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How to survive as a homeless man in Japan [LMTla8C6TiE]

2019-11-15 · 12 min

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    Ah, nothing quite like a good English

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    fry-up when you're waking up by the river.

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    What a beautiful day.

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    Now I have to clean up this mess. I don't

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    think you're allowed to cook things by the

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    river. There's no barbecue signs all over

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    the place, but no one noticed. What should

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    I do with this? I'm not actually going to

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    eat it. Maybe I'll give it to the fish.

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    Here, fishy fishies.

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    Here, fishy fishies.

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    Anyone for bacon? Okay, I'll have it.

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    Hello and welcome back to another episode

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    of Homeless in Japan, and today I've

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    created the ultimate survival guide for

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    those of you who may be experiencing a

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    little bit of homelessness in Japan.

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    For me personally, as someone who has been

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    kicked out by several girlfriends and a

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    wife, I think it's fair to say that I have

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    some experience when it comes to roughing

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    it out on the streets of Japan. So I've

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    decided to make some tips and tricks for

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    other people who don't really want to

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    spend a lot of money on accommodation and

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    hotels and Airbnbs Yeah,

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    when it comes to being homeless in Japan,

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    I'm going to guess that most of you will

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    be wondering about several things. Number

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    1, where do you do your business when you

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    don't have a home? Number 2, how do you

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    keep yourself clean and how do you shower

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    yourself? Well, number 1, um,

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    there's a lot of solutions to solving the

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    problem of doing your business. In Japan,

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    there's public restrooms all over the

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    place. Every train station will have a

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    free-to-use toilet. Every convenience

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    store will have a free-to-use toilet. You

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    can also find restrooms in department

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    stores and other shopping complexes. But

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    my favourite type of public toilet in

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    Japan will have to be— would have to be

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    the ones you can find in public parks.

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    Let's go to one right now.

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    Why are there so many damn people here

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    today? I thought there wouldn't be anyone

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    at the park at this time, but I was

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    wrong.

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    Japanese public restroom.

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    It's very spacious. There's a mirror

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    and running water.

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    Very useful if you're homeless.

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    No one even noticed. Room 202,

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    it's flashing.

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    Very fancy.

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    So you might be wondering, why am I in a

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    love hotel? Without a lady?

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    Well, that's because love hotels are

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    actually a great place to stay if you're

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    homeless. They're very affordable and very

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    fancy. You can stay in one for about 90

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    minutes and it'll only cost you about $20.

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    It's really cheap.

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    In Japan, there's quite a few places where

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    you can go to have a shower. There's net

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    cafes, gyms, but I think the love hotel is

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    a great place not just for bringing

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    ladies, but if you need a rest, just come

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    in here and choose a room and

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    make sure you stay for less than an hour

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    or 90 minutes. And look what you get—

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    ta-da! Fancy toilet,

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    a very nice mirror, sink.

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    Got lots of shampoos. You can take these

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    if you want, but that's very naughty. And

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    this is the best bit— you get this massive

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    bathtub. Look at the size of this thing,

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    plus a shower, huge mirror,

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    all for $20. My room actually cost me—

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    where's my receipt? I got a receipt

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    printed out because I

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    thought some of you might not believe me

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    that it's only $20. It was a bit more than

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    $20. It's about— I'm not sure if you can

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    see that— 2190,

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    ¥2190. So that's

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    about $20. $20 and you get a

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    really nice room, and I can stay here for

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    90 minutes. So if you want to have a fancy

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    shower This is a great option.

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    You've also got bubble jet jacuzzis. Oh,

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    it's warm as well.

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    This bathtub's bigger than my bed.

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    Wow. Oh, this is nice. You don't even need

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    water in it.

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    So yeah, um, if you want to have a quick

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    wash, have a shave, brush your teeth

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    Relax. I would definitely recommend coming

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    to a love hotel. It's a bit depressing

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    coming here by yourself, yeah, especially

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    when you see all these other couples

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    coming in and out and then you're in here

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    all by yourself. But that's,

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    that's a different problem for a different

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    day. Let's have a look what else we've got

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    here. Not much. There's a

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    TV if you want to watch TV.

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    What's this? Don't know.

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    Let's see what's in the fridge. There's

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    probably a drink bar. Yeah, you have to

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    pay for drinks. Beers,

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    Coca-Cola,

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    and what else?

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    Tea set. There's also a tea set down

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    there. Let's see if they have any nice

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    cups.

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    Oh, they might have some tea bags as well.

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    You could take those.

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    Yeah, I'm gonna have a nice bath actually.

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    Why not? I've got 90 minutes here.

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    Oh look, they give you lots of things.

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    Shavers, hairbrush.

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    Um, you also get toothbrushes.

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    So yeah, that was my ultimate guide to

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    being homeless in Japan. Hope you enjoyed

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    it. I'm gonna enjoy myself in my ¥2,190

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    room. Oh yes.

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