Welcome to a homeless world without rampant violence and substance abuse where the biggest thing you have to worry about as a homeless person is bad weather.

歡迎來到一個沒有猖獗暴力和藥物濫用的無家可歸者世界，在這裡，作為一個無家可歸者，你最需要擔心的就是惡劣的天氣。

Not a good place to be during a typhoon.

颱風來臨時，這裡可不是個好地方。

In 2019 the super typhoon that came through just washed all this away.

2019 年的超強颱風將這一切都沖走了。

Scattered along the Tama River west of Tokyo there are thousands of Japanese people living like this and we've been offered an opportunity to go into their homes and see how they live without money but with plenty of dignity and respect.

在東京以西的多摩川沿岸，有成千上萬的日本人過著這樣的生活，我們有機會走進他們的家，看看他們是如何過著沒有錢但卻充滿尊嚴和尊重的生活。

In a country where the difference between rich and poor is stark Japanese people find creative ways to live with decency.

在這個貧富差距懸殊的國家，日本人找到了創造性的體面生活方式。

As a country on the verge of population collapse where there are more people over the age of 65 than ever before we may be peering into the future of many people's lives here in Japan.

作為一個瀕臨人口崩潰的國家，65 歲以上的老人比以往任何時候都多，我們可能正在窺視日本許多人的未來生活。

Follow me deep into the forest of the Tama River to see the secret lives of these invisible people.

請跟隨我深入多摩川的森林，看看這些隱形人的祕密生活。

Konnichiwa!

Konnichiwa！

How long have you been living here?

你住在這裡多久了？

About 14 or 15 years.

大約 14 或 15 年。

Wow.

哇

Welcome to the side of Japan you were not supposed to see.

歡迎來到你不應該看到的日本。

Konnichiwa!

Konnichiwa！

Ojamashimasu!

Ojamashimasu！

Konnichiwa!

Konnichiwa！

Hajimemashite!

Hajimemashite！

This is my husband, Hiroyuki.

這是我丈夫，博之。

I'm Alisa.

我叫艾麗莎

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu！

Are you a couple?

你們是情侶嗎？

Yes, we are.

是的，我們是。

Fufu? Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!

Fufu? Yoroshiku onegaishimasu！

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu！

I brought something for you.

我給你帶了點東西

This is from Mark.

這是馬克寫的。

From Mark's family.

來自馬克的家人

Thank you.

謝謝。

Is it heavy?

重嗎？

Yes, it is.

是的，就是這樣。

Please put it inside.

請把它放進去。

Please put it inside.

請把它放進去。

You can take the container.

你可以拿走貨櫃。

You should take the container.

你應該拿走那個容器。

It's a waste.

這是一種浪費。

Thank goodness we didn't have this.

幸好我們沒有這個。

That's good.

很好

We should have done it before you came.

我們應該在你來之前就做好的。

We didn't have any oil, so it was just right.

我們沒有油，所以剛剛好。

We only had this oil.

我們只有這種油。

That's good.

很好

It's a legend.

這是一個傳奇。

You can have a lot of this.

你可以擁有很多這樣的東西。

The rice is the most important.

米飯是最重要的。

Thank you.

謝謝。

It's 5kg.

是 5 千克。

That's good.

很好

That's good.

很好

I got this, too.

我也有這個。

This is a souvenir.

這是紀念品。

A souvenir.

紀念品

Jelly and rice crackers.

果凍和米餅

I bought it at the department store on the way here.

我是來的路上在百貨公司買的。

Thank you so much.

非常感謝。

It's okay.

沒關係。

I don't know if it suits your taste.

我不知道這是否符合你的口味。

I eat anything.

我什麼都吃。

Really?

真的嗎？

Anything.

什麼都行

I don't like this.

我不喜歡這樣。

I don't like this.

我不喜歡這樣。

Since I was a kid, my parents told me that my ears were sour enough to make octopus.

從小，父母就告訴我，我的耳朵酸得可以做章魚。

They told me that.

他們告訴我的。

I think that's a good thing.

我認為這是一件好事。

It's not discoloration.

