Guy visits a Japanese Slum run by the Yakuza | Guy Martin Proper

Guy Martin visits a slum in Yokohama; pays his respects at Hiroshima, and takes a dip in the mildly radioactive waters of a spring; and participates in one of Japan's oldest fireworks festivals. In this clip, Guy visits a Japanese slum. To watch the full documentary head over to All4 - bit.ly/34cTxqz
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[@fatalfriend]

Japan's slum is other country's prime estate

[@MrSimonw58]

Tell me ... I live in Africa

[@14KroshTV]

they might be living in the slum but they dont act like a slum. maybe living in slum and poverty to them doesnt mean you have to lose your morals and discipline, and lived disorderly. great mindset indeed.

[@tonikunec]

This is the reason i love Japan. There is an order, people are clean and considerate. This is missing in many western countries.

[@stupidfunvids3748]

@@14KroshTV Caused by a generous welfare system, even the poorest can be affluent enough to not get pulled into gang activity and delinquency

[@オッさんタイプXの日産に乗る]

Texas is smiliest slum in the world state full of big fat blondes holding confederate flag while she sucking there uncles , white powders living that American dream

[@MightySheep]

I like how when they said "it's a slum" the camera zoomed in on a single plastic bag floating in the river. Wow, what a filthy slum!

[@devitus781]

Haha fr man japan seems so clean and futuristic almost ;0

[@eightdeeazimuth3110]

😂

[@JohnJaggerJack]

How to tell you live in a truly developed country: Their slums look like average good housing compared to where you live, and free wifi.

[@DavidSmith-oy4of]

Impossible to have free wifi, it will cripple the economy.

[@shizuokaBLUES]

That’s because this isn’t a slum by any stretch of the imagination

[@xx6489]

To achieve a developed country depends entirely on the people living in that country. Some countries can never develop because of the people living in those countries.

[@shizuokaBLUES]

X X so what’s your impression of Japanese people in general? Or maybe your image of them as a nation?

[@xx6489]

@@shizuokaBLUES The Japanese have a high mean IQ. This enables them to build a fully developed, highly advanced, modern country. The Japanese have a long history and a rich, unique and diverse culture. Japan is one of the few modern "western" countries that has kept it's homogeneity and core culture intact. A fact envied and applauded in equal measure by so many in the West that have watched helplessly as successive governments have dragged them into a dark, dangerous abyss of multiculturalism and multiracialism. The Japanese are gentle, honourable people, but woe betide anyone who does not recognise or understand the warrior that runs deep in every true Japanese heart and soul.

[@BlightBreedOfficial]

I’ve lived in Japan for a while now, and when a Japanese friend takes me somewhere and says “This area is unsafe and dirty” I know it’s probably the complete opposite, and it always is 🤣

[@greg.peepeeface]

Sweet Pea sounds like you know the slums, you must be from India

[@karlos777x]

@Sweet Pea the most ignorant comment of the month. And yes, i live in Japan.

[@christianmunsch5590]

you should realy visit berlin at night the ghettos there "wonderfull" (no go areas) oh and bring some guns with you otherwise.. well .. can get pretty fast ugly...

[@skaitmeninisdievas240]

@@christianmunsch5590 You know that's not true.

[@sinister_sushi]

@Sweet Pea I live in Yokohama and have never seen new construction like you're describing. Everything is quite sturdy. I've seen some older buildings that were cheap metal construction though.

[@jordans.2665]

This summer....in a slum so terrifying..... there’s no need to lock their bikes up. Lol Japan’s “slum” is cleaner than the cleanest cities in all the west.

[@krunkle5136]

@Sweet Pea No that's me.

[@campkira]

japanese goverment do keeping thing clean... apart of shibuya and shinjuku.... which is nearly impossible to keep it clean all the time... they just increase more police..like new year or halloween.

