Inside Japanâs POOREST Homeless Town | A Walking Tour Yokohamaâs CHEAPEST Neighborhood
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 21. 05. 2024
- In today's video, we explore the largest slum in Yokohama.
In this Town, There are so many poor people and homeless who are living in cheap loding houses.
Also Kotobuki-cho is an area with a Hidden history and culture, deeply connected to the development of Yokohama and its interactions with the world.
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ă»Social Background
The role of Kotobuki-cho during the post-war reconstruction era and the current demographic composition.
ă»History of Kotobuki-cho
The development of this area and the impact of Yokohama's opening to foreign trade in the Meiji period
ă»Modern Kotobuki-cho
Features of the area, weird spots, and local alleys
This video is not just a tour, but a deep dive into the social and historical undercurrents that shape Kotobuki-cho . Perfect for those who want to understand the lesser-known aspects of Japanese society and the complexities of urban poverty.
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Your slum area looks like our rich business district, even more clean.
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@@KeilandWalk I'm in the U.S. and not even our nice city areas are this nice... What were you afraid of? Someone talking loudly?
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Ridiculous comment.....
lol, i have the same exact feeling for watching this video. seems like a decent neighborhood . but then again i live in indonesia, so the living standard isn't even comparable.
Even though this is a slum and a financially deprived area of Japan đŻđ” they still have self respect and keep their streets and everything clean much respect from Brampton Ontario Canada đšđŠ đ
Yeah, unlike Mudholes like Detroit, Baltimore, Camden, Newark, Oakland, Gary, Flint, St. Louis, Memphis, Jackson, New Orleans.
@@user-lvqk2wdp8sjn rural areas too, especially in the Midwest
Any sheethole neighboorhoods in Brampton?
Ugh I love Japan hardly any black peoples exist there and people donât have any tattoos amazing
Unlike the entire state of West Virginia, Maine, Vermont New Hampshire and Pennsylvania which is full of meth, incest and opioids.
Japanese slums are already a posh area here in the Philippines. Come here and I will show you the real meaning of slums.
Because Pacific Islands are different from Asia.
The japanese are just different
I have seen videos of the Philippines slums. At least they look safer than the slums in the USA. In the Philippines, children and women walk freely.
The slum in the Philippines is a lot lot better than the luxurious area in Somalia !
Are you being funny making this video calling this area slum and dangerous? The soup kitchen area looked nice, clean, not crowded, except for a small group of harmless senior citizens obediently getting in line for food.
Agree. This is a perfectly safe and clean neighbourhood with normal people trying to survive in their own way
Agreed.
Yeah, this is a beautiful place
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@@Dollarshop tashikani it's clean and not very slum-like. but never assume the area is perfectly safe. you don't know what kind of danger they face you don't live there.
I sat through the entire video waiting for the part where the âslumsâ would appear.
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You took the words right out of my mouth!
Yeah this is just a poor neighborhood.
Japan is an interesting case study in poverty. In general rental housing affordable to the poor sometimes doesn't have baths and maybe not even kitchens beyond a hotplate. So there is definitely a feeling by local and national govt that these basic needs must be met so they subsidize access to shower and bath facilities, etc
Also many businesses view they have a role to society and not just shareholder value so many struggle to keep prices low especially in poorer areas.
Mental health treatment in Japan is pretty bad. People can be committed to asylums for a long time and while this keeps them off the streets it's mostly a form of jail. Some of them are quite bad.
Also it's almost impossible to get any kind of welfare and the aid itself is often pretty spartan. There is a huge hidden hunger issue amongst Japanese youth. Semi private "Kodomo Shokudou" have arisen to help feed kids and provide after school care for single parents or parents who have to work late.
One thing Japan has got right is property taxes on housing are very very low and zoning is pretty liberal, leading to a wide array of housing at various price points.
Many poverty specialists in Japan say the issue is mostly treated as "out of sight, out of mind". The big concern with the drastically weakening yen is that the poor may soon be facing dire food insecurity leading to more crime of necessity.
If you can get the hours you can definitely feed and house yourself at min wage in Tokyo. There are places cheap enough to do so. This is mostly unheard of in the west and likely only possible because of the falling land values in Japan.