這不是褪色。

Do you still make goya?

你還在做戈雅嗎？

I still make goya.

我還在做戈雅

I still make goya.

我還在做戈雅

It's a sandy land, so I don't know I think it's normal.

這是一片沙地，所以我不知道，我覺得這很正常。

Excuse me.

打擾一下

Excuse me.

打擾一下

It's not a big deal.

這沒什麼大不了的。

It's beautiful.

太美了

It's very beautiful.

非常漂亮。

It's the most beautiful.

它是最美的。

Cows and Japanese cows The head of the cow has calmed down.

奶牛和日本牛 牛頭已經平靜下來。

It's gone.

它不見了

Only this eye has come out.

只有這隻眼睛出來了。

I'm going to add soap.

我要加肥皂。

Soap?

肥皂？

There's a bicycle here.

這裡有一輛自行車。

That's how they get around.

他們就是這樣四處遊蕩的。

She said she can't stand up on her own.

她說她自己站不起來。

They do their laundry over there.

他們在那裡洗衣服。

They have a solar panel for electricity.

他們有一個太陽能發電板。

Thank you very much.

非常感謝。

Thank you very much.

非常感謝。

Excuse me.

打擾一下

Thank you very much.

非常感謝。

I see.

我明白了

I saw another area many kilometers away from here in Kawasaki.

我在距離這裡數公里之外的川崎看到了另一個地區。

Same thing.

一樣的。

These are just dotted all around the river.

它們就點綴在河的周圍。

People are living like this in one of the most dangerous places in Japan.

在日本最危險的地方之一，人們過著這樣的生活。

Just last week, there was a typhoon that ripped through this area.

就在上週，一場颱風肆虐了這一地區。

Not a good place to be during a typhoon.

颱風來臨時，這裡可不是個好地方。

In 2019, the super typhoon that came through just washed all this away and put people in this flash flood area, which is very dangerous.

2019 年，超強颱風來襲，沖走了這一切，讓人們陷入山洪暴發的境地，非常危險。

Does it have a gate or anything like that?

它有大門或類似的東西嗎？

A gate?

門？

No.

不

And there was a lot of public outrage about that as well because some of these guys, they went into shelters to evacuate from the typhoon.

這也引起了很多人的公憤，因為其中一些人在臺風來臨時躲進了避難所。

And the people at the shelters wouldn't let them in because you have to register and they didn't have an address.

收容所的人不讓他們進去，因為你必須登記，而他們沒有地址。

So people got very upset about that.

是以，人們對此非常不滿。

Homeless people not being able to get into a shelter because they didn't have an address.

無家可歸的人因為沒有地址而無法進入收容所。

In fact, there was actually a lot of public outrage about that.

事實上，這引起了很多公眾的憤怒。

Whoa, spider!

哇，蜘蛛

My name is Alisa.

我叫艾麗莎。

Nice to meet you.

很高興見到你

Here you go.

給你

I also brought a few daily necessities.

我還帶了一些日常用品。

If you'd like, you can have this as well.

如果你願意，也可以把這個給你。

It's pretty heavy, isn't it?

很重吧？

Yeah, it is.

是的，就是這樣。

I'm working out, so I wonder if it's okay.

我正在鍛鍊，不知道這樣行不行。

Do you have any pets?

您有寵物嗎？

Cats.

貓

Oh, cats.

哦，貓。

A cat?

一隻貓？

A cat?

一隻貓？

A cat without a house.

沒有房子的貓

A cat without a house?

沒有房子的貓？

A homeless cat.

一隻無家可歸的貓

A homeless cat?

一隻無家可歸的貓？

That's cute.

真可愛

Do you have one?

你有嗎？

Three.

三個

Three?

三個？

You have three?

你有三個？

That's amazing.

太神奇了

Is there a river here?

這裡有河流嗎？

No, there isn't.

不，沒有。

Oh, it's over there.

哦，在那邊。

The back river.

後河

The Tama River.

塔馬河

I don't know anything about this place.

我對這個地方一無所知。

I don't come to West Tokyo very often.

我不常來西東京。

When I was young, I lived in Shinagawa.