[@moogiibat5845]

Nor east, middle east, south america, africa,

[@rainbowrambo7093]

Wouldn't say all of the west per sé

[@bonson9156]

that being said slums are usually ''safer'' especially for tourists when there's a local mafia running them

[@derekstocker6661]

There are not many places you could leave all those bikes and still find them there later....

[@johndave6675]

Not in japan

[@saifis]

@Terry Francona Can agree, Japanese and live in Tokyo, umbrellas and bicycles are fair game to the select ruffians of society here. Of course if your umbrella or bicycles are clearly unique in appearance or how expensive it looks I feel people will leave it alone.

[@emanemanrus5835]

same in italy, if you befriend some mafia thugs... Difference is Slums in italy are literally "slums"...

[@andulasis6283]

Japan is a heavenly place for bikes. BMX is HUGE in Japan and you can let your bikes by themselves on the street and nobody will steal them!

[@andulasis6283]

@Hermann Goering there are. There even is a very popular and known one who has his own show in Japan. Saitama

[@kn2549]

Im Japanese. You have to do your research a bit more on Japan. Usually, we dont have the word equivalent of “slums” or ghettos. But we do have areas called “Dowa chiku” 同和地区 and buraku villages(only southward from Kanto region). These places have heavy yakuza presence and are usually the SAFEST places in Japan in terms of petty crimes. Please dont compare these places with the so called “slums” in other countries.

[@krunkle5136]

Curious, what would be a Japanese equivalent of a slum as an American would understand?

[@begshallots]

It’s true that trafficking and extortion are not considered a petty crimes generally.

[@cortomaltese7105]

You're not very bright are you? If you actually watched the video you would know how it was repeated multiple times that these "slums" are much different than the ones in other countries, dummy. They're visiting both the best and the worst parts of the country, and if the worst parts of Japan are better than the worst parts of some other countries then so be it, they're still relatively bad for Japan's standards

[@Dashinix]

Mfw when japan’s lowest is better than the highest of some countries.

[@secretfornow8895]

krunkle There isn’t an equivalent - a slum implies a concentration of old dilapidated or make shift structures where poor people live. They don’t exist here, so there isn’t an equivalent. I have lived in Japan for 15 years, traveled to 43 of its 47 prefectures, and am fluent. It seems to me that this anthropologist and reporter were just trying to get views. Yakuza aren’t dangerous to most people of you don’t own them money or insult them.

[@thevaultdwellerf6691]

The whole video I'm like: "Where's the slum?"

[@oldman8996]

100th like

[@oldman8996]

(Where the slum,where the slum where the slum at,looking better than a hood in the u.s.)

[@Dys05]

After living in Japan for three years, visiting Yokohama, Tokyo and Kyoto I can tell you that really does look like a slum compared to the rest of Yokohama. Even now I live in sasebo and it doesn't look like that slum

[@_____J______]

Barbars...knows nothin'

[@hansu-kundomaru1059]

@@Dys05 You consider that a slum from a japanese standards?...... In our country we call that Rich Man housing.

[@cloudboysmusic5223]

"Low budget Love Hotel" has high tech screen renting system, lmao! got to love Japan!

[@proliferatingprofligate7032]

"high tech" lol. It's the exact same tech as a vending machine, but probably less complicated.

[@lS-qp6zq]

The "Hotel No-Tell". 😉

[@campkira]

but you don't want to used black light with it....

[@ffghjj9996]

that's super simple technology

[@cloudboysmusic5223]

@@ffghjj9996 I mean in 95% of countries this is top of the line, imagine an actual high quality love hotel in japan

[@JamaicanMeCrazy86]

I remember checking into a hostel in Osaka and the girl behind the desk giving us a little map with a “slum” area marked and telling us to avoid it. Naturally we threw our bags in the room and went straight there to find some bars. Met probably the friendliest people of the whole trip!

