Tokyo considering Page No.89
Copyright (C) 2002,8

No.89 The Asia ethnic minority town at Okubo(Korean town)

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The World Cup by Japan and the Republic of Korea co-hosting in the summer in 2002 got into swing. This place will be given to one of the most hot burning areas. The ethnic is a meaning, the ethnic minority, but China and the South East Asia, a lot of people who come from Korea live in Okubo and Hyakunin-cho from Shin'ookubo station Okubo and to job placement office 通"RI".
It was accepted by the foreigner who tries to finish inexpensively economically a little because a lot of cheap lodging house apartments with inexpensive rent are left with school of teaching Japanese language's centering around this. That the great city which is called Shinjuku exists nearby, too, will be one of the big attractivenesses. A lot of workforce lack in bubble prime time became resident notedly from 1980 years which were in the background.
In recent years, the price of land nearby as the job placement office rose and as for the circumference as the job placement office, a lot of branches of the Korean restaurant by the rich Korean and so on became seen. Therefore, the Korean food in the centrality such as the porcelain bibimbap and "TIZIMI", the cold noodle can be appreciated. On the other hand, to Shin'ookubo station as Okubo, around, the food of Asian every countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam, Thai, China, too, can be tasted from Ookubo station and "Japan in Asia" can be sufficiently felt when coming to this place.
Does the tripper who comes from Korea to Japan get information by calling in at this town and will he not removing anxiety to abroad?


That the flag of the Hangul alphabet is set up As the job placement office


The information on the free information publication house and so on


That many signboards of Chinese and the Hangul alphabet occur As Okubo


The hotel entrance signboard, too, is a Hangul alphabet.


The Chinese Asia food palace


The banner at the Internet cafe



The supermarket of the name, "the Great South Gate market"


The advertisement signboard of the pinball parlor, too, is a Hangul alphabet.




It is possible to appreciate centrally Korean food.


That there are a lot of education facilities of the vocational college and so on on the one hand
The love hotel alley, too, exists next.
A Hangul alphabet and Chinese are written in the handbill of the crime prevention restraint effect.



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