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         		 Old friends outside a make-shift gambling house in Kamagasaki. In between placing bets on boat races broadcast on an old TV, they share stories of better times. : by andrewhouston, Views[1172]
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         		 Economic frustration in Kamagasaki has led to the three-fold vices of alcoholism, gambling, and drug addiction. Violence is never far behind. : by andrewhouston, Views[1870]
         		 At the Nishinari Labor Center's main hall, Kamagasaki residents pass the time. Some have taken to sleeping here in the hopes of getting first crack at what little work comes. : by andrewhouston, Views[1797]
     
    The Nishinari Labor Center once brought construction jobs to Kamagasaki residents. After a day's work, lines formed here for hard-earned pay. Today, with work scarce, people spend their days waiting for jobs that seldom come. : by andrewhouston, Views[3656]
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         		 In the New Year season, performers visit households to enact the traditional Lion's Dance, dispelling evil and bestowing blessings for the coming year. Here, the performer dons a shishi-gashira (lion's head), dancing with in combat with a second masked person to the tune of enka (traditional Japanese music) : by maddyking, Views[238]
         		 A young boy sits inside a Danjiri cart during an autumn festival in the mountains behind Kobe. The carts, elaborately decorated and full of children, are pulled throught the streets by local men and are believed to carry the spirits of gods.: by maddyking, Views[250]
     
    In the lead up to New Year (お正月 - Oshōgatsu), homes, businesses and public areas are decrated with 'shimenawa' - special New Year decorations traditionally made in different combinations of pine needles, rice husks, mikans (a type of fruit) and mochi (ground rice) cakes. On the 15th of January, communities small hold Dondoyaki festivals in which the decorations are ritually burnt in hope a year free of death, illness and adversity.: by maddyking, Views[368]
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    ...On these two days the city goes wild, with everybody painting or dusting one another with grease, chalk, talc, flour and any other available substance even vaguely black or white in tone. T;s a serious affair - wear the worst clothes you have and buy a antifaz, a sort of mask to protect the face, widely sold for this occasion. Asthmatics should not attend - you'll be coughing up talcum powder for day afterwards. (from the Lonely Planet): by margitpirsch, Views[249]
    ...On these two days the city goes wild, with everybody painting or dusting one another with grease, chalk, talc, flour and any other available substance even vaguely black or white in tone. T;s a serious affair - wear the worst clothes you have and buy a antifaz, a sort of mask to protect the face, widely sold for this occasion. Asthmatics should not attend - you'll be coughing up talcum powder for day afterwards. (from the Lonely Planet)

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