[@jfish953]

No one can say that the yakuza aren’t the most organised criminals I mean having them around makes the area safer from people who want to act stupid they will sort them out and keep the place tidy

[@a9503128]

“Rough place”, he’s not been to much of the UK then

[@grahamtaylor6883]

He's from Grimsby isn't he? That's as rough as Fk.

[@leedave9314]

Blessed Runcorn

[@georget9640]

Heard the UK has terrorist and rapist walking around in broad daylight

[@yip2454]

yea so by your logic gangsters cant be tidy huh?

[@GoJMe]

The point is, Japan is safe even in the slums no1 will rob or beat u, i think thats the whole point of the video so no need to compare whats most dangerous. The sickest part is the most crime you will experience if any at all is someone stealing your umbrella, because you leave your umbrella outside the store!

[@Luwab]

Japans Yakuza Slum looks cleaner and nicer than my 800-1200€ Apartment Neighbourhood in Germany. Shieeet.

[@Luwab]

@Chadwicked B rather new damaskus or neo instanbul indeed...

[@Luwab]

@@maiy8786 Habe den LinksCuck gefunden woop woop. Schaut mal wie ich ihn trigger achtung achtung. A F D :O :O: :O

[@Luwab]

@@maiy8786 deswegen bleibe ich ja hier ;D ;D ;D

[@cowboytanaka6675]

cringe

[@Tonyx.yt.]

*germanistan meanwhile japan still japan even in his worst neighborhood

[@StUCaboose]

I visited Japan last year and came across a small homeless community built into the corner of two buildings hidden at the back of a park. Just a few huts made of wood and tarp. Place was spotless. The huts were clean, the entire camp was well organized, and even the bags full of recyclables were carefully placed in neat piles. Even their homeless people are better than the ones we have in the states

[@andrewsinclair7159]

Japanese people are remarkably tidy. It's sort of a point of national pride.

[@blablabla983]

@@andrewsinclair7159 national pride and most of them are only themself to blame for them beeing homeless. so its not its countries fault. thats why they wont litter and be terrible. like in the states etc.

[@andrewsinclair7159]

​@@blablabla983 Well let me ask you this, guy. The US has about 2.6 times the population of Japan, but it has 145 times the number of homeless. Why do you think that is? I'm interested in your opinion as someone from Norway, a country with a high standard of living propped up by a world-renowned social welfare system.

[@blablabla983]

@@andrewsinclair7159 well im absolutely no expert. but i saw a documentary about homless in japan and many of them said they couldnt bear the guilt of not providing for their families, (loosing their jobs etc) and they would rather leav them and become homless than be stepped on by guilt and sorrow.. pretty remarkable. and yes, i am pretty damn lucky to grow up in norway. love it here :)

[@andrewsinclair7159]

@@blablabla983 You are really lucky to live in Norway. You guys also have a lot fewer homeless because you have social safety nets that keep people from being bankrupted by medical expenses. You provide comfortable and dignified lives for the disabled. The system reflects a society where people have a sense of responsibility toward each other, and that government therefore has a responsibility to care for communities. That's something Norway has in common with Japan. It's the opposite in America. You can become homeless for 20 different reasons that aren't your fault, but if you ask for help, people tell you to quit being lazy and get a job. They think you're to blame for being homeless because you were lazy or made bad decisions. It's twisted because 40% of homeless people in America are disabled, and disability assistance is a joke. Honestly, that surprised me about Japan though. I had no idea anyone in the world would ever choose to be homeless, because I'm used to how Americans talk about the issue and blame the victims. But for Japan, it makes a weird kind of sense. I can easily see some salaryman getting fired and choosing to live on the street because he's too ashamed to fill out the welfare forms. It still sounds insane to me, but it also seems like a pretty Japanese thing to do. But that just reinforces my belief in the effectiveness of social safety nets. Japan has apparently been so successful at eliminating homelessness that just about the only way to be homeless in Japan is to do so on purpose and actively refuse government help. Thanks for teaching me something new!

