy at 2:37. I wonder what their experience is like.
To the producers of this video with the ridiculous title– why dont you visit the world's largest city (Tokyo) and find us a "slum". If you can apparently find one in Kansai, there certainly must be one in Tokyo? Finding a few older, homeless people v. finding "a slum"—- big difference but you of course knew that…
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The difference between Japanese slums and American slums is national pride. The Japanese homeless keep their areas clean and don't fuck with people. American slums like in New York and L.A are filled with a bunch of people who don't care about their country or environment. Combine that with rampant drug use and you have two completely different "slums".
would be neat to switch one of these homeless with one u find in say NY or deep Detroit on crack.
Cruel isso
fascinatimg mini-doc. would love a feature length doc too, the people of Kamagasaki are so genuine and its nice to see a place where the old and ill are treated with respect.
Homeless is not common in Jp…l m shock!
Ya’ll should check out West Park in Kamurocho!
Bro the slums are better than the middle class of my country
finally a channel in english about japan so i can understand ,subscribed
They are clean people's
If you have to live in a slum, the clean, safe, wealthy, smart Japanese slum is the place to be. スラム街に住まなければならないなら、清潔で安全、裕福で賢い日本のスラム街が最適です。
That’s not a slum. Come to LA and I’ll show you a real slum.
Lost WHAT to China?! Lost the ranking in spreading and creating deadly viruses? Lost being the in the top ranking of "dirty shit hole" countries? Fuck the money man…
Stop comparing Japan to that shit hole of a country.
Damn. Even their slums look organized.
Imagine denying you're instincts of self preservation to avoid being called names and the result is every downtown area in your nation littered with nodding fentynal addicts
#thisisamerica
Slums in Japan are nicer than middle income neighborhoods in America. Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised 😂
Japanese girls are cute ❤
Even these slum-streets are cleaner then in other countries.