This is part 3 of a series of videos on homelessness in Japan. In this episode we talk once again with Professor Tom Gill from Meiji Gakuin University as well as take a tour of a doya (flophouse) and doya-gai’s (skid rows) in Tokyo (San’ya) and Yokohama (Kotobukicho).
In parts 4 and 5, we’ll talk with some formerly homeless individuals, follow along with an NPO (Non-profit organization), and get a grasp on the overall state of homelessness in Japan.
Part 1
Part 2
Special Thanks
Sources
- Skid Row – By unidentified photographers, 1874 (in top image) – Seattle Public Library collection: SPL51130 & SPL7314, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23867310
- http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp.e.sj.hp.transer.com/kenko/entai/homeless/
- https://www.kyosaikai.jp/business/hamakaze.html
- http://www.jcp-yokohama.com/archives/10488
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_row
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flophouse