Comments on: Osaka homeless in trouble

By: Dateline: Sometime in late August « troutfactory notebook

Dateline: Sometime in late August « troutfactory notebook — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:57:59 +0000

[...] no longer even a popular tourist destination, so that takes care of the problem of complaint (but perhaps not really, as it turns out). When Anne and I reached the park we began to walk around in it and we discovered a map with the [...]

By: Seth

Seth — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:12:35 +0000

Exposure/old age as far as I know. Sorry, I meant to mention that before.

By: Mutantfrog

Mutantfrog — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:38:49 +0000

What kind of dead are we talking about? Exposure, OD, or beaten to death by sickos?

By: Seth

Seth — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:55:38 +0000

I live in Osaka and my that anecdotal evidence points towards a southward push on the homeless. There are a lot fewer around Osaka-jo these days and now that Utsubo-koen has re-opened there is a security guard that patrols late (maybe all night, I’ve never been in the park past 1ish). I can’t imagine what the security guard could be for other than deterring homeless from setting up shop because I’ve seen kids doing all kinds of stuff there (drinking, shooting fireworks at the buildings and trees, riding bicycles through the fountains) and he didn’t say anything.

A friend who lived in Hanazonocho (south of Namba) a while back talked about an influx of homeless, especially the ones on the bottom edge, some of whomho ended up dead on the street in the Daikokucho/Hanazonocho area.

By: Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Address: “Cardboard Box 7, Nishinari Park”

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:32:37 +0000

[...] The Osaka High Court proposes a remarkably different test for what can constitute a “residence.” The Japanese Asahi’s treatment sheds some more light on it:In Osaka City, which as of 2003 contained the largest homeless population in Japan (about 6,600), it has been revealed that many day-laborers had registered addresses in office buildings in Nishinari Ward. Work is also ongoing to forcibly evict the tents pitched in Nagai Park in Higashi-Sumiyoshi Ward. The High Court ruling seems likely to affect the city’s homeless policy. [...]

By: Jade Oc

Jade Oc — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 05:24:47 +0000

Looking at homeless tents and the like, and especially after the Great Hanshin Worldwobble, I have to ask: why are ALL Japanese tarps BLUE??

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:37:51 +0000

Yeah, there were chicken coops and dogs guarding them (or maybe just sleeping next to them).

By: Mutantfrog

Mutantfrog — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:43:35 +0000

That might be the same one, I’m not totally sure. I think there are a few farms out there, right? Anyway, the chickens are what impressed me the most. Was there a chicken coop a few dozen meters on?

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:12:46 +0000

> ...a homeless dude with his own vegetable farm

This one?
http://www.cosmicbuddha.com/adam/archives/001836.html

They also have powerboats!

By: Aceface

Aceface — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:57:36 +0000

Ueno park has free meal service from the Christians once everyday.Joe.