Sanya, just a not-fancy district in Taito-ku
Many “influencers”, “YouTubers” and self-taught “videomaker” (a bunch of unprofessional time-wasters) visited this area and started talking about it with no clue.
Sanya district is becoming popular on the web and is being called “Tokyo Slum”, “Tokyo most dangerous district”.
This is just a not elegant district with some cheap hotels and unlucky homeless people living there on the street, others just drinking beer from morning to night.
There is nothing dangerous, it’s just a working-class district. Nishinari is another district in Osaka similar to it, just a not-rich area with people living on the street. There is literally nothing interesting in that area.
It’s worth visiting just to understand how much misleading information circulates on the web and on social media.
PLEASE HAVE RESPECT OF THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE AND STOP MAKING RUBBISH CONTENT ON THE WEB.
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