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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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  • 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..
    31_KAMAGASAKI_0788.jpg
  • 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..
    27_KAMAGASAKI_0758.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.
    06_KAMAGASAKI_0441.jpg
  • 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..
    04a_KAMAGASAKI_0389.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.
    33_KAMAGASAKI_0908.jpg
  • 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..
    28_KAMAGASAKI_0780.jpg
  • 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..
    20_KAMAGASAKI_0813.jpg
  • 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..
    11_KAMAGASAKI_0578.jpg
  • 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..
    05_KAMAGASAKI_0401.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.
    03_KAMAGASAKI_1031.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
  • Street bar where day laborers who go to the Airin Labor Welfare Center in the early morning hours looking for work, stop for a drink or food. .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..
    12_KAMAGASAKI_0627.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
  • Day laborers in the streets of 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..
    30_KAMAGASAKI_0787.jpg
  • Day laborer Isamu Matsue early morning as he is waiting for a job at the Airin Labor Welfare Center..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..
    22_KAMAGASAKI_0803.jpg
  • Homeless people and people who don't have a TV at home, waching baseball on an outdoors television in Sangaku park in Airin. Many of them live in huts inside the park. Others in the cheap accomodations offered in the area and others in the local night shelters. .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..
    09_KAMAGASAKI_0575.jpg
  • Day laborers waiting outside Airin Labor Welfare Center's shatters to open at 5 am and the dayly job hunting to begin. They hope 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..
    14_KAMAGASAKI_0638a.jpg
  • Sign on a car belonging to a company wanting to hire day laborers around 4:30 am, outside the Airin Labor Welfare Center in Airin.  The day payment for a cart-man job is 7500 yen and the contract is for 15 days..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..
    13_KAMAGASAKI_0607.jpg
  • GANG SNOWMAN Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Internet booths near the reception.
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  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Bondage pin-up-girl picture room.
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0443.jpg
  • PABLONA Love Hotel in Osaka Namba area. Hello Kitty room.
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0506.jpg
  • BELL DES BELLES Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area.
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0490.jpg
  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Hello Kitty SM room
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0417.jpg
  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Decoration in the SM Party room
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0366.jpg
  • GANG SNOWMAN Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Play-room next to the bedroom of one of the rooms.
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0255.jpg
  • GANG SNOWMAN Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. SM room with cage table.
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0246.jpg
  • PABLONA Love Hotel in Osaka Namba area. Asian style room.
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0513.jpg
  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Room pictures at the hotel loby. The customers can choose their room between the pictures that are still lit 'cause only these rooms are available. The unlit pictures are of rooms already taken.
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  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Decoration in the Hello Kitty SM room
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0424.jpg
  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Decoration in the Class-room
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0381.jpg
  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. SM room in the party appartment
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0336.jpg
  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. SM Party room
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0329.jpg
  • GANG SNOWMAN Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area.
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0295.jpg
  • GANG SNOWMAN Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Elevator with black-light
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0287.jpg
  • GANG SNOWMAN Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Black Light room. You can only see the wall-painting with black light.
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0273.jpg
  • GANG SNOWMAN Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Cadillac room on the roof, with a real Cadillac and bath installed in it's salon. Water-guns for the customers provide extra fun. *** Local Caption *** IRELAND OUT-for GREECE wait, I will let you know on the 2nd of February
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  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Japanese erotic painting (Shunga) room.
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0445.jpg
  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Hello Kitty SM room
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0412.jpg
  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. SM room
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0384.jpg
  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Bar of the SM Party room
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  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. SM Party room
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0304.jpg
  • GANG SNOWMAN Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area.
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0297.jpg
  • GANG SNOWMAN Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Corridor
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0283.jpg
  • GANG SNOWMAN Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Cadillac room on the roof, with a real Cadillac and bath installed in it's salon. Water-guns for the customers provide extra fun.
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0199.jpg
  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Venting machine in the Hello Kitty SM room
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0429.jpg
  • BELL DES BELLES Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area.
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0462.jpg
  • ADONIS Love Hotel in Osaka Ikutamateramachi area. Class-room
    LOVE HOTELS-OSAKA_0378.jpg
  • Homeless person's bicycle parked during night time inside a shopping mall in Kamagasaki.
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  • Day laborer Isamu Matsue in the cheap hotel room where he lives in Kamagasaki.
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  • Homeless people queing outside Airin Labor Welfare Center for tickets to night shelters in the area.
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  • Morning at Sanbiaku (triangle) square where homeless day laborers of Kamagasaki live or get together to socialize and warm-up around a fire.
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  • Homeless day laborers sleeping outside Airin Labor Welfare Center in Kamagasaki. They are waiting till 5 am when the shatters open and the employers who look for day laborers come to pick up people.
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  • Men sleeping in a night shelter for homeless day laborers in Kamagasaki.
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  • Homeless woman in Kamagasaki.
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  • Homeless day laborers staying during the day at Airin Labor Welfare Center.
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  • Homeless day laborers staying during the day at Airin Labor Welfare Center in Kamagasaki
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  • Day laborers queing at Airin Labor Welfare Center for jobs that are offered there.
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  • Day laborers waiting from around 5 am under Airin Labor Welfare Center for contractors to pick them up for work.
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  • Day laborers waiting from around 5 am under Airin Labor Welfare Center for contractors to pick them up for work.
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  • Day laborers entering the building of Airin Labor Welfare Center when the shatters open at 5 am allowing the dayly job hunting to begin. They hope 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.
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  • Cheap appartment building in Kamagasaki as seen through a local comunity center's facility.
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  • Homeless day laborers queing outside Airin Labor Welfare Center for tickets to night shelters in the area.
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  • In a market street of Kamagasaki, 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.
