21 November 2019

Exploring the biggest slum in Japan

21 November 2019 · 11:07

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Summary

He tours a former Japanese slum with many homeless residents, a run-down welfare centre, and a urine-smelling park they occupy. Accommodation is extremely cheap: a hotel costs ¥1,400 nightly or about $400 monthly, while apartments rent for roughly $350 monthly. He notes ¥30–¥50 drinks, cats, police carrying wooden poles, an ambulance, and free coffee and food expected at 5 PM.

Insight

He continues turning homelessness and precarious housing into low-cost observational tourism and practical survival content.