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(Update Oct 2021<\/strong>: Kowloon Walled City is no more, and sadly as of Oct 2019, the Kawasaki Warehouse is no more either<\/a>. After getting a bucket of hits today, I fixed a lot of old WordPress formatting that didn\u2019t age well, cleaned up my travel grammar issues, and expanded a few bits. Enjoy!)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After my awesome visit Tsukiji fish market<\/a>, it was time to head south of Tokyo to Kawasaki and visit something I’ve long wanted to see: Kawasaki Warehouse<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps you’ve heard of Kowloon Walled City<\/a>? Kowloon Walled City, located in Hong Kong China, was an amazing urban jungle of 350 buildings, almost all between 10 and 14 stories high, and populated by 33,000 people on an unbelievably tiny 6.5 acre plot of ground. This came about when the plot became disputed land after it was released to Britain in the late 1800’s. It existed in a lawless state as its governance remained in dispute. This disputed territory quickly was occupied by those seeking an escape. The people that lived there and the city they built has become stuff of legends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n