Inside Japan's WORST TINY Hotel

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I would love to see an interview with the 500 yen hotel owner. Since homelessness is said to be ignored and hidden in Japan I'd like to hear from someone actively helping the homeless survive.

I respect the owner of the first hotel for explaining things, and for keeping his place for those in need!

I am from Osaka and have heard so many times that this Nishinari area is dangerous (I have never been there actually.) Didn’t know about the cheap hotels(as listed on google) and the reason of there are a lot of them. Thank you for taking the risk going there and let us have new perspective of Osaka. The hotel you stayed is kind of decent considering the price and I enjoyed your room tour as always!😆

that owner is a hero, im telling you. he/she is so informative and kind for explaining you and redirect you! :)

7 USD a night? That's not bad AT ALL. I've stayed at American hotels that were $60+ a night that weren't as clean or as quiet as that place.

I actually stayed there with a couple of friends. I didnt realise the area was that dangerous until watching this video. Once Norm called it a slum something triggered in my brain and made the link to the airbnb we got. Honestly would recommend staying away, it was super sketchy. The whole area is run down, you hear people shouting and swearing at each other & I even saw multiple fights breaking out. It was all too common to see people just sitting on the road outside run down buildings in the middle of the day. The unfortunate part was, while we walked to and from our airbnb, we saw a lot of physically disabled old people - this just broke my heart. It was almost like they all had been abandoned and left to fend for themselves. I honestly was taken a back when i experienced this, would not have expected it from japan.

that sound of the crows in the morning is my favorite sound to wake up to in japan <3

That was quite the lavish storage closet you stayed in there 😂 For that price, I’d stay there for sure. I’ve paid way more for much worse hotels in the past. This one may not be real fancy, but at least they maintain the facility well. Thanks for showing us your closet stay! 😊

Watching your last video I told myself it was totally going to be this area of Osaka; I just spent three weeks in japan, 5 days in Osaka and had the same experience. I had this notion that japan was so clean and perfect, but my friend managed to somehow break that illusion by finding the CHEAPEST hostel right across from Shin-imamiya station. It was $16 a night and way worse than what you stayed in. The neighbourhood had soooo many old homeless drunks and 'ladies of the night'. We were offered "cheap massage" everywhere. It's a real shame because the Tsutenkaku tower area and the shopping street around it was so lively and nice, but the neighbourhood itself was definitely not it. It had mold on every surface and peeling wallpaper with more mold behind it, the common room on the main floor had roaches hiding under everything and would come out at night. I didn't even want to hang out with the other travellers down there it was so bad. I met some WONDERFUL people and made some real friends there but the actual hostel was so unbelievably bad it actually made us literally sick. My friend didn't understand why I wanted to take the train 2 stops north to JR Namba to hang out and eat everynight... I just REALLY didn't want to be near the hostel. Edit: The hostel was Peace House Sachi; Stay away!

Bless the 500¥ hotel staff for directing you this way. Seems like it might have been real bad. This one was surprisingly reasonable! Though as you said, not super comfortable in summer or winter though...

I actually stayed at Hotel Diamond for two nights back in 2015! It was my second Japan trip, I was only 19 back then. It was definitely a memorable stay. Definitely remember not liking the shower there too much, as they're only on the first floor.

Wow, what an adventure! Tbh considering the price I was expecting it to be WAYYYY worse, so honestly I was pretty impressed.

Good evening from Perth, WA! This was an interesting one. Thank you for venturing into this area to share with us. While its cheap and clean, i dont think i could stay in this one. The dodgy wiring situation, the light switch being outside, the general atmosphere, made me feel anxious. I'm glad to hear the first hotel was keen to keep spaces free for those more down on their luck. I assume they're more like a hostel rather than a hotel. The owner sounds like a good person if they're looking out for others.

Please stay safe, dont ever put yourself at risk in any way possible for showing us areas like these! Thank you for showing us this hidden gem in this particular area, and the kindness of those who guided you to a "safer" hotel to stay for the night, with that said please be safe once again and looking forward to the next adventure!

Having been sent to various places around the world with questionable appointments and company. I would stay here, but it would not be for everybody. Thanks for sharing Norm, it definitely redefines/refocuses a person's requirements for a place to stay.

We used to have something called SROs in the larger cities. A Single Room Occupancy hotel was used by the perpetually down and out as a residence so that transient workers - a marginalized population - would have something like a home address where they could stay and have things mailed to them - benefits and such. An example would be the residence of Elwood Blues in the Blues Brothers film. This all fell apart when the major cities began to renovate their downtown areas. Many of these SROs were either knocked down and replaced or renovated into condos. Thus an increase in homelessness across the US and Canada. Your 500 Yen "hotel" sounds like an SRO.

The thing about Nishinari is that, for all the time I’ve spent around there, it’s actually not that bad these days. You just have to be more mindful of the drunk and crazy people (the forgotten) at night, but they generally leave you alone. Dobutsuen Mae and Tsutenkaku have more or less been gentrified ever since Abeno Harukas was built.

I went to japan a month ago and stayed at this neighbourhood at an airbnb! For sure the vibes you get at night didn’t really feel as safe as compared to a more popular area, but overall it was a nice and peaceful place to stay in. It’s actually quite convenient too. Less than 15 mins away to the Dotonbori and Namba area.

That abandoned hotel was very creepy😢 Glad you didn't stay there cause I'm almost sure that video would've turned into a found footage film.😂