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Tokyo Homeless: Everywhere and Nowhere. { 58 images } Created 31 Jan 2009

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  • Battered homeless man smokes in a park near the Sumida River, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Looking out over Kabuki Cho, Tokyo's largest red light district, where there are also many 24 hour "mangakissa" internet comic cafes where young homeless often sleep to stay off the streets at night, Japan.
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  • Homeless man lights a cigarette at an outdoor izakaya pub on a rainy winter night in Sanya, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Kimono clad Tokyoites completely unaware of homeless men they pass during the Coming of Age holiday celebration at Senso-ji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Homeless man falls asleep in "mangakissa" internet comic cafe after midnight, Kabuki-cho, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Ogawa-san (seated) is one of a growing number of young homeless people, Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan.  He lives in Yoyogi Park and runs an open-air cafe in front of his tent which does not accept money but instead seeks foodstuffs and other useful materials in a barter system of payment.    Young homeless are harder to identify than their older counterparts due to the prrevalence of casual dress among young adults.  They move through society trying their best to remain unidentified as homeless.
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  • Plush private booth where young homeless sometimes sleep to stay off the streets at a "mangakissa" internet comic cafe, Kabuki-cho, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Price list for different types of booths, offering different levels of privacy and space for 30 minutes, 3 or 4 hours at a "mangakissa" internet comic cafe, Kabuki-cho, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Camp erected for homeless in Tokyo by an NPO (non-profit organization) that provided shelter for four days for over 500 homeless and raise domestic awareness of the problem in Japan, Hibiya Park, Tokyo.
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  • Experts advise homeless man (seated center right) at tent village set up by a Japanese NPO (non-profit organization) in Tokyo's Hibiya Park while others listen to protest speakers, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Hiding in plain sight: Young woman passes homeless man soaking in the winter sunshine in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Homeless men line up for a meal at a temporary tent village set up by a Japanese NPO (non-profit organization), Hibiya Park, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Homeless man perched on a busy corner in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • A lot vacant for over one year in the central Tokyo neighborhood of Hatagaya, where the aging of Japanese society threatens to tap its vigor, Tokyo, Japan.  The financial downturn has accelerated the disappearance of small family-run businesses that used to line Rokugo Dori (Street), Hatagaya in better times.
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  • Space which for over a decade housed a convenient store remains vacant after the store went out of business, Hatagaya, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • This central Tokyo petrol station, which occupied this lot beside busy Koshu Kaido for over a decade remains vacant after the station went out of business, Hatagaya, .Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Fortress-like do-ya, the lowest level of boarding house, inhabited by day labourers and other men who cannot afford the deposits for an apartment, Sanya, Tokyo, Japan.  The men who stay at this do-ya for Y1,000 (US$10) are one short step from having to live on the streets.
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  • Public access shower at a "mangakissa" internet comic cafe where young homeless people sometimes sleep to keep off the streets at night, Kabuki-cho, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Front desk at a Japanese-only do-ya which charges day labourers and other men without apartments Y1,000 /nt (US$10), Sanya, Tokyo, Japan.  The prices from left to right are for three levels of room: "plum", "bamboo" and "pine" in the traditional Japanese manner.  From left to right the prices are supposed to climb but at this do-ya all rooms cost the same.
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  • Interior hall of a do-ya with men's slippers left outside the tatami mat rooms, Sanya, Tokyo, Japan.  Do-ya are the lowest level of boarding house inhabited by day labourers and other men who cannot afford the deposits for an apartment.
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  • Homeless man nibbles on a chocolate bar on the grounds of Senso-ji Temple where homeless men regularly congregate, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Discarded and discounted magazines, quickly collected from commuter trains, are sold by homeless man for food money on a Shinjuku street corner, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Sign warns visitors to Yoyogi Park, including the homeless, not to cross into this wooded area long inhabited by homeless people in tents, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Sign advertises private booths at a "mangakissa" internet comic cafe, Kabuki-cho, Tokyo, Japan.
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  • Police question a homeless man in Shinjuku possibly thinking he had shoplifted goods from one of the many electronics shops in this particular neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan.
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