More of Ueno Park and its Residents (3)

5:33 PM by Ren , under , , , , ,

A woman sells canned beer, cocktails, and bottled tea in the park


Despite all of Ueno Park's beauty and history, one can't help but notice the very large amount of homeless that hang out there, and likely call it their home. This year there seem to be a lot more homeless there than last year.

Food being passed out to many homeless people

Directly behind them


The homeless here have a much different relationship with the non-homeless people than you would see in the USA. Here there is just about no interaction at all between the general public and the homeless. Homeless people here never beg, even to foreigners.

Homeless are often found in seating areas of parks


With the economy here doing poorly, I am sure Tokyo's homelessness problem is not getting better. I have even heard of cities laying off their JET teachers from abroad (the program I'm thinking of doing) because many places are over budget.

Some of the park's beauty

Olympic banner over a baseball field


As you may have heard, Tokyo is a top contender for the 2016 Olympics. Some say that with Obama as president, US hopeful Chicago will have an edge, but Tokyo is still campaigning very hard for the event. This banner hanging on the backstop says, "(We're) Japan, therefore it can be done! (A) New Olympics!" The irony in this picture is that baseball has been removed from the Olympics as of the end of last summer's Beijing event. Perhaps with the bad economy they can't afford to award medals to three entire baseball teams!

Here's Obama supporting Chicago's bid




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3 Reply to "More of Ueno Park and its Residents"

Anonymous on April 16, 2009 at 5:14 PM

What a great idea....Sell beer to the homeless!
I have found my new calling in life!
DAD

 

Ren on April 17, 2009 at 5:25 PM

I'm glad I could provide you with some inspiration!

 

viagra online on May 9, 2011 at 1:19 PM

Well I guess this happens in everywhere in the planet, governments try to help this people but they don't fight the root of the problem.

 

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