我小時候住在品川。

Oh, really?

哦，真的嗎？

Where?

在哪裡？

Gotanda.

五反田

Gotanda.

五反田

How long have you been living here?

你住在這裡多久了？

About 14 or 15 years.

大約 14 或 15 年。

Wow, that's quite a long time.

哇，時間可真長。

I was the first person I met here.

我是我在這裡遇到的第一個人。

The first.

第一個。

There are a lot of people living here.

這裡住著很多人。

Are there other people living here? Are there a lot of people living around here?

還有其他人住在這裡嗎？ 附近有很多人居住嗎？

Not a lot.

不是很多。

There are two people living here.

這裡住著兩個人。

Oh, I see.

哦，我明白了。

There used to be a lot of people.

以前有很多人。

About 30 people?

大約 30 人？

Not that many.

沒那麼多。

As I get older, there are more people living here.

隨著年齡的增長，住在這裡的人也越來越多。

I became friends with Marcel and Mark a year ago.

一年前，我和馬塞爾和馬克成了朋友。

We sometimes go to this event together.

我們有時會一起去參加這個活動。

Our goal is to build a homeless center in Shinjuku next year.

我們的目標是明年在新宿建立一個無家可歸者中心。

We haven't achieved our goal yet, but we've collected about half of the money.

我們還沒有實現目標，但已經籌集了大約一半的資金。

I heard that Marcel also goes to Shinjuku.

聽說馬塞爾也去新宿。

Yes, that's right.

是的，沒錯。

I used to go there when I was young.

我小時候經常去那裡。

It's safe here.

這裡很安全

I didn't think it would be scary.

我覺得這並不可怕。

Oh, here too?

哦，這裡也有？

No, it's the Shinjuku Kabukicho.

不，是新宿歌舞伎町。

Oh, I see.

哦，我明白了。

I'm American.

我是美國人

I often go to All Light on Saturdays.

我經常在週六去全光餐廳。

The big cities in the U.S. are quite dangerous.

美國的大城市相當危險。

I've been to the U.S.

我去過美國

Have you?

你有嗎？

I've been to the west coast.

我去過西海岸。

Have you been there?

你去過那裡嗎？

I've been to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Vancouver, Canada.

我去過舊金山、洛杉磯、西雅圖和加拿大溫哥華。

What made you go there?

你為什麼要去那裡？

I went there with my friends.

我和朋友們一起去的。

I worked at a company.

我在一家公司工作。

I was a temporary employee.

我是一名臨時僱員。

I heard in an interview that you used to work at Nissan.

我在一次採訪中聽說你曾在日產汽車公司工作過。

Yes, I did.

是的，我做了。

I was a factory worker.

我曾是一名工廠工人。

I was hired by someone who was going to quit.

我是被一個要辭職的人僱傭的。

I got a job offer.

我得到了一份工作。

I was offered 2.5 times my annual salary.

我的年薪是我的 2.5 倍。

I went to the U.S. for that.

我為此去了美國。

I worked at Las Vegas.

我在拉斯維加斯工作過。

I was a gambler.

我是個賭徒。

I was homeless.

我無家可歸。

Oh, really?

哦，真的嗎？

I was homeless.

我無家可歸。

Really?

真的嗎？

Because of that?

就因為這個？

Because everyone was working part-time.

因為每個人都在做兼職工作。

I was in San Francisco when I went to the U.S.

我去美國時在舊金山。

Oh, there?

哦，那裡？

The driver was waiting for a traffic light.

司機正在等紅綠燈。

I opened the window and ate some money.

我打開窗戶，吃了一些錢。

Oh, that happens a lot.

哦，這種事經常發生。

And robberies.

還有搶劫

The biggest difference from Japan is the danger.

與日本最大的不同在於危險。

I would never do something like this in my own country.

我絕不會在自己的國家做這樣的事。

It's dangerous.

這很危險。

And there are a lot of drug addicts.

還有很多吸毒者。

They have guns.

他們有槍。

When I was in Los Angeles, I was young.

我在洛杉磯的時候，還很年輕。

I was in my 20s.

