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  • The library of the North Korean University in Tokyo. Japanese magazines on the left and North Korean magazines on the right.
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  • The library of the North Korean University in Tokyo. North Koran children's magazines
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  • The library of the North Korean University in Tokyo. Students studying
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  • The library of the North Korean University in Tokyo
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  • Students
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  • President of N. Korean University in Tokyo Mr Chang Byong-Tae
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  • Students
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  • Students
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  • Students
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  • Regular class. Girls at Koran University wear special uniforms that are modeled after the traditional Korean clothes.
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  • Regular class. Girls at Koran University wear special uniforms that are modeled after the traditional Korean clothes.
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  • Regular class. Girls at Koran University wear special uniforms that are modeled after the traditional Korean clothes.
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  • Korean drum class
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  • President of N. Korean University in Tokyo Mr Chang Byong-Tae
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  • Students
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  • Students
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  • Students
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  • Students
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  • Regular class. Girls at Koran University wear special uniforms that are modeled after the traditional Korean clothes.
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  • Regular class. Girls at Koran University wear special uniforms that are modeled after the traditional Korean clothes.
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  • Korean drum class
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  • President of N. Korean University in Tokyo Mr Chang Byong-Tae
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  • President of N. Korean University in Tokyo Mr Chang Byong-Tai
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  • President of N. Korean University in Tokyo Mr Chang Byong-Tai
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  • At the point where Nam Ruak river meets Mekong river, the border of Burma (left), Laos (right) and Thailand (bottom) are meeting. That is the "official" center of the Golden Triangle. Sop Ruak is the Thai town located there and it is often called Golden Triangle.
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  • Evening street restaurant in Chiang Saen, a sleepy town on the banks of Mekong river. Laos can be clearly seen on the other side of the river and the town also has a port where the ships that travel along the river come to trade.
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  • Tarik Aljadoue (34) and his wife Samar Jamal (27) at the space that NGO Aggalia has organised as a temporary stop for refugees in Kaloni village, as they are on their way to Mytilene city. A local person drove them there the night before. The couple is from Alepo in Syria where Tarik was working as an IT engineer for a French owned oil company until they closed down their business there in 2011. Since 2011 he moved to Kafarhamra north of Alepo, as his house in Alepo was in a dangerous area. He got married to Samar one year ago and they were waiting to see what will happen to their country. 6 months ago internet was cut so it was difficult to learn any news of what was really happening. Local TV was only broadcasting propaganda from different armies. On Friday one week ago, they decided to find a safe country to have their children and leave Syria where they saw no work and no future as they could not see the end of this war. They want to try to reach Germany or any other European country where they can find work. <br />
Their trip started from Alepo to Tartus by bus, then on an other bus to a port from where they boarded a ship for one and a half day to Toshojo port (Tasucu port?) in Turkey near Mersin. From there they took a bus for 13 hours to Izmir but before they arrive they heard that there were police checks in Izmir and as soon as they arrived, they boarded an other bus for 9 hour to Istanbul. There they stayed for two days until the smugglers told them that they could start their trip to Greece. They payed 1250 USD each and after two days, at 8 am, they met the smugglers at a metro station, they boarded a bus with 60 people and no AC and they traveled to a location near Izmir. The trip lasted for 7 hours and it was unbearably hot. When they got off the bus somewhere near the sea, they were told to switch off their mobile phones and walk for one hour until they reached the sea. There there were three dinghy boats with engines and 33 to 40 people would board on each
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  • Around the hot springs of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo - JAPAN 8 July 2006
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  • Bathers in the mixed "Kodakara no yu" (children of pleasure hot spring) of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo. - JAPAN 8 July 2006
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  • Fields where te Burmese refugees of Mae La refugee camp grow their vegetables and rice. .Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Karen girl reading a translated Japanese manga inside one of the library buildings of Mae La refugee camp. The library is supported by "Shanti Volunteer Association" (www.sva.or.jp), a Japanese NGO. Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Pataw (47) has been living in the camp for 7 years. He used to live at the Karen State in Myanmar/Burma and  for 3 years he was fighting with the Karen Liberation Arm. He was injured when during an offence towards the Burmese army he fell on a landmine. Then he was helped to escape. He lives inside the building of the Karen Handicap Welfare Association in Mae La camp. He has 3 children from 9 to 20 years old still living in Myanmar. He hopes that one day there will be freedom so that he ca return to his country and his family. .Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Tomikazu Maeno pentioner and ex day laborer in the room he rents at the Senior House Hidamari, in Airin. Before he became a day laborer, he used to be a Yuzen Kimono painter. He also has a history of having killed one person when he was young..The old name of the area now called Airin, was untill 1966 Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
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  • Homeless man sleeping on the street in Airin..The old name of the area now called Airin, was untill 1966 Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
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  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
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  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
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  • Tatsuta station in Naraha town. <br />
Tatsuta Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 240.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. However, due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, operations were halted. Operations south of the station were resumed on June 1, 2014, however operations north remain suspended indefinitely.
