Neil Duckett

Photo Hunt - Wooden, Mokusei | Neil Duckett…

Prior to living in Japan i would have said this seat was divided in two so that seperate parties can share the same seat without feeling like they’re imposing on the other. Now i live here i can safely say it’s to stop homeless people sleeping on i…

Photo Hunt: Wooden…

This weeks Photohunt theme is Wooden. I took this Photo in Kyoto, Japan. As people were standing on the bridge taking nice photos of the mountain scenery I was captivated by the wooden edges of the bridge. As always the original high resolution image…

I guess couples won’t like that bench

I hope not all benches are like that …

great shots for the theme.

Happy weekend!
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Interesting entry. Re the homeless: Noticed quite a few on my visit to Tokyo a couple of years ago. On the other hand, didn’t see many when I visited other parts of Japan, including Kokura, Fukuoka and other sections of Kyushu.

Wow! Your entry speaks volumes. Thanks or sharing.

very interesting!
happy hunting!

One of the better posts I have seen recently.

I soc’d it

A great informative post, aside of these being nice shots, thanks for sharing.
Have a great weekend!

it must b terrible to b homeless in Tokyo

this is interesting

That’s sad about the homelessness. I didn’t realize it was so high in Japan.

Great photo. I like it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any benches made like that in the USA. cool.

Happy Hunting, I hope you’ll find time to drop by and visit with me too today.

Interesting!
The men in the bottom picture do not look like homeless.

That is so sad. Not something I would have expected to hear of the Japanese! I guess they are losing their culture, just as the rest of the world. Great shots, btw.

Good shots to illustrate a good and informative post. I keep learning!

That is very interesting about those benches being made so homeless people cannot sleep on them! Loved your take on wooden!!

Great shots and fascinating article. I didn’t realize that about Japan.

If i am with my husband I wouldn’t like that chair **wink** happy hunting!
mines up Wooden Doorway
Wooden Staircase

ohhh that’s so sad article. its still hard to comprehend that people can be homeless these days

That makes me very sad to realize just how many people are homeless and it seems like no one cares.

That’s horrible!
Not the picture, but the story that goes with it! When I first saw your picture, I saw the nice colour of the wood, I like that faded look, but when I read the story I was horrified!
Very nice picture though, mine has the same colours, sort of…

Great shot of the bench. Interesting story, given that in Australia at the moment Unemployment is at a record low with jobs a plenty. Enjoy your weekend.

nice photo and i’m sad to hear that the japanese gov. isn’t doing something to help those skilled and unskilled homeless people.

wow! nice photos!

Those homeless Japanese men look nothing like the narly bums that inhabit San Francisco. I ran into one homeless guy in Sapporo and he looked liked he was doing pretty well. It was in the middle of summer, humid as hell and he was chowing down on a sack of water melons.

I actually envied him at the time. Hopefully he went south before the winter.

Great Post indeed with great attention too,

Interesting. I have not seen anything like that because our local benches are not separated and most of them time, we have homeless, or should I say beggers sleep on them. Geez.

It’s interesting to see how Japanese people come up with so many different things.

-Mike

I remember wandering off in Shibuya with my GF one time and we ended up in this homeless “park” place. There were little tarp shacks and tents set up around a public restroom. Guys were cleaning themselves in the sinks and water fountains. This place was right behind a fancy restaurant too.

That was when i realized that Tokyo isn’t all glitz and glamour like so many people think. Great post.

What a great post for this theme.

I would never have known homelessness was a problem in Japan… I mean, it’s an issue everywhere but I would have thought given pride, respect for elders and loyalty to workers, that it would not be a burgeoning issue…

Nice pictures and story.

interesting article behind your wooden take on the theme. I too didn’t realize that homelessness occurs in Japan. Thank you for sharing

Why should they put separator in the bench? The homeless should sleep in siting position and they couldn’t lie down on it, right?

You’ve got an interesting entry here!

Homelessness is a big problem in Japan because no one is addressing it out here. In Osaka, there is a huge homeless section in Tennoji. There are probably more homeless people in Osaka than Tokyo. There were even homeless people camped out in Umeda which is the high class Ginza type area.