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  • Homeless day laborers staying during the day at Airin Labor Welfare Center.
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  • Corridor of a heap hotel in Kamagasaki where day laborers can spend the night for just 1500 yen. They stay in tinny tatami rooms and they share showers and toilets. The hotel is only for men.
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  • Homeless day laborers staying during the day at Airin Labor Welfare Center.
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  • Man selling seccond hand things in Kamagasaki.
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  • Mee and Row when nobady plays with them. Osaka April 2004
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  • Trying clothes..Closet for dog clothes in the special dog-bedroom of Shoko Mizuta's house..Osaka April 2004
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  • Mee and Row in bed..The special dog-bedroom in Shoko Mizuta's house..Osaka April 2004
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  • Shoko Mizuta with her dogs. Taking care of her two little dogs is her main occupation. She spends a large amount of money on dog clothes and accessories. She claims to be the only Japanese who has a real dog bedroom in her house..Osaka April 2004..
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  • Shoko Mizuta with her dogs, wearing a matching dress with the dogs' clothes..Osaka April 2004
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  • Mee and Row in bed..Bed for dogs in the special dog-bedroom in Shoko Mizuta's house. Osaka April 2004
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  • P&A PLAZA ART HOTEL-SHIBUYA. Corridor. The Hotel is designed by the artist "Tatsuya Osonoe".
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  • P&A PLAZA I  HOTEL-SHIBUYA. Bathroom made to look like hot-springs (onsen) in one of the rooms.
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  • P&A PLAZA ART HOTEL-SHIBUYA. Corridor. The Hotel is designed by the artist "Tatsuya Osonoe".
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  • P&A PLAZA ART HOTEL-SHIBUYA.  Outdoors jakuji-bathroom.
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  • P&A PLAZA I  HOTEL-SHIBUYA. Costume shop next to the reception of the hotel. The costumes can be rented or bought and a variety of lingerie is sold too.
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  • P&A PLAZA I  HOTEL-SHIBUYA. Costume shop next to the reception of the hotel. The costumes can be rented or bought and a variety of lingerie is sold too.
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  • P&A PLAZA I  HOTEL-SHIBUYA. Costume shop next to the reception of the hotel. The costumes can be rented or bought and a variety of lingerie is sold too.
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  • P&A PLAZA I  HOTEL-SHIBUYA. Marocan room
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  • P&A PLAZA I  HOTEL-SHIBUYA. Bathroom as a sweeming pool in one of the rooms.
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  • P&A PLAZA ART HOTEL-SHIBUYA. The Hotel rooms are designed by the artist "Tatsuya Osonoe". This room's theme is "bingo" with a soft SM touch.
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  • P&A PLAZA I  HOTEL-SHIBUYA. Costume shop next to the reception of the hotel. The costumes can be rented or bought and a variety of lingerie is sold too.
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  • P&A PLAZA I  HOTEL-SHIBUYA. Marocan room
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE .In the lab of "Kokando" traditional medicine company. The final product of the company is based in bear's bile. Kokando, one of the oldest medicine companies in Toyama, was founded in 1876.  The bile is now produced in the company's lab as currently in Japan it is illegal to hunt bears for their bile or to sell bear's bile, unless under a special license. The black bears from which the bile was originaly extracted are protected species. In China it is still possible to get real bear's bile and animal's rights organizations protest against the cruel ways with which the bile is extracted from living bears through years of keeping them in captivity in bile farms. .Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base. Toyama, Japan. 21 Dec 2007
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Basic incredients for producing traditional medicine, displayed in "Kanaoka residence" in Toyama city.  Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama's medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure..Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base. .Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama?s medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure.
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINETraditional medicne-box displayed at IKEDAYA YASUBEI SHOTEN a traditional medicine shop in Toyama city.  Medicines manufactured in Toyama spread by medicine peddlers who were called "Baiyaku-san". They traveled all over Japan bringing medicine boxes to their clients, employing a unique business style known as "Senyo-kori" (Use first, and pay later service), in which a box filled with medicines is placed at customer's home free of charge, and later the customer pays for actual consumption. Today, a lot of Baiyaku-san are still active in Japan.Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Fish shop in Toyama city..Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Display of the making of medicine in "Kanaoka residence" in Toyama city..Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama?s medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure..Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Basic material for producing traditional medicine, displayed in "Kanaoka residence" in Toyama city. From left to right: 1. ?? pronounced as "denshichi" is a kind of ginnseng, 2. ?? pronounced as " borei" is a kind of oyster, 3. ?? pronounced as "yuutan" is black bear's bile and it is a very precious ingredient in Chinese medicine. Currently in Japan it is illegal to hunt bears for their bile or to sell bear's bile, unless under a special license. The ingredient that has replaced it in traditional medicine, is produced synthetically in laboratories of traditional medicine pharmaceutical companies. In China it is still possible to get real bear's bile and animal's rights organizations protest against the cruel ways with which the bile is extracted from living bears through years of keeping them in captivity in bile farms.  Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama's medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure.Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
    20_TOYAMA_MEDICINE_7486.jpg
  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Old style medicine shop display inside "Kanaoka residence" in Toyama city.  .Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama's medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure..Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
    18_TOYAMA_MEDICINE_7463.jpg
  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Old style medicine shop display inside "Kanaoka residence" in Toyama city.  .Kanaoka Residence is a rare museum in Japan that preserves and exhibits a lot of materials of the 300-year history of Toyama's medicine business as well as a wide range of materials relating to Japan's pharmaceutical industry. Its main building retains the characteristic structure of a medicine shop from the early Meiji Era. Araya (family's guesthouse) is an all-cypress building that shows a traditional wooden structure..Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Tram in Toyama city..Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximately the same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
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