The Japan Tourists Don't See: Exploring Tokyo's SECRET Slum

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  @OrientalPearl · 3 years ago · pinned

  Follow this link to make a difference and donate to an organization providing food and housing to the homeless in Sanya: <a href="https://www.jpkb.org/akiramenai">https://www.jpkb.org/akiramenai</a>

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  @RalphQuest · 3 years ago

  I&apos;ve been living here in the Kanto area for 5 years now and this is the first time I have heard about this area. Thank you for making this informative video. Stay safe! お疲れ様でした

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  @ernestestrada2461 · 3 years ago (edited)

  When I was a boy growing up in Japan I heard my grandmother, aunts and uncles talking about Sanya I really didn&apos;t know what they were talking about.<br>My second aunt and uncle lived near Yokohama and I wants wanted to go through a neighborhood they said that neighborhood you don&apos;t walk through.<br>Breaks my heart when I see homelessness on the street here in the US.

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  @suzunome47 · 3 years ago (edited)

  This video really reminds me of the game Yakuza 7. The main protagonist lived in the slums of Yokohama and the setting look almost exactly like this. Your description of Japan&apos;s homeless society just made me realize how sadly realistic that game&apos;s real-life depiction of homelessness in Japan really is, from the living conditions, the homeless population being hidden from mainstream society, to the random old men playing Chinese chess on the streets. 😅

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  @origenjerome8031 · 3 years ago

  Wow, even Japan&apos;s slum area is remarkably clean and organized.

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  @KirkKiyosadaTome · 3 years ago

  Bummed to see you treated like this in my motherland. I definitely saw quite a few homeless guys wandering about the alleyways in Kawasaki when I last visited, and they were just as rude. While understandably so, this is a problem that requires a better solution than just hiding it away. Thanks for showing this side of Japan, Anming.

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  @nikkiteareacts · 3 years ago

  Great video showing the other side of Japan no one talks about. Homelessness is a major issue in every part of the world and seeing how other countries are tackling it inspires others to find ways to help the homeless.

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  @m2se858 · 3 years ago

  日本人が隠そうとする場所<br>とコメントしている人が居るが日本人なら誰もが知ってる超有名な場所だよlol

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  @fernandoscrenci4874 · 3 years ago

  Very Shocking For Sure!!! Thanks for Sharing !!!

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  @fujiokayosinori9812 · 3 years ago

  This is the stage of &quot;Ashita no Joe&quot;, which was also made into an animated movie. The town is depicted in the 1960s and 1970s. <br>The boxing gym in Ashita no Joe 2 was &quot;Namibabashi&quot;, which appeared in the video. At that time there were no rivers or bridges. The last bridge leading to the execution grounds of the Edo period. It seems that people who don&apos;t have a high standard of living gathered here because they had a bad impression because it was near the place of execution. <br>The park that was also in this video. &quot;Tamahime Park&quot;. This will also appear in Ashita no Joe. A scene of talking on the swing with Nori-chan, the daughter of a dry goods store.

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  @glennoc8585 · 3 years ago

  Blue tents were starting to pop up in 1998 when I was an English conversation teacher. The 97 crash hit Japan hard and many lost jobs and marriages collapsed. I went to Minami Senju in 2016 the last time I visited friends. If you visited Japan in the early 90s it was relatively expensive to the west but completely reserved now it&apos;s quite shocking how such a tech powerhouse can slide so much

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  @miobulle1112 · 3 years ago

  The homeless and the poor do indeed exist in Japan. But they are hidden from the eyes of society. It&apos;s important to show the dark side of Japanese society. If we are really interested in Japan we must also know its excesses and its social problems. Thank you for sharing and please keep on your investigation.

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