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*Mental health treatment in Japan is pretty bad. People can be committed to asylums for a long time and while this keeps them off the streets it's mostly a form of jail. Some of them are quite bad.*
If Japan is sending their mentally ill people to asylums, I would say they're doing it right. I live in Canada and here we don't want to infringe on people's personal rights and so our politicians allow all the drug/alcohol addicts to live on the streets.
We also allow the homeless to set up their tents in public parks and under elevated highways and anywhere else they want and we also allow the mentally ill and other violent people to roam the streets being a constant threat to the public because again the rights of all these people trump the rights of the general public to being able to live in a safe and peaceful society.
If any politician ever wanted to open up institutions to house and treat the mentally ill or drug/alcohol addicted and keep them there long term until they get better or if they don't then keep them there indefinitely, there would be outrage among all the 'activists' who would call this inhuman treatment.
And all this doesn't even include all the illegal immigrants/refugees/asylum seekers who our politicians are choosing to house in hotels and other expensive housing that is costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars every year. If you come illegally into Canada you can stay here for months and sometimes years while your case to stay is being heard and so Canadian taxpayers are paying for you all this time for your food, shelter and everything else you need.
If you think this is a slum area, then you haven't seen a real one.
Slum? More like a laid-back district. Poor but orderly. There will always be people who will take advantage of the weak. But, in Japan, they are not being neglected.
Yeah agree haha
that slum looks 100% richer and cleaner than all of the richest areas in all of the third world countries combined.
Everything America touches or associates with turns to sad state! Honestly, Japan's slump area is pretty well kept and is better than most major cities in America!
I've been punched for no reason in my town, screamed at, threatened, everyone is smoking weed or taking some sort of opioid, there's litter on every street and most gardens are overgrown and not maintained. The area in this video seems like an absolute paradise by comparison. It seems so quiet and peaceful, not to mention cheap, that I would seriously consider living there.
I have traveled all over the world and I felt more safe in Japan at any time of day or night than walking my own city's downtown at night. Being armed here is a matter of survival. After I got back home I felt so disillusioned. I really hope to return one day. I Have been learning Japanese at my University as much as I can.
I would totally live there. Clean, safe looking, quiet. The people may be âpoorâ but they seem alright.
The area would not be considered a slum in the US. Clean, looks orderly.
I was wondering why he felt scared walking through there? That place looks so neat, orderly, and almost like paradise! It just looks like a well-kept business and residential district.
It's the first time I see a slum area that is so neat and tidy
I know a lot of people see this and say it looks nicer than our slums but i really appreciate seeing Japan from a real perspective. I try to show my friends the same thing when we travel and even to others when they visit me in the LA area. Life is not as it seems when you live in these areas. Thank you for the video. ăăăăšăăăăăŸă
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Great video. đ I learned a lot from it. đ Thank you for making this video.
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Don't judge ppl bc they dont have money. If you dislike the ppl and the area, dont go. Most don't have money and/or loved ones here. They have no where else to go or no one that cares. You mentioned Yakuza being there. Yakuza is everywhere. At least they have pride. Pride to keep their district clean and peaceful. No where is 100 percent but there really isn't much to fear here. Be nice these are YOUR people.
It is very sad that a country with such advanced technology has people living in slums. But this place is so clean and neat. Hats off to the city fathers for keeping this place spik and span.
This looks pretty safe also, clean and safe.. looks like a nice place to rent for a few days while exploring the town. Will consider it.
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it looks really clean, there are lots of bikes left orderly outside and frail elderly walk quietly around - what are you even talking about??? the fear is in somebody's head...
You should see slums in the Phillipines
Wanna see and take video!
Thank you so much dear friend đđ» for New experience today . Look interesting to know more other living and town đđ». See you đđ» 17:30
Thank you!!
In world standard of slum, what you showed are not nowhere near being slums.
If i have to live in Japan ill live in the slum cheaper rent and it look peaceful.
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You should visit the slums in the US. Japan slums are high end compared to the states. Back in the late 80s drive by shootings were common. In fact I witnessed one out in front of my high school. I was in Yokohama a few days ago and wish I knew this place because I would have visited
Wanna visit there!