[@dozzio]

I need to move to this slum to improve my life lol

[@campkira]

theif are everywhere...

[@Rythblaqk]

I wish Guy did full 45 minute episodes of stuff like this, he is so incredibly interesting as is his commentary.

[@mattsmith5267]

If that is a Slum in Japan, when can I move in please? I currently live in Hull, England. Where I live is a about 5 levels below this, open drug dealing and burglaries at 2 PM! Certain areas I would NEVER go after dark, even as a fairly handy guy. Gangs if "kids" with knives, just waiting to rob you. Hull - "City of Culture" 2018. In some areas of Hull, I've seen more "Culture" in the bottom of a Yoghurt pot!

[@Jay-jn3sl]

Depends what part of Hull, it wasn't too bad when I went back last year

[@clf400]

Matt Smith Walgrave street was closed off with armed police because of some lunatic with a sword

[@kaielkington7500]

Matt Smith lets be fair tho, this place is a ‘slum’ Hull is just a shit hole 😂

[@appleratpipe]

Japans dont have blacks and muslims :)

[@Japs_Eye_Of_The_Tiger]

if the Germans had won the war, you'd all be speaking sense.

[@andresahay1546]

That's a slum? Damn

[@ezadviper]

Cleaner than my neighborhood LOL

[@giraffe3718]

@@ezadviper much much cleaner than any town, city or village ive ever seen in the entire of the UK

[@adamsharkey9579]

@@giraffe3718 speaks volumes doesn't it.

[@markjohnson8352]

@@adamsharkey9579 It does.

[@tummyd]

@@giraffe3718 because the UK is scummy as fuck

[@animerocks2468]

Speaking as a resident, that looks much nicer than Los Angeles. The clean streets and lack of homeless people is just shocking.

[@Brutalwhale]

When a ‘slum’ in a major Japanese highly populated city is nicer than the semi decent city you live in. Legit there are places you can’t go in my city unless you live there. I’m sure guy is having the same awe being from Grimsby which isn’t too far from myself.

[@Selkie15]

If you close your eyes, Tom sounds a bit like Richard Ayoade

[@extremistcontent1337]

You mean exactly

[@araregoodguy]

If you look at him, you see sneaky nob jockey.

[@megabowzer100]

You know for a fact those cameras are never turned off in that yakuza love hotel !!!!

[@zpe1200]

I've seen them for research purposes only.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

Doesn't matter. All the naughty bits a pixelated out anyway.

[@CarlosSantos-di3cm]

"We've been noticed, lets just go down this little alley" Smart move...

[@tantrumese4242]

The criminal thinks wow perfect they went into an alley way for me how convenient

[@Drownedinblood]

Did you notice the alley led to a dead end too? lol

[@ArchieKeen1]

“Strictly for research”........This guy is a man of culture!

[@MY_USER_WAS_TAKEN]

Ahahaha I've been to a few lower districts in Japan and was told by Japanese to watch my self in them areas, I laughed when I was walking around felt completely harmless, the people of Japan have made a lovely culture Plus the yakuza have actually helps areas like this develop after the earthquake, they actually beat the government to it.

[@theslimemolds5099]

And even when yakuza are insulting you, it's still more polite then normal insults.

[@bjg770]

The most high tech, cleanest and safest slum in the world.😃

[@donaldmacdonald4901]

Yakuza chipped in and helped out after the Kobe earthquake whilst the Self Defense Forces were stuck waiting for orders.

[@alastairwright2671]

The yakuza also run human trafficking rings, dog fights and they use their women as gang prostitutes, what's your point?

[@donaldmacdonald4901]

Alastair Wright Point is they are not all bad. Dog fighting, not that I approve, is only banned in certain prefectures. I right beside the so called red light district and it’s safe 24x7.

[@KP-zd3hc]

Donald MacDonald no. Their deed is not indicative of their morality. It’s indicative of the government’s immorality. They are the Kandata from Akutagawa’s Spider’s Thread.

