Johatsu---people who vanish from their lives and move somewhere else to start anew with a whole different identity. It's like getting reincarnated but without the inconvenience of having to die. I find this practice strangely attractive. I may have actually done it myself, moving to Portland Oregon once and becoming an anonymous loner..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpZdqEMbZbs
(Aug 7, 2025 03:40 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: [ -> ]Johatsu---people who vanish from their lives and move somewhere else to start anew with a whole different identity. It's like getting reincarnated but without the inconvenience of having to die. I find this practice strangely attractive. I may have actually done it myself, moving to Portland Oregon once and becoming an anonymous loner..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpZdqEMbZbs
At least it sounds like something they want to do, in contrast to the situations that Japan's
Ice Age generation found themselves in. Some of those
cyber-homeless spend their time in manga cafés and the tiny
sleeping capsules of pod hotels.