Japan's "evaporating" people

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.