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A face in the park


In the Ueno park in Tokyo on can see a lot of the homeless people from Tokyo living there in self-made tents off blue plastic foil. In some sense they are a part of the park, like the cherry trees, the lotus plants or the tourists. They're always calm, never aggressively begging. Most of them try to live a life as normal as possible, so they keep their places clean, and very often one can see, that they even put off their shoes if they're entering their tents, like all Japanese do if they enter their homes.

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viages pro says:
Wonderful portrait
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manganite replies:
Thanks :)

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Gunnsteinn Jonsson says:
Very interesting text and nicely put in words. Looked a little bit to clean to me to be a homeless person but as you mentioned he might be one of the persons that takes of his shoes before he enter his plastic tent :) This proves that you don't have to live like a rat thought life is not treating you nicely. Great photo :)
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )
manganite replies:
It's a question of giving up or trying keep a normal life as far as possible, I think.
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Ragnheidur pro says:
He looks very clean and nice... I suppose Japanese people are better behaved then us europeans :o)
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
manganite replies:
They try to keep their proud.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )
CM says:
Nice one. I've seen the homeless in Tokyo parks, and I was surprised how different it is then in Europe.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )
manganite replies:
Yes, it's a totally different world.

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Tupelo Honey pro says:
Great portrait and interesting story. I did not know anything about homeless people in Japan.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )
manganite replies:
But isn't that just an international community is for, to learn about other cultures :)
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Tupelo Honey pro replies:
Sure!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )
manganite replies:
;)

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Aref Nammari (goplayer) says:
Great portrait.
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manganite replies:
Thanks!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )
tom.k says:
Expressive portrait. Well done!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
manganite replies:
Thanks :)
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi* pro says:
Like a Kurosawa film still. Not quite as glamorous as the wandering ronin in this case though.
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Bigoode pro says:
it's still sad
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink / translate )
manganite replies:
Of course, especially in a society like Japan, where social ranking plays such an important rule. The social pressure on this people must be extreme.

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Mojca says:
Fantastic work.
I always saw those cropped photos of Ueno park and wished I'd come there and relax under the cherry trees... then a couple of months ago I found out what it's REALLY like. Shows how little a person can trust photography, really.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )
manganite replies:
Yes, Ueno park is the place with the most homeless people around in Tokyo, it's a sad place...

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Udo Wilke says:
perfekt
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manganite replies:
Danke :)
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Stiletto pro says:
Super...

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manganite replies:
Thanks a lot :)

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Charp says:
Marvellous picture. Such a noble figure, with such a hard and sad story.
I didn't know for the homeless in Japan, but I am not surprised. It seems that there is in Japan such a pressure on individuals to keep their rank in the society that those people, who have been may be the victims of this kind of pressure, still obey to it. Wich, in this particular situation, is a good thing, because they maintain their dignity. (hope my english is understandable :-)
Thanks for the picture, and for the story.
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SBH says:
love it ! so expressive !
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink / translate )

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