Cheaply constructed and lacking many of the basic amenities, the buildings which make up the residential district show their age. Home to nearly hundred thousand heimin and ji-samurai, the district was built to house the first settlers nine decades ago and has since fallen into disrepair. Because of the faulty air conditioning in many of the units, the locals prefer to spend their free time in the air conditioned sake and tea houses that dot the habitation district. While most establishments allow both the buke and the commoners to enter, the premises are segregated, with tables and halls having clear indicators on which group they are meant for.

Outside, propaganda posters cover most of the walls, reminding the population of the importance of recycling and courtesy. A poster showing a fetching samurai-ko tossing a plastic bottle to a recycling container with a smile on her lips seems particularly 'popular'. Commercials, carefully plastered around the official propaganda, are also ubiquitous. Tropical climate, combined with the fumes rising from the variety of kitchens means that the streets and alleys within the district are suffocatingly hot. As the recycling tanks as almost as old as the district, the air outside reeks of grease and decaying matter. Because of this, it is common to see ji-samurai wearing a perfumed sachets around the neck, or dangling from the waist.