Exploring the Slums of Osaka in Japan

On day five in Japan, he streamed a 50-kilometre bicycle journey from his apartment through Shin-Imamiya’s slum to Umeda. The slum visit frightened him: residents shouted about filming, police were nearby, and he left quickly, calling the area unsettling. At Osaka Station, he revisited Chihiro’s reconciliation sites; police nearly removed his parked bicycle, and he returned exhausted after nearly ten hours.

Japan’s escape increasingly resembles exhausting routine: pain, streaming failures, Chihiro fixation, and neglect of his girlfriend.