The "forgotten" area of Japan. The city government of Osaka does not allow the name "Kamagasaki" to appear on official maps and discourages the use of the name in the media. The district is home to slum like conditions containing run-down housing structures and untidy streets. Several riots with the police have occurred in Kamagasaki over perceived human rights violations by authorities. It is very common however, to find homeless individuals sleeping outside of the slum like area. For their seems to have been mass development near the district limits. Buildings that seem to "hide" the slums.