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  • Alsheikh family around the little food they could get during the food distribution. They come from Aleppo in Syria where the father worked as a gynaecologist until his hospital was bombed by the government forces after it was occupied by the Islamic State army. There are more than 10 groups plus the government forces fighting in Aleppo. They worried about their children’s future so they decided to leave their country where IS is forcing children to leaned how to fight. His life was also in danger if IS could find out that he was a doctor there. Already his wife’s brother who is travelling with them (in the back), had been injured by a bullet. The route they followed was: from Aleppo to Azaz by car, then  they walked for 21km to the border with Turkey, after crossing they walked for 10 more km until the first village Kilis, then they went to Urfa by a small bus they rented, then traveled for 36 hours by local bus to Izmir where they met the smugglers who arranged for them to go to Greece. They brought them 70km north of Izmir where they crossed by boat to Mytilene island. That was three days ago and they have been in the camp for 2 days while they are waiting for their registration papers so that they can continue their trip. They thought that they would find better conditions in Greece so they where quite disappointed. Their final destination is Germany. <br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
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  • Alsheikh family around the little food they could get during the food distribution. They come from Aleppo in Syria where the father worked as a gynaecologist until his hospital was bombed by the government forces after it was occupied by the Islamic State army. There are more than 10 groups plus the government forces fighting in Aleppo. They worried about their children’s future so they decided to leave their country where IS is forcing children to leaned how to fight. His life was also in danger if IS could find out that he was a doctor there. Already his wife’s brother who is travelling with them (in the back), had been injured by a bullet. The route they followed was: from Aleppo to Azaz by car, then  they walked for 21km to the border with Turkey, after crossing they walked for 10 more km until the first village Kilis, then they went to Urfa by a small bus they rented, then traveled for 36 hours by local bus to Izmir where they met the smugglers who arranged for them to go to Greece. They brought them 70km north of Izmir where they crossed by boat to Mytilene island. That was three days ago and they have been in the camp for 2 days while they are waiting for their registration papers so that they can continue their trip. They thought that they would find better conditions in Greece so they where quite disappointed. Their final destination is Germany. <br />
Refugee camp Kara Tepe near Mytilene city. It hosts Syrian refugees who are waiting for their registration papers that will allow them to stay in Greece for some time till they can move to an other European country.
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  • Hayashi Yuko (L) and Kojima Kiyoko (R), wearing yukata and drinking tea in their room inside the 82 years old Ryokan (traditional Japanese hotel) of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo - JAPAN 8 July 2006
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  • Old Japanese couple wearing yukata on the bridge over Takaragawa river, on the way to the hot springs of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring), in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo - JAPAN 8 July 2006
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  • Visitor relaxing after having a bath, at the kiosk with the forest spirits' statues, of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo. - JAPAN 8 July 2006
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  • Bathers in the mixed "Maka no yu" (larger hot spring) of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo. The founder of the onsen was a Buddhist and there are many Buddhist statues around and inside the hot springs. - JAPAN 8 July 2006
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  • Students at the Mushlim school of the 300-Year Mosque..300-Years Mosque or Wadi Al-Husein Mosque is located at Ban Talomano, Tambon Lubosawo, 25 kms. north of Narathiwat or 4 kms. from Amphoe Bacho on Highway No. 42. As the sign outside it says, it was build in 1624 by Wan Husein, a pioneer of Due Lok Mano Village and an islamic teacher at Sano Village. The whole wood building is a combination of Javanese and local styles of art before the Arab influence.
