recently I visited Japan's largest slum a place
that has been completely wiped off the map because of its history of violence
yet it still exists today just two kilometers from Osaka's largest tourist attraction
you'd think that maybe they wouldn't want tourists to come to this area
there have been a total of 24 different riots in this area since the 1960s
but that was decades ago and today Japan's most
dangerous biggest Yakuza slum is definitely not what you'd expect
this is just incredible it's right across from the station
unlike Sanya where it was kind of hidden nishinari is in your face immediately
wow I have wow
this name kamagasaki is very rarely seen here it's been wiped off the maps just like the
name Sanya just like some of the old slums in Japan but every once in a while you'll see it
this is the former welfare office for this area it has not been opened since 2019 because there
are so few people looking for work most people have aged out seeing that much garbage placed
there in protest of the welfare office closing made me think of the riots years ago where
6000 police officers had to be dispatched on the area to stop the day laborers from burning
down the city but the last Riot was in 2008 and you have to wonder where did all those guys go
the day labors that came here in the 70s 80s and 90s are almost all retired today in fact
most people walking around are over the age of 65 there are 1 300 homeless people in the area and
25 percent of residents here are on some form of Public Assistance which is much higher than
the national average in Japan 1.6 percent so if crime isn't as big of an issue as it was years ago
is it fair that nishinari still holds on to this reputation or is there something that I'm missing
so this is where you can get okonomiyaki for just 100 yen
yeah you heard right just less than a dollar and you got a meal
not bad
hmm what do you think
he likes it good
so surprisingly in this area with so many elderly people there is a kindergarten I did not expect
there to be a kindergarten and a lot of kids walking around with their parents and even alone
Apparently now I have a family in Nishinari.
So if you wanted to know if Japan is safe
at least during the day it seems ok.
But I'm from Detroit.
I got a beer too.
Grandfather, father, me.
nice trip thank you he said have a nice trip well I'm surprised I'm pretty surprised
thank you thank you
Cheese there's a some random friend that I met just he's a funny guy
Lots of different currencies here.
I guess uh they are welcoming tourists I mean you got
currency exchange I guess you want tourist money or you want something want people here
I'm not sure I've seen a couple foreign tourists around here I wonder what brought them to the area
did they know did they not know in the last 10 years there has been an explosion in the number
of foreign tourists here in nishinari perhaps drawn in by cheap food cheap drinks for less
than 50 cents or the multitude of hostels that you can stand for as little as five dollars a
night in the heart of Osaka it's unheard of well that is if you're brave enough to stay there but
these are all my own assumptions I want to ask people on the street what drew them to this area
some people are staying here I don't know if you know about this area oh it's the biggest
slum in Japan is it really yeah yeah it is they're it's the biggest like population of
homeless people you must have missed it like right over there there's a bunch of tents
okay maybe people just don't know that's why another answer a lot of people that
stay here that will come through this area they don't know just touring around
just arrived you're staying here so what what made you choose this hotel no choice
No hotels. I booked a hotel in the airport. All of Osaka is full tonight.
so you kind of got forced to stay here don't care about Japanese I don't care if it's taboo I'm from
America I'm actually so a YouTuber you don't have problem with um this gangs place right I'm from France
right right yeah it's much worse in my country trust me you got this have a good trip thank you
some people doesn't bother them you want to show him like real Japan not surface level romanticized
Japan okay there's a lot of foreign tourists here that's why I'm looking around like what what are
what a strange place to choose.
Hi
Hey. Konbanwa
Real local guy.
Konichiwa
if you want to get the real Japan experience I guess you come to nishinari yeah
He's a local. A real local.
all right thank you bye-bye well there you go if you want to experience real Untamed
Japan I guess the locals will even take you here even Japanese people will take it here
so there you go that's why people are staying here do I recommend it I don't know depends on what
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wow I just got so many messages from my husband he was so worried he sent me a message like
every five minutes that's what Japanese people think of this area well it's okay I'm going home now honey
it's all over I survived I survived did he went to Detroit he doesn't even realize
wow that's a lot of messages he was really worried