[@alastairwright2671]

@@donaldmacdonald4901 Mate they're bloody criminals are we being serious now? Having "organised" infront of "crime" doesn't make it any better. Is human trafficking also not banned in certain prefectures? How about extorting money from business owners using the guise of "protection fees"? And you can learn all that with a quick google search, imagine delving any deeper.

[@donaldmacdonald4901]

Alastair Wright well the ones I know are fine. Sometimes people just don’t have the same choices.

[@friscokid66]

Never would have imagined Guy Martin doing a video on Japanese slums.

[@trylessego]

This has become one of my favorite KZbin channels.... whish the content was longer

[@emlix1]

I totally agree. That's the only bad thing about it, the episodes need to be five times longer.

[@Scallycowell]

“Slum” I think there’s a translation error here.

[@araregoodguy]

0:18 the programme maker probably threw that in the river himself.

[@masumoto007]

Lol

[@campkira]

no japan river is dirty.. it clean due to fast water and people don't let anything toxic in it... i look at you people who throw shit in river...

[@makegeorgeorwellfictionaga9268]

Even their slums are clean and organised

[@rockvalenz]

I want to go again, and again... several times! Plus a few more times. Japan and Japaneses are simply the best!

[@TheWutangclan1995]

The fact that the slums in Japan do not look like an actual slum says a lot about the way the country is governed. Every other slum in the world resembles the hood or projects.

[@stevenfox2172]

Love and miss you Guy Martin. Your Isle of Man race with GoPro is my go-to video. None like you, man. For you, Doc. RIP

[@madmike6942]

and my ex wich is a filipina was a japayuki..she work in a bar that was full of yakuza ppl..very nice ppl and very polite...but dont piss them off

[@nerfninja661]

I think Yakuza generally are cool with you if your cool with them

[@hermanklunder789]

@steve gale only 110.000 or so ,so yeah hardly any left haha

[@thepenetrator2006]

@steve gale they cant fight i knocked 4 out in a fight in the summer

[@Junyca3]

@John Murdoch LMFAO

[@audioxix]

steve gale Yakuza’s are still very much alive and kicking. Yamaguchi-gumi is still heavily present all over japan. The modern yakuza just are not as flash as the old boys from the 70’s. Silk shirts got swapped out for business suits. Yakuza are more “legit” and business minded, than the crazy bastards from back in the day. Still no to be fucked with, in fact they are pretty much more dangerous now a days because they have their finger in higher up pies. Also due to African immigration, they have plenty paid thugs they can use and abuse for their needs. You will rarely see japanese getting their hands dirty anymore because they are more sensible. I would say the most wildest individuals you see in Japan right now are the bosozoku gangs because they are young and trying to hard to make a name for themselves. Also you see more murders or crimes committed by bosozoku youngsters, than you do from yakuza now a days.

[@Jacketx]

So is there a part 2 where they actually show the slums?

[@yosoywilson78]

LOL. Seriously.

[@pennisdennis9463]

Liked before I even watched. Legend

[@elviokill]

A Guy on the internet say: "I am going to visit a slam today...in Japan" A guy in Rio de Janeiro watching the video say: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, tá de brincadeira comigo? "

[@sgtunix]

@Mr Commodore64 Favelas are worse. Even Manenberg, Hanover Park, etc...

[@sgtunix]

@Mr Commodore64 I totally agree that Cape Flats is utter shit, I was just giving an opinion that it's not the worst out there. Luckily SA has lots more to offer and is a decent place to live (unless you're poor). I'm not leaving SA anytime soon. I'm sure expats like @serpentza won't agree though.

[@Martyfartini]

Proof that it’s not the circumstances, but the people, that determine the nature of the area. Martin

[@Columbakin]

There's only so much you can do before circumstances brick wall you

[@Kuroma-kyun]

yep... All about culture...

