In pictures: Japan's homeless

"I was evicted from my apartment yesterday. I was knocked off my bicycle, and unable to work so I couldn't pay my rent for six months," said Mr Yasumoto (right).

"I came to the park because when I was a child I played in its pool.

"Last night it was really cold and I asked to come around the fire, and they insisted that I stay. I didn't know about the association before yesterday."