5 Things Illegal in Japan (but people do anyway) 日本で禁止されてるけど、みんなしている事

[@RachelandJun]

You know what should be illegal? You guys. Because you're too cute. ba dum tsh

[@TexaninTokyo]

Rachel & Jun D'awwww. Oh stahp it you. You're making me blush.

[@liviaq7570]

When you see the handcuffs and immediately think, "They're real kinky, huh?"

[@skeletonwithagun]

glad im not the only one who thought this.

[@roxanastan2469]

Me too 😂😂😂

[@haruyasumi616]

just think what had happened to damage them so that they fell apart

[@myoung1445]

69th like

[@andrewwells4303]

Kinky, yes. Real kinky... not so much.

[@wergersnee]

in america the bike just gets stolen

[@maitlandvt]

tweakers

[@theemeraldbunny22]

huchi mama yes

[@LittleGameDev]

Same here in Canada. If you dont have a bike lock then you bike WILL get stolen. Even if you do have one sometimes people would just cut the chane. I gotten my bike stolen twice. Haven't had one in a long time but I am thinking of getting one in the future :)

[@wergersnee]

mine got stolen with a lock and inside a locked storage lol

[@LittleGameDev]

huchi mama lol xD Mine second bike got stolen off my balcony at my old house. the roofs at my old living place where connected so you could littlerly climb the roof and walk across it to other sized of the building complex.

[@violinasama]

At school in Japan, once my umbrella was gone after school (it was outside with the other umbrellas) so a teacher told me to take someone else's and that it probably would be back the next day. Came back the next day to my umbrella being there. I put the other one back and got my umbrella back :D

[@sade.citlali3326]

maybe the teacher took it

[@sbo1111]

+Divine cross yeah, umbrellas are so common and people forget them everywhere, borrow them everywhere, they are almost like shared property so to speak. In the office I work at, we have probably over 40 umbrellas that people forget and of course anybody can use them if it suddenly starts raining

[@Kotturos]

50 Shades of Texan-In-Tokyo

[@juliahopesmith7926]

Lol I know right :P

[@NicolaosRayne]

Hahaha I was thinking the same thing hahaha....

[@shiruluv]

What are those handcuffs for, Grace *wink wink*

[@leonardmendez1785]

Lol great comment.!!

[@swolest]

Ran Theoria I would like to know as well

[@DoubleAAnime]

Ran Theoria I was thinking the same thing omg

[@TheMechanicalGirl999]

girhetz O.O! OH MY! NEVER SAW THAT ONE! TIME TO DIG THROUGH THE ARCHIVES!!! LOL!!!

[@superultrarollingbomberthu8829]

Arresting people.

[@AmyK_]

I remember when I was 18 years old in the states, my Asian friends and I wanted to buy alcohol and pretended we couldn't understand English at all in a supermarket. They asked us for ID over and over but finally gave up and let us buy alcohol! Sorry for hat because I knew there was a strict rule and they could be punished for selling alcohol to minors, but that's a fun memory to me. haha

[@AmyK_]

gosh! "sorry for that!" That's what I meant.

[@TexaninTokyo]

Respect!! I became friends with all the cashiers at a liquor store, but they never let me buy one without my passport... Haha good memory :) (Ryosuke)

[@kaitsnod]

The Conbini next to my university in Tokyo carded all the ryugakusei cuz we all look older then we are. They had caught on!! But I was 20 so it was all daijoubzzz lil

[@dercannabist-infoaufklarun8938]

lol, when I was 14, I went to France with a buddy and in the small village our hostel was in, they didn't mind selling beer to 14year olds! so they sold us lots and lots of beer. 10 x 250ml bottles of Kronenbourg. so much fun!

[@igormalusevic]

You have handcuffs? Naughty you :D

[@Enkzilla]

+Igor Malusevic I was laughing way too gleefully when the cuffs came out XD

[@renoa0heartilly]

viewers: someones' been naughty enough to get handcuffs! *wink wink hint hint nudge nudge* fellow writers: someone's been researching enough to get handcuffs #same what actually happened: ryousuke probably won them at a gachapon machine or something and brought them home just to see Grace roll her eyes in despair

[@connorg3693]

Biking and listening to music is illegal? That's like half of the fun of riding a bike.

[@YoshikazuHayashi]

There have been a significant number of accidents caused by a bike rider not hearing his/her surroundings.

[@connorg3693]

Yoshikazu Hayashi Of course, I guess I never encountered that because I bike on smaller streets.

[@van03de]

Connor Glick Biking on smaller streets? That's just another bad excuse. Please grow up.

[@diilavery4825]

Connor Glick 1 ear in and 1 out is the safest, if you insist on listening to music while cycling. Plus, when you're lighting a cigarette for your back passenger it helps to have one earbud out so you can talk on the phone about parking illegally.

[@connorg3693]

van03de I didn't think I was making excuses, I apologize if it seemed that way.

[@valleygirltotallyforsure]

you guys are adorable. I love how you two interact, you radiate good energy

[@SunriseSunsetK]

Ryosuke having handcuffs attached to his umbrella because he is a guy is absolutely hilarious, I couldn't stop laughing. Love your videos and so happy that you two are so great together!

[@avidian888]

You two are just gorgeous. Thanks for making this channel interesting.