[@DavidSmith-oy4of]

Where do you think the circumstances come from?

[@Martyfartini]

David Smith outside influences maybe? Things you have no control over? But you can choose how to play the best hand with what you’re dealt. I believe anyway. Obviously there are individuals that have very sad circumstances, but we’re talking about a community here.

[@Martyfartini]

Columbakin yes, the circumstances are a given. I believe a strong community can surpass them though. I’m not well travelled, but I have noticed, through books and documentaries that even some of the poorest communities in the remotest parts of the world seem to laugh and live and love far more readily than wealthy nations.

[@shafiqamierhamid8671]

2.43 honda s2000 right there

[@MaxVerhaag]

ye noticed it as well! same colour as mine! :)

[@steverushforth7009]

My first was like this silver, ap1.

[@emlix1]

Lol I had a silver one too.

[@オッさんタイプXの日産に乗る]

Texas is smiliest slum in the world state full of big fat blondes holding confederate flag while she sucking there uncles , white powders living that American dream

[@jinnoguardaya4006]

@@オッさんタイプXの日産に乗る wut

[@97tektonik]

Woh. Impressive, better looking actually than certain parts of central London

[@MrWalker1000]

no way london is beautiful with nice architecture.

[@staceyarago]

MrWalker1000 yeah central posh areas and hipster area but normal places

[@PITCHSHIFTER666]

@@MrWalker1000 go to ladbroke grove or peckham haha

[@user-fz3sz2dj4r]

Probably because they didn’t let a bunch of immigrants in

[@PITCHSHIFTER666]

@@user-fz3sz2dj4r That's 100% true

[@X_Ov3R-_-Ki11]

That's a pretty decent neighborhood in South African standards.

[@africanelectron751]

Probably safer than any place I south Africa.

[@campkira]

SA is wild land....

[@オッさんタイプXの日産に乗る]

Texas is smiliest slum in the world state full of big fat blondes holding confederate flag while she sucking there uncles , white powders living that American dream

[@Nickiminachhhh]

@@オッさんタイプXの日産に乗る lmao this is fucking funny since its true

[@kaeyasfavoriteeyepatch5924]

That slum's looking better than the nicest parts of my city

[@sreekanthgnair]

Looks much more pleasant than most places in London!!

[@BritishEnglishJapan]

Many of the people who live there may have opted to "disappear" from the official records; reasons such as debt, shame and desperation lead thousands of people each year to ask the crime syndicates for help to disappear. They end up in areas like the one shown where cash in hand work and a subsistence lifestyle becomes their new norm. There are such areas in many of the large urban conurbations in Japan.

[@slappy8941]

So the Yakuza basically help desperate people live normal lives outside mainstream society?

[@macgyveratlarge2133]

They go way beyond that. The whole premise is based on honor. Only in Japan would a gang come out right after an earthquake and help people. They do more than any gangster would over here. Yakuza=Honorable Gangster. I'd be willing to bet that there is less trouble there than anywhere else in the city.

[@thanors2]

Just because some gangster are honorable don't mean all are. Don't get it twisted they still Rob kill steal etc. Stop being romantic about them. Sure it's nice they helped out, but that's just like drug dealers giving out turkeys during Christmas.

[@macgyveratlarge2133]

@@thanors2 I won't condone the crime aspect of their doings, but they are decidedly a far cry from the gangsters we have here.

[@thanors2]

@@macgyveratlarge2133 I can admit they are tamer than most. But I just don't like how ppl condone crime if it's honorable. At the end of day these guys still hurt people. I'm glad though your realistic about these guys

[@jimclark1374]

I've seen slums in Japan in Tokyo and Hachioji that you can smell before you spot them. Take a look round Shin-Okubo if you want to see slums.

[@badninja1971]

When Japanese slums are better than most cities. ❤️ Japan. 😀

[@CounselTim]

I immediately knew it wasn't a slum if these two were safe and exited to go there in the beginning.

