As Hagibis took hold on Sunday morning, a 64-year-old homeless man went to a primary school, which was being used as an evacuation centre.
The school was in the Taito ward of Tokyo, which includes San'ya-an area historically home to many labourers, and now homeless people.
According to officials who spoke to the Asahi Shimbun, the man was asked to write his name and address. When he said he had no adress, he was turned away.
"I told them that I have an address in Hokkaido (Japan's northern island, hundreds miles from Tokyo), but they still denied me entry," he said.