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  • Graveyard next to the 300-year mosque. There, are buried 22 of the 78 Muslim people who died from suffocation or dehydration while being transported in trucks under police custody after being arrested during the 25th October 2004 protests outside the Tak Bai police station. The mosque is concidered as one of the most important hard-core mushlim locations in Southern Thailand.  .300-Years Mosque or Wadi Al-Husein Mosque is located at Ban Talomano, Tambon Lubosawo, 25 kms. north of Narathiwat or 4 kms. from Amphoe Bacho on Highway No. 42. As the sign outside it says, it was build in 1624 by Wan Husein, a pioneer of Due Lok Mano Village and an islamic teacher at Sano Village. The whole wood building is a combination of Javanese and local styles of art before the Arab influence.
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  • 300-Years Mosque or Wadi Al-Husein Mosque is located at Ban Talomano, Tambon Lubosawo, 25 kms. north of Narathiwat or 4 kms. from Amphoe Bacho on Highway No. 42. As the sign outside it says, it was build in 1624 by Wan Husein, a pioneer of Due Lok Mano Village and an islamic teacher at Sano Village. The whole wood building is a combination of Javanese and local styles of art before the Arab influence.
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  • Karen couple: Ler Lay Kler (32) with his wife Shirley (29) and their child Cherry (14 months old), inside their house at Mae La refugee camp. Ler Lay comes from Mon state in Burma and has been to the camp since 1993. Shirley has been at the camp since 2005. They met and got married in the camp. .Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Pastor Simon (60) in front of pictures of his family, in the Mae La refugee camp. Pastor Simon is a Karen refugee who used to teach theology at a university in Rangoon and has been living in the camp for 20 years. He is the director of Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Churches of the refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border and he runs the Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Bible School & College, a theology high school and college that has been functioning in the camp for 20 years. .Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Schoolchildren inside the refugee school in Mae La. Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Karen women doing their laundry and taking a bath next to a well inside Mae La refugee camp..Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • KYOTO-MAIKO .Memorial service for the poet Yoshii Isamu (1886-1960) who loved the Gion pleasure quarters. Geiko and maiko place flowers at a stone monument on which one of his poems is inscribed. Gion Shinbashi, just north of Shijo. Kyoto,.
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  • A robot impersonating Lady Murasaki Shikibu is narrating the stories of "The Tale of Genji" to visitors at Ishiyamadera Temple. The temple, located in Otsu City north of Kyoto, is the place where it is said that Lady Murasaki started writing the novel more than 1000 years ago. .
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  • A robot impersonating Lady Murasaki Shikibu is narrating the stories of "The Tale of Genji" to visitors at Ishiyamadera Temple. The temple, located in Otsu City north of Kyoto, is the place where it is said that Lady Murasaki started writing the novel more than 1000 years ago. .
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  • A robot impersonating Lady Murasaki Shikibu is narrating the stories of "The Tale of Genji" to visitors at Ishiyamadera Temple. The temple, located in Otsu City north of Kyoto, is the place where it is said that Lady Murasaki started writing the novel more than 1000 years ago. .
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  • A robot impersonating Lady Murasaki Shikibu is narrating the stories of "The Tale of Genji" to visitors at Ishiyamadera Temple. The temple, located in Otsu City north of Kyoto, is the place where it is said that Lady Murasaki started writing the novel more than 1000 years ago. .
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  • Homeless day laborers staying during the day at Airin Labor Welfare Center in Airin. The old name of the area untill 1966, was Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses.
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  • Day laborers next to vending machines in Arin which are seling drinks for half the price compared to vending machines in other places in Japan. The usual price is 110 yen (0,90 euro), but these vending machines sell drinks for 50 yen. .The old name of the area now called Airin, was untill 1966 Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
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  • In a market street of Airin, homeless day laborers alert over one of them who is unconsious. The guy eventualy recovered but it was said that three other homeless people died that night because of the cold weather..The old name of the area now called Airin, was untill 1966 Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
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  • Morning at Sanbiaku (triangle) square where homeless day laborers of Airin live or get together to socialize and warm-up around a fire. .The old name of the area now called Airin, was untill 1966 Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
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  • Day laborers queing at Airin Labor Welfare Center for jobs that are offered there..The old name of the area now called Airin, was untill 1966 Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
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  • Day laborers waiting from around 5 am under Airin Labor Welfare Center for contractors to pick them up for work. .The old name of the area now called Airin, was untill 1966 Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
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  • Homeless people queing outside Airin Labor Welfare Center for tickets to night shelters in the area that is now called Airin. The old name of the area untill 1966, was Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
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  • Homeless people queing outside Airin Labor Welfare Center for tickets to night shelters in the area that is now called Airin. The old name of the area untill 1966, was Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses.