[@pieterlindeque7798]

I want to live there! It's so much nicer than my city. I hope the Yakuza allow me to live in a dumpster on the side of the street somewhere and don't kill me. I live in South Africa btw so I'm sure you understand. My whole country is a ghetto.

[@sommi888]

💙💚🧡💛 No offense Japan, but this is cleanest god damn looking slum I've ever seen in my life. 1 guy sleeping on a bench = slum 💙💚🧡💛

[@adam-qr8yn]

My hats off to the Yakuza. They take care of their neighborhood. Well done.

[@campkira]

alot of Yakuza don't had home.. no bank account nor their own cell phone number... mostly owned by local boss...

[@michaelmooney8103]

Fair play to japan place is spotless clean they are good people!sending love from ireland

[@SadParting97]

Yo i was expecting a place where Saitama lives.

[@zicomitchell]

2:42 casually just walk past an S2000

[@berkerrang4149]

Never felt unsafe when I was in Nagoya. My friends even took pictures with a self-described "adorable smiling yakuza". Literally the most dangerous thing is how many people don't pay attention to traffic because they're too busy playing pokemongo

[@campkira]

until you see some wreido.... that is when the feeling unsafe are...

[@naruhina6772]

What an extremely clean slum

[@cybergonk83]

This slum is cleaner than my neighborhood lol

[@tomhan]

I one day aspire to live in an area as clean and orderly as that slum

[@bozzy-101]

That Japanese slum is nicer than central London 😂

[@carlosvv5594]

Been in japan many times and theres no bad spot anywhere you go!

[@mavericiyo5203]

Its unreal how clean does streets are, u could eat of the pavement.

[@Mike_5]

It is nice to see that the Yakuza offer a comprehensive Bell End Valve service in their well organised slum. Fair play

[@araregoodguy]

Gill the liberal sycophant holier than thou.

[@MrWalkerds]

Guy should just go visit southern california slums

[@松戸マックス]

Guy Martin visiting Yokohama slum! Unimaginable match up ever.

[@eddiesuarez5160]

Going thru a alley there still respectful In mexico they would disappeared you real quick

[@akinoshimo]

hmmm, I've been in and around Kotobuki Yokohama many times for 40years, never once thought of it as a slum. the slums are typically in the 団地 "Danchi" areas. Danchi are massive cheaply built high density low income apartment complexes. Those areas look like typical slums. Yakuza owned establishments can be anywhere but usually in the Bar and Club areas. I used to go drinking in a Yakuza bar in Yamato many years ago.

[@17SAIMPOINT]

I miss Japan, I should go back

[@soundlemonade]

Reminds me of my old neighborhood in Chicago 4 decades ago, minus the regular day to day crime. If they have a decent pizza joint in this slum, I'd be happy to move there! Looks super interesting!

[@chrisdooley6468]

i lived on the same block as the Yamaguchi-gumi HQ in Kobe City for the 4 years i was there in the 90s. It's an entirely new world that really flies in the face of what we're used to in america as far as organized crime and such activity. Fascinating but can be acutely dangerous esp to foreigners who get caught up in scams. I will say there was zero crime in my area and i never felt as safe when living there. No one messed with me and no one ever ever started trouble in the neighborhood.

[@renatowerner1648]

That's crazy man, I've watched several documentaries about Yamaguchi Gumi and their HQ seem to be in pretty beaultiful area. Have you ever seen a police operation going up there, where hundreds of policemen line up in the street?

[@pestomato]

Japan's slum is clean af

[@kyber8117]

Absolute legend 👌

[@greensparks415]

Man guy please don't stop making these videos I love them

[@londiniumarmoury7037]

You can tell it's a slum, it has a single plastic bag floating in the river.

[@isorokudono]

My favorite Garage Rock band of all time is GUITAR WOLF. From Yokohama Japan.