This so interesting to see.
Thank you!!
ăăźćç»ăŻăăăăïŒI can tell how much effort you put into studying the history of this ă©ăăă! I learned a lot. Really appreciate listening in Japanese and reading translation too. Helps me a lot with my Japanese study. Keep up the good work! Please try one of those shady bars one day. One other place to explore is the massage parlor areas of æ°æ© and äșćç°.
ARIGATO! !
this is very informative
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They dont ask for spare change like they do elsewhere outside of japan
I think this is the nicest "slum" area in the world. Please come to America so we can show you a real slum!
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As an American, I can tell you that I can't afford a house or apartment in the US, but maybe I would be able to afford a place in the slums of Tokyo and Yokohama. I wonder how much an apartment would go for in one of those neighborhoods?
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_So while no precise rent numbers are stated, the context indicates that rent in the doya-gai slum areas of Yokohama is likely very cheap, perhaps just a few thousand yen per month at most, to accommodate those at the lowest rungs of society[3]. The low rents reflect the dilapidated conditions and lack of amenities in these slum districts._
Come to Sri Lanka - they keep places where tourist go clean because the country is heavily dependent on money generated from tourists but where ordinary people live are like slums
Wow I have curious!
This place is beautiful. I guess culture matters more than money. Even the low income areas of Japan seem to exhibit higher quality standards than high income areas in Western nations.
Thatâs why I find it hard to believe that this is a slum.
Wow! Just wow! It is like a middle middle to middle lower economic area. It is amazing!
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Thanks for the video full of beautiful information.
With lots of love from Pakistan
1700ć is not too bad for a hostel in American terms, but I can say someone living in America in Phoenix Arizona canât find a one bedroom apartment under 188100ć per month, and in similar circumstances (I.e. expensive properties right next to slum areas).
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I wish you had a map to see the location. I lived in Japan in the 60's and early 70's. Yamamotoa -cho, Motomachi, Yamate-cho, Silk hotel, Asahi-dia. Water front. Most videos I have some recognition of the area. I dearly loved Yokohama. Bucket list to go home for a few years. YCAC, YIS, YYC, Sankien Gardens.
Plz check my new video! I pick up those area!
Looks clean
This is so clean, no crowding, what are you scared. It looks like quiet private neighborhood
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When i stayed near Shin Imamiya Station in Osaka, I noticed quite a number of homeless people with tents. The area also slightly 'dirty' than other places I noticed.
Difinitely! Wanna take video there!
Your slums really look clean and orderly. Way much better then our slums that sometimes you can even smell the stench of canals or drains. LOL. Even the houses look way much better. Those house here are already for middle income earners. Some Japanese or even Korean move to our country ( outside the capital ) because the food and cost of living is cheap then their own country. The only thing that one can complain is the healthcare as private hospital makes you spend more and public hospitals have long lines and often take long if your checking in.
Thx for telling me!
The situation is much different in Japan, but I understood.
I am from the UK and this does seem from my perspective to be a very clean,well maintained and pleasant place to live, but i think from a Japanese perspective this would not be where you would want to end your days.
What kind of a slum district is this? I did not see any homeless/ squatters, drug addicts, prostitutes, children running around half naked, garbage/rubbish in the area and lastly, where are the Yakuzas?
The Yakuza are all mostly in the rich big cities like Metropolitan Tokyo operating businesses.
They aren't a street gang.
They are hidingđ
@@KeilandWalk So, I now know it is a hide and seek kind of a video. Very interesting.
Its doesnt look slum, see california in USA, and manila slum area in Philippines
It would be a joy to finally return and retire in the Philippines if slums were even close to this-relatively clean and orderly.
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Itâs so scary that the bicycles arenât even locked đ. Definitely donât come to America or Canada and go into a slum area without a local guideâŠ
Does it feel good to make disparaging comments about people who are doing the best that they can in life? Are you a better person for calling places slums? I donât understand what it costs to be kind, empathetic and respectful in this world toward other human beings.
There is no actual slum in east Japan for decades (and that's why no one in Tokyo knows about burakumin/dowa problem).
