I am a Japanese person living in Nishinari Ward, where the "Airin District," a slum in Japan, is located. This area is a town for day laborers, where anyone can work without showing identification. The jobs mainly involve physical labor, such as at construction sites or demolition sites. Since no ID is required and people can work under fake names, individuals from all over Japan who are dealing with difficult circumstances come here to work. In 2008, a Japanese man who had killed a foreign woman and was on the run from the police was actually working here, earning money to fund his escape. Many people have come here to escape the yakuza or after leaving the yakuza. Nowadays, the area has aged, and it's mostly just elderly men who are drunk. However, in the past, the day laborers here frequently rioted and fought with the police.
Sorry man, but it’s criminally overrated, way too many videos on that country + the title has been overused a trillion times. Be more creative and I won’t be hating.. and it was just feedback and true feelings
Finally a RU-vidr hitting bars all over the world. No matter the type of culture, a group of inebriated locals provide a short cut to learning many things QUICK.
Dan, I have to first say, this was a fantastic video. I'm tuning in from the U.S. & I'll be traveling to Japan in October for the first time for a month. I favor videos/vlogs like these where people travel to places that more locals frequent over touristy areas/attractions (no shade to them lol). But your interactions with the locals were pure, funny, and just wholesome. I get that everyone will have their own experience while in Japan, but this is exciting me even more; to truly exchange culture, language and outright respect is a major goal of mine. And the text at the end, "Why have a 9 to 5. Life's too short.", man, I was meant to see this vlog. And with that you just earned yourself another subscriber! Continue to build life-long connections! Peace!
You, are a badass. Thank you so much for watching all of my videos and taking your time to comment. I have a few more videos from Japan, AND i also have a catalogue of similar style videos from different countries as well. Cheers! :D
I absolutely love your Asia travel series. Because of you, I've already planned to wonder off the beaten path when I arrive in Gimpo next week. Truely an inspiration!!! Keep it up.
Dear Dan, I just found your channel yesterday and I instantly became a fan of yours. Your pure optimism, kindness and friendliness gives very good energy for your videos. The simple video editing, free camera movement, no unnecessary background music makes them more natural, and somehow you manage to keep these projects dynamic and engaging. If I can ask you, please never change your style, this vibe is perfect. Keep up the good work mate!
Man, Nishinari is going to be part of my next novel. I've been living in Japan for 7 years. Plan on going to Osaka (and every other place named in the coming book) and I found your channel/video while doing some preliminary research. Loving the vibes of that vlog !
Lovin these so far. Tatami number is how they measure apartment size, like in Korea they use pyeong. SO He's telling you the hotel room is super cheap but so small at just 3 tatami.
ahhh thanks for that mate!! The room was tiny to be fair and VERY smelly. The wallpaper had absorbed all the smoke and it smelt musty. Cool experience though haha
Great video! I lived in South Osaka from 2009 to 2013 and this really brings me back. I love the drinking culture there. Japanese people are known as being reserved but I have had far more random interactions with locals in bars there than anywhere else.
Hello from Oregon, USA -- I lived in Osaka from 1993-2008. From midnight to 5:00am, Nishinari-ku and Shinseki become very different beasts compared to daytime hours and were my favorite places to hang-out when I missed the last train of the night home. Lots of stuff goes on when the night people come out.
I live in okinawa and I went to Osaka to visit dotonbori but my hotel was in nishari. I had an absolutely great time there, then I remembered I watched this video about a week or 2 before I went and visited just about every spot dan went to and it was a great time, I even showed some of the bartenders your video and they remembered you. Nishari is a very safe area compared to other places i've visited, very friendly people there
that's pretty cool that you made immediate friends with that woman, more adventures together! also, lived in Japan for three years and I can say that people from Kansai are a mixed bunch. I used to go to a club in Osaka and they're wilder on how they act than clubs in Nagasaki area
Love the message to avoid tourist spots, I am the same way. I have been to a few but I love travelling the local & country side so much more. People miss out on the great value.
The gentleman in the bar (Kaji?) was so friendly. I’ve been going to Japan for about 15 years and I’ve noticed the people of Osaka are much more likely to speak to strangers and help you if you look lost etc. Another good place for this is the small tent restaurants (yatai) in Fukuoka. Osaka > Tokyo.
I stayed in tachibana my first trip to japan & have been through nishinari + these areas as well. It is quite interesting to seem this as "Slums" or the bad areas because its still so friendly & amazing. Surprisingly more people I find in these areas speak more english. Some of the best bars & most fun I had.
Hey Dan where are you? Your videos are really addictive n with witty humour it makes more interesting. Keep on exploring abandoned places n bringing smiles to all of us. 🫶
It was very smart of you to request that your chicken is cooked more. The last time I was in Osaka, I ordered some ‘sashimi’ and didn’t realize it was chicken sashimi. After eating a couple of slices, I asked them if this was chicken and, to my horror, they said yes. The next day, I flew to LA and spent an entire week, dying of salmonella, in a seedy roadside motel.
fantastic. i was scared of the same thing so i only ate a quarter, luckily i was okay for the rest of the week. First and last time eating raw chicken for me. It's like russian roulette, i've done it once and lived, i don't need to try again.
Went to a club in matsuyama and I think it was a Yakuza place as well 😂 all the drinks were free and they had 1 vip area with a bunch of guys that looked like they were Yakuza 😅
We’ve watched lots of your videos and they are all good. We think this one is the best of those we have seen so far.. meeting so many interesting characters.. and so many speak and understand some English.. Good luck to any Japanese person casually finding regular English people who can converse in Japanese in England.. a Japanese person will need incredible luck if they know no English and casually visit England, for a start there are zero signs in Japanese characters.
Man this is the coolest video from Japan ive ever seen if not top 3 for sure. Everybody there has such a different vibe so friendly and down to earth! You're making the real content man! Definitely going to the hood when im in Osaka!
Eat the chicken raw like the local people. Its not common but also not weird for them. No, you shouldnt ask Japanese people to cook thing. They spend a lot of time making quality ingredients so they wont make you sick served raw
Straight away I could tell he had no respect or understanding for Japanese culture when he commented on the raw food culture, and offended the chef like that
I’m staying at that orange building at 4:54 right now 😂😂😂 I’ve stayed in this area for a total of 2 weeks. It looks badder than it is. I’ve enjoyed my stay here tho
Very cool…… Hanging in the Japanese Hood…….. The question you ask is… “ What do ya think of me now?”………. Awesome bro… Congratulations on your video going viral….. It’s about time….. Boyeeeeeeeeee!……
@@Sam-S50 i reply to all my comments and i will do until it becomes impossible to do so. Even then i will make time out of my day to go through and reply to people. How can i build a travel community if i'm silent haha