[@AitchC]

the majority of people would walk about that neighbourhood and they would have no clue its a "slum"

[@googol7869]

The cleanest slum in the world

[@crzyruskie86]

How come Detroit or LA dont look clean like this? They are also slums for the most part.

[@cattleNhay]

King Charles because Americans lost all morals, good character traits and ethics which are learned / passed down from parents..and they are programmed by US gov. Controlled television programming, which makes them believe their way of life is normal.

[@ritzkola2302]

Jay Make up the smallest population in LA. Whites and Mexicans make up the largest two.

[@twt3716]

Looks like the kind of slum I could be very comfortable in.

[@deeeeeeeench1209]

Guy needs to meet the ones that ride on there custom bikes revving it like a mad man through traffic

[@deeeeeeeench1209]

Otto Sump that's the one!

[@26101976bdm]

Nah - they're pathetic little children.

[@watsisbuttndo829]

Yes, Guy def needs to go to a Boso meet. Thats some left field shenanigans going on there.

[@saifis]

@@watsisbuttndo829 Do they even exist at this point tho? They where out of fashion in the 90s, I'm not sure the kiddos even think its cool anymore, so I'm picturing these 40 to 50 year old man children that still think its cool that still do it.

[@watsisbuttndo829]

@@saifis your probably right. Theres still a lot of youtube stuff about them but i havent paid attention to upload dates. I would try and track them down if i ever went there just because its so ridiculous.

[@adamhill4141]

That is the nicest slum I have ever seen

[@BreadMaster-hi1op]

The Yakuza are actually pretty cool. They can be pretty kind too unless you piss them off. My 2 year stay in America was completely different lol.

[@AndreBellCopywriter]

I heard this same thing from a number of travelers. Recognize boundaries (behavior) and be respectful and you are shown the same. I can't get over how clean things are. Send them to my town for a spell, please :p

[@MrWigV25]

Awesome vlog.

[@brianwalmsley447]

Very clean 👍

[@HeavyDrop_]

You beat me to it. It's the cleanest "slum"/"ghetto" I've EVER seen!!

[@k9man163]

"A drunk man did bite me on the head once... it was a display of affection"

[@dazaro3]

Martin you haven't seen anything yet ,come to Birmingham UK !

[@Bumbaclot213]

dazaro3 Visit Walsall 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@KXRTT---]

Even in Japan the slums look nicer than the main cities in the Philippines

[@Nat-ys8hn]

I would not even call that a slum. It didn't look like a bad place to live.

[@madara7428]

5:08 that old guy though ...he is super fast walker...😘👍😂🙏

[@danw7008]

I was told similar things about some parts of Osaka by my Korean friends..umm i come from medway,Kent..that shit was paradise compared to Gillingham 😂 never felt in danger

[@alexcarter8807]

I would happily live in this slum.

[@ma7814]

I have no intention of defending the mafia, but in Japan, when I belong to the mafia, I first learn "cleaning" and "greeting". Because the Mafia is also a member of the community, those who can't greet you are useless. It's embarrassing to see a great mafia man go to the store and say, "Your young man at your place can't greet you."

[@connoisseuroftigolbitts]

Now visit the slums of Paterson, New Jersey

[@martynjames5963]

There are no real slums in Japan. Just, lower socio-economic areas, but, no poor. They all have pretty much everything, including jobs. Most of their kids study hard. I lived near one of these areas and to an outsider you would never know unless soeone pointed it out.

[@beavis4763]

That slum looks better than my average neighborhood.

[@lulzywizard7576]

that slum looks like a middle class area in usa lmao

[@Ryan-ij7di]

0:10 Nakagin Capsule Tower!!! What an architectural feat!

[@phamnuwen9442]

"an alternative force for good", otherwise known as "bad".

[@louvibes8717]

in America we'd just say criminal

[@jctalk18]

U called that slum ? Looks perfect over there.