This is just a normal town where poor people live.
The place is clean
Yeah. "Slums":
A little over dramatised. I know and was just in these areas a week ago. Have been here many times over 60 years. The homeless are sleeping in the underpass to Isezakicho, along the riverbank at 16:51 Ishikawacho and in the Noge area. I personally love these areas as they remind me of the old Japan. The back alley bar scene is much more authentic than golden gai at Shibuya.
Whereâs the slum area? It looked better than the city Iâm living now. And I thought Iâm living in a nice place. I think this guy was just telling us how great Japan is.
Japan is Awesome!
Slum functions nightly.
Japan is a clean country
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Even it is slum area but its even very clean and japanese who live there are respectful not into drugs and the govt subsides some of their needs
Japan slum as a LOT LOT better than the slum in the USA.
If you want to make it look bad đ
Totally the oppositeâŠ
Looks way way cleaner then my regular mid class places
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Some people living too good with their previlage, and sometimes their point of view about standardization is really different.
Nice video, thanks. Actually it was more the British who had merchants and troops in the area, and introduced the technology, not Americans.
I love kotobukicho Yokohama.
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This looks like a pretty nice slum. If it were an American slum, all the bicycles would be stolen, and it wouldn't be safe for the elderly to go out at all.
This video is the best example of HUMBLE BRAGGING.
Wow, doesnât look to bad to me. We have encampments camps in my town and they are very scary.
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Still look nice and a good place to stay for me. I guess my country is so poor that this place looks luxurious to me
I'm curious!
You can visit the philippines, the poor areas are scary don't go there lol!
For me the slums in Japan doesnât look like a slums
Slum still better than most countries
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This is not a slum. At most, it's a low-income area. Or the locals there are just conservative about modernity and just want to preserve their older homes and structures. Everything is clean.
For being a poor neighborhood, they sure look very good compared with those slums in the US.
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Japan slum is the most luxurious compare to the rest of the world especially the USA.
this is nicer than my neighborhood.
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I think I saw some graffiti. Otherwise, it looks like a nice place to live. Please visit the Tenderloin district in San Francisco when you have a chance.
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Thank you for showing us an area of Japan and narrating a brief history of its development. I personally think it is a rather peaceful and clean area in comparison to the typical American slums. Japanese people, in general are disciplined and have a sense of pride for their country and community, in my humble opinion. I hope Japan keeps its own culture/traditions and not follow America's current woke culture/trends. It's the only way it will survive and thrive.
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Always in Osaka there is a slum
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10k yen in one day? Holy shit
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I couldn't see any slum in this video. I also don't necessarily agree that churches organizing food distribution for the poor should be viewd as and fall in the cathegory of religious extremists. I would argue those organizations are god sent, especially when the State doesn't take care of these people's problems.
Looks like they have plumbing and electricity. Trust it is not a slum as described in the west.
I have curious!
The only bothering in that area are gangs, syndicates and yakuzas.
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I'm living before in yokohama.my husband japanese
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Is this a joke? If you want to show a slum area go to Manilaâs Tondo district to have a realistic image of a slum area. Hopefully, you get out in one piece. đđđ
Looks like you abuse the terms "slum"
Takidashi soup kitchen
CLEAN AND ORDERLY ITS JAPAN.!!!!
Wait it was a slump area....
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Not remotely slummy...
The narrator's accent is interesting. What region or dialect is it?
I don't think it's an accent. the way he speak sounds more like gyaruo, the male version of gyaru (popular sub culture)
@@Ruriko.Y Thank you for clarifying.
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Yes I know about the clean slums ,now what else are you hiding ? Smh!
I rather live here in Japan sometime safer there where Iâm from America! đą
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Where are thier children living well as always its always the, way they take the home from parents when they marry and that's it same in Chinese from the one child policy the grown children have become selfish the elderly live in building with cages that them lieing gown and some belonging cook in the street i don't know where they shower so sad it happends in a lot of countries now so sorry đžđđ»
This is the back of Isezaki-Cho. You have no idea what you're talking about.
you don't understand the meaning of slum
My man never saw NY shady areas i bet.
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The best slum i have ever seen,America is like zombie town.
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