那時我才 20 多歲。

I was homeless.

我無家可歸。

There are a lot of people like that.

這樣的人很多。

They depend on drugs.

他們依賴毒品。

That's why they become homeless.

這就是他們無家可歸的原因。

It's pretty dangerous.

這是非常危險的。

I went back to Japan two years ago.

兩年前，我回到了日本。

I was pretty surprised.

我非常驚訝。

It's a lot worse than in Japan.

情況比日本糟糕得多。

In my backyard in Canada, there was a young man.

在加拿大我的後院，有一個年輕人。

He had a can.

他有一個罐子。

He wasn't homeless.

他並非無家可歸。

He was a dog handler.

他是一名訓犬員。

There are a lot of frauds, too.

金光黨也很多。

They rob you at work, and when they're done, they come back to your apartment.

他們在你工作的時候搶劫你，完事後又回到你的公寓。

It's a lot of money.

這是一大筆錢。

I don't think Mr. Abe looks homeless.

我不認為安倍先生看起來無家可歸。

If you see him on the street, you might not think he's homeless at all.

如果你在街上看到他，你可能根本不會認為他無家可歸。

Mr. Abe, thank you.

阿部先生，謝謝你。

Thank you.

謝謝。

Thank you very much.

非常感謝。

Thank you for coming.

感謝您的光臨。

Please enjoy.

請欣賞。

Please enjoy.

請欣賞。

Thank you for your time today.

感謝您今天抽出時間。

I'm sorry.

對不起

Excuse me.

打擾一下

It is incredibly hot out here.

這裡熱得令人難以置信。

It almost feels like we're going through a jungle.

我們幾乎感覺像是在穿越叢林。

All these weeds.

所有這些雜草

These guys are out here day and night in this weather.

在這種天氣下，這些人日夜不停地在這裡工作。

The gentleman over there just told us he's using solar panels for his little TV to power that, to power his little radio.

那邊的先生剛剛告訴我們，他用太陽能電池板為他的小電視供電，為他的小收音機供電。

I saw his stuff over there where he washes his clothes.

我在他洗衣服的地方看到了他的東西。

I saw his toothbrush and toothpaste, everything.

我看到了他的牙刷和牙膏，什麼都有。

He's got laundry detergent.

他有洗衣粉

It's amazing how people are living out here right under everyone's nose.

在這裡，人們就在大家的眼皮底下生活，真是令人驚歎。

But they slipped.

但他們滑倒了。

They slipped off the edge of society.

他們從社會的邊緣滑落。

And yes, Japan has some sort of welfare or life protection, as they call it.

是的，日本有某種福利或生命保護，他們稱之為 "生命保護"。

Seikatsu hougou.

Seikatsu hougou.

But a lot of people don't take it for whatever reason or can't get it.

但很多人由於種種原因沒有服用或無法服用。

And this is where they end up.

這就是他們的結局。

Mostly elderly people, but sometimes some younger people.

大多數是老年人，但有時也有一些年輕人。

Beyond just making people aware of the problem of homelessness in Japan, the Akiramenai project is getting people off the streets and getting resources to those that need it.

除了讓人們意識到日本的無家可歸者問題，Akiramenai 項目還讓人們不再流落街頭，併為有需要的人提供資源。

So go into the video description and you can donate to this small local grassroots project where you know exactly who's getting the resources.

是以，進入視頻描述，你就可以為這個小型的在地草根項目捐款，在這裡你可以清楚地知道是誰獲得了資源。

They have a long-standing relationship with all the homeless people we filmed in this video.

他們與我們在視頻中拍攝的所有無家可歸者都有著長期的合作關係。

And I'm so excited to have been working with them for the last year.

我很高興能在過去的一年裡與他們合作。

But we're not done yet because there's a lot more that has to be done in the future.

但我們還沒有完成，因為未來還有很多工作要做。

If you enjoyed today's video, you're going to love my series on the dark side of Japan.

如果您喜歡今天的視頻，您一定會喜歡我的日本黑暗面系列。

Here's a playlist for you that you can go through.