Housing in Tokyo Is Far Cheaper and More Spacious Than You Think

Re:Housing in Tokyo Is Far Cheaper and More Spacious Than Yo... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @10:13AM (#33421497)

> On the other hand, there's no littering, virtually no homelessness (nor their encampments, etc) and finally no cars on the street, which makes the city look a lot cleaner.

Last time I visited Tokyo in 2016 there was clearly an encampment at the Ueno park. And that wasn’t the first time I saw an encampment in Japan (visiting Tokyo in 2008 I saw a few in Tokyo and Osaka). However, Japanese homeless encampments are always very clean and well organized. It’s a completely different feel from the states (even if they definitely exist).

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Re:Housing in Tokyo Is Far Cheaper and More Spacious Than Yo... by franciscop on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @10:39AM (#33421828)

That's why I said virtually; in Tokyo you know where you saw one at some point as a curiosity. In many European cities just walking around aimlessly you have high chances of seeing some homeless people. In SF I had to literally jump over homeless' people stuff to walk down multiple streets in my last visit.

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Re:Housing in Tokyo Is Far Cheaper and More Spacious Than Yo... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @04:04PM (#33426732)

I wasn't looking for encampments in Japan but found them anyways. Ueno train station and the park behind it is obviously a high traffic destination. And in Osaka, we were just walking around randomly. Homelessness is common and visible enough that to say it virtually doesn't exist is not really accurate.

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Re:Housing in Tokyo Is Far Cheaper and More Spacious Than Yo... by karaokeyoga on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @02:16AM (#33431945)

"Tokyo Ueno Station" is a well-received novel written about the homeless population in the adjacent park. https://www.amazon.com/Tokyo-Ueno-Station-Yu-Miri/dp/0593187...

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