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Okubo Revisited

It is a cruel reality truth that foreigners in Japan have a hard time finding a place to stay.  I paid my dues while looking for a real place to stay with a 1 month stay in Okubo, the infamous “Korean town” of Tokyo.  Although centrally located, real estate values here can’t compare to neighbouring Shinjuku.  This is undoubtedly due to the (minimal) crime in the area.

Oddly enough, my stay in Okubo was quite good.  The location was clean, there was a Halal grocery around the corner, and I was never accosted (even when walking outside late at night).  Unfortunately, the shared house was sold to someone else and I had to move out.  I have a wealth of stories from my time here (like the time I ran outside in my underwear to help a woman who was attacked by a purse snatcher), but they will have to wait for another time. :robot: 

  • I dig all of that area between Kabuki-cho and Takadanobaba. A lot of character and a bit more soul than a lot of other parts of Tokyo.

    billywest

    May 5, 2009