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  • Homeless day laborer having lunch outside his made-up home in Airin. .The old name of the area now called Airin, was untill 1966 Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
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  • Homeless day laborers staying during the day at Airin Labor Welfare Center in Airin. The old name of the area untill 1966, was Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses.
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  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1963.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1955.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1952.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1941.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1948.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1945.jpg
  • Tatsuta station in Naraha town. <br />
Tatsuta Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 240.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. However, due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, operations were halted. Operations south of the station were resumed on June 1, 2014, however operations north remain suspended indefinitely.
    NARAHA-4153.jpg
  • Tatsuta station in Naraha town. <br />
Tatsuta Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 240.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. However, due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, operations were halted. Operations south of the station were resumed on June 1, 2014, however operations north remain suspended indefinitely.
    NARAHA-4146.jpg
  • Tatsuta station in Naraha town. <br />
Tatsuta Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 240.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. However, due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, operations were halted. Operations south of the station were resumed on June 1, 2014, however operations north remain suspended indefinitely.
    NARAHA-1344.jpg
  • Old Japanese couple wearing yukata on the bridge over Takaragawa river, on the way to the hot springs of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring), in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo - JAPAN 8 July 2006
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  • Bathers in the mixed "Kodakara no yu" (children of pleasure hot spring) of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo. - JAPAN 8 July 2006
    ONSEN_1522.jpg
  • Sleepers to wear indoors and outdoors, near the exit towards the outdoors hot springs, of  the 82 years old Ryokan (traditional Japanese hotel) of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo - JAPAN 8 July 2006
    ONSEN_1456.jpg
  • Sleepers to wear indoors and outdoors, near the exit towards the outdoors hot springs, of the 82 years old Ryokan (traditional Japanese hotel) of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo - JAPAN 8 July 2006
    ONSEN_1454.jpg
  • Room in the 82 years old Ryokan (traditional Japanese hotel) of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo - JAPAN 8 July 2006
    ONSEN_1438.jpg
  • KYOTO-MAIKO .Memorial service for the poet Yoshii Isamu (1886-1960) who loved the Gion pleasure quarters. Geiko and maiko place flowers at a stone monument on which one of his poems is inscribed. Gion Shinbashi, just north of Shijo. Kyoto, 8 November 2007.
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  • Men exiting the 300-year mosque after the Friday service. The mosque is concidered as one of the most important hard-core mushlim locations in Southern Thailand so non mushlim people are not allowed to enter the building.  .300-Years Mosque or Wadi Al-Husein Mosque is located at Ban Talomano, Tambon Lubosawo, 25 kms. north of Narathiwat or 4 kms. from Amphoe Bacho on Highway No. 42. As the sign outside it says, it was build in 1624 by Wan Husein, a pioneer of Due Lok Mano Village and an islamic teacher at Sano Village. The whole wood building is a combination of Javanese and local styles of art before the Arab influence.
    48_THAILAND128a.jpg
  • Men chatting outside the 300 year old mosque while waiting for the Friday service to begin. 300-Years Mosque or Wadi Al-Husein Mosque is located at Ban Talomano, Tambon Lubosawo, 25 kms. north of Narathiwat or 4 kms. from Amphoe Bacho on Highway No. 42. As the sign outside it says, it was build in 1624 by Wan Husein, a pioneer of Due Lok Mano Village and an islamic teacher at Sano Village. The whole wood building is a combination of Javanese and local styles of art before the Arab influence.
    46_THAILAND123a.jpg
  • Man who was blinded during the fighting between the Karen liberation army that he was fighting with and the Burmese army troups, in the kitchen of the disabled people's home inside Mae La. Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
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  • Esther Htoo (56) is ethnic Karen from Insei town near Rangoon. She came to Mae La refugee camp in 2004, together with her two sons. She hopes that her family will be accepted by the US government to relocated there as refugees..Burmese refugee camp "Mae La" is north of border-town Mae Sot and lies along the Thai-Burmese border on the side of Thailand. Approximately 50,000 people live there. 38,167 was the official number of registered people in November 2009, according to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), and the rest are unregistered or people who come and go.
    03_THAILAND050a.jpg
  • A robot impersonating Lady Murasaki Shikibu is narrating the stories of "The Tale of Genji" to visitors at Ishiyamadera Temple. The temple, located in Otsu City north of Kyoto, is the place where it is said that Lady Murasaki started writing the novel more than 1000 years ago. .
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  • A robot impersonating Lady Murasaki Shikibu is narrating the stories of "The Tale of Genji" to visitors at Ishiyamadera Temple. The temple, located in Otsu City north of Kyoto, is the place where it is said that Lady Murasaki started writing the novel more than 1000 years ago. .
    04_GENJI_9542.jpg
  • A robot impersonating Lady Murasaki Shikibu is narrating the stories of "The Tale of Genji" to visitors at Ishiyamadera Temple. The temple, located in Otsu City north of Kyoto, is the place where it is said that Lady Murasaki started writing the novel more than 1000 years ago. .
    03_GENJI_9503.jpg
  • Tomikazu Maeno pentioner and ex day laborer in the room he rents at the Senior House Hidamari, in Airin. Before he became a day laborer, he used to be a Yuzen Kimono painter. He also has a history of having killed one person when he was young..The old name of the area now called Airin, was untill 1966 Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
    KAMAGASAKI_0922.jpg
  • Mentaly disturbed man with his trophy, outside the premices of an NGO in Airin..The old name of the area now called Airin, was untill 1966 Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
    32_KAMAGASAKI_0863.jpg
  • Day laborer Isamu Matsue putting on boots to go to work, in the premises of the NPO "Kamagasaki Shien Kiko" in Airin..The old name of the area now called Airin, was untill 1966 Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
    23_KAMAGASAKI_0847.jpg
  • Day laborer waiting inside Airin Labor Welfare Cente to get offered a job. He as all people who gather there at 5 am in the morning, is waiting to get picket up by contractors offering work or to get some of the few jobs offered by the Lador Welfare Center. The ones who don't get a job and are homeless,  just stay inside the building using it as a temporary shelter..The old name of the area now called Airin, was untill 1966 Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
    19_KAMAGASAKI_0811.jpg
  • Homeless people queing outside Airin Labor Welfare Center for tickets to night shelters in the area that is now called Airin. The old name of the area untill 1966, was Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses..
    07_KAMAGASAKI_0549.jpg
  • Homeless day laborers staying during the day at Airin Labor Welfare Center in Airin. The old name of the area untill 1966, was Kamagasaki and many people still call it like that. .Kamagasaki (????) is an old place name for a part of Nishinari-ku in Osaka, Japan. Airin-chiku (???????) became the region's official name in May, 1966.Sections of four different towns: Nishinari-ku Taishi (??????), Haginochaya (?????), Sanou (???), North Hanazono (????) and Tengachaya (?????) are collectively known as the Kamagasaki region..Kamagasaki as a place name existed until 1922. Kamagasaki is known as Japan's largest slum, and has the largest day laborer concentration in the entire country. 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius within this region. An accurate count of occupants has never been produced, even in the national census, due to the large population of day laborers who lack permanent addresses.
    02_KAMAGASAKI_1036.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1959.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1949.jpg
  • Tatsuta station in Naraha town. <br />
Tatsuta Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 240.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. However, due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, operations were halted. Operations south of the station were resumed on June 1, 2014, however operations north remain suspended indefinitely.
    NARAHA-4150.jpg
  • The river Takaragawa passing through the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo - JAPAN 8 July 2006
    ONSEN_1543.jpg
  • Bathers in the mixed "Maka no yu" (larger hot spring) of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo. The founder of the onsen was a Buddhist and there are many Buddhist statues around and inside the hot springs. - JAPAN 8 July 2006
    ONSEN_1499.jpg
  • Men praying during the Friday service at the iner yard of the 300 mosque. 300-Years Mosque or Wadi Al-Husein Mosque is located at Ban Talomano, Tambon Lubosawo, 25 kms. north of Narathiwat or 4 kms. from Amphoe Bacho on Highway No. 42. As the sign outside it says, it was build in 1624 by Wan Husein, a pioneer of Due Lok Mano Village and an islamic teacher at Sano Village. The whole wood building is a combination of Javanese and local styles of art before the Arab influence.
    47_THAILAND125a.jpg
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