[@rebeccarose668]

Thank you so much for putting efforts in the subtitles. It makes me so happy, watching your videos while understanding it because I'm deaf. Thank you so much 😊

[@MyKoreanHusband]

I think busking (street performance) is illegal but people do it anyway? Something like that. When my brother (kzbin.info) busks in Japan he is often moved on by the police but the reason is because too many people gather around him and that's what the police don't like (they kinda miss the point of street performance haha). So if you are a terrible busker and no one stops and listens to you - the police won't bother you, but if you are great, the police will get annoyed that people stopped and gathered around. He was even taken to the police station before where they searched him and went through his bag and everything, trying to pin something on him. Finally one of the better policemen were like "this is ridiculous, just let the kid go".

[@suereya5929]

May I ask why do you have fake handcuffs in your household? xD

[@margaritalankin9448]

Suereya Effendy Are you sure you want to know? ;) XD

[@suereya5929]

Margarita Lankin lol. I'm just wondering xDD

[@Younes07770]

Suereya Effendy you Might as well ask How it Broke .-.

[@margaritalankin9448]

Suereya Effendy don't let your mind wander too far >_< haha! But yea, it's not a common household item lol (at least not in my house XD)

[@TexaninTokyo]

Suereya Effendy haha of course to arrest fake people! haha!! You just made my day! That was amazing! (Ryosuke)

[@limelyx]

Agreed, underaged drinking is everywhere. Even in my homecountry Sweden, where there is only one chain of stores that are allowed to sell booze and they are super strict with checking your ID, it is easy to just ask an older friend to buy it for you . :/

[@julianne6618]

limelyx it's the same in Norway. (although it's really easy to get dipping tobacco.)

[@Pebble3007]

limelyx The same in the UK. Seems there is a pattern for growing up.....

[@3DJapan]

limelyx yeah under age drinking, but not so much underage buying.

[@__oK__]

+limelyx In here Finland we also have that same one chain system and also they want to check ID at your friends too. Alcohol is very expensive at this chain "Alko" but this type of arrangement does not work, we drink very much even at underage. And we buy our cheap alcohol from Estonia and they have our tax money. Our goverment health office even claims that we have genes to drink too much. I think it's all about culture, prohibition law doesn't work like we have seen at early 1900s.

[@limelyx]

Olvi Yoshimitsu I have heard that is a common ''healthproblem'' in Finland as well. I agree with you here, it is way more about culture than ''genes''.

[@Aetohatir]

I'm German, and I detest the Japanese umbrella culture. There are two problems I have. 1. In Germany people only very rarely use umbrellas. It's not that we don't get rain often, is that people either don't care if they get a bit wet, or they wear weather-proof jackets with a hood. In Japan, people whip out their umbrellas as soon as just one molecule of liquid H₂O touches their heads. That might be okay, but 2. I am pretty tall. Much taller than the average Japanese person, and my eyes are on perfect poking height for Japanese umbrellas. I really did get a few spokes in my eyes from inconsiderate umbrellists. And even if people tried to be considerate and try to lift their umbrellas over my head, it results in this super awkward motion for them, because they have to lift their arm way up. Makes me feel awkward for their inconvenience. Maybe it's the culture I grew up in, but I find umbrellas ultimately impractical. They take up one hand. I wouldn't be able to use my phone, walk the dog, and have an umbrella at the same time, for example. I'd rather get a bit wet. Umbrellas are stupid.

[@Chris-jo1zr]

I get you there. I was in Shirakawa-Go in a really rainy day (monsoon like), everyone scrambled for the houses and archways, they all seemed to stare at me as I walked past, umbrella up and enjoying the rain. I'm British so I'll be used to it but I thought a country like Japan would have no problem with the rain.

[@Aetohatir]

Japan is pretty rainy. Germany like most europe is too.

[@wuestion9473]

I live in a rainy part of the US and I like to purposely take walks in the rain without an umbrella.

[@Aetohatir]

My Serendipitous Mind Depends on the temperature :D

[@wuestion9473]

Aetohatir True. If it's raining cold bullets I don't like to take a stroll. lol

[@waqertomskinoski744]

Handcuffs!? What you two doing? Lol kiddin

[@somebodypiano6191]

I wish smoking in public areas was illegal in America. It pisses me off when people smoke while walking because then anybody going in the same direction as them has to smell the trail of smoke.

[@オ-ストラリア]

I was with my friends at an outdoor restaurant and this guy gets out of his car and starts smoking and it jusy wafted for a while in our direction

[@オ-ストラリア]

+Daya Ryelle-Remar Dang I've never seen that before that must have been weird.

[@wraithgames]

It is here in Ohio :)

[@naymasattar4861]

SAME! I hate it when people smoke... not only are they affecting themselves but they are also affecting others around them too...

[@shannonshot]

+daya ryelle-remar was this in the dominican republic?

[@thevaza]

Hhahah, I had a bike taken to Bike jail, it was a borrowed bike and I had no idea what to do, lol.

[@TexaninTokyo]

+Sessho Lord Oh no... that must have been terrifying :(

[@thevaza]

Hahaha, yeah! Especially since it was お父さん's - dorm father's- bike! Thankfully the international office at my school helped get me directions to get there.

[@lesterordinado9432]

i wonder where they use those handcuffs for hihi 😈

[@SUPERGENKI]

I usually hide my umbrella at my "secret" place at Maruetsu, lol.... Great video guys! ^^

[@joshuacox581]

Your husband is such a dork, I love watching your videos.

[@quintrankid8045]

You did ask about other things that are illegal, right? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handcuffs#National_regulations_regarding_depiction_of_handcuffed_people "In Japan, if someone is photographed or filmed while handcuffed, their hands have to be pixelated if it is used on TV or in the newspapers." I really have no idea if that's true or not, My curiosity got the best of me too and I went looking. +1 for handcuffs.

[@TEO.187]

I miss you guys so much and hope everything is going well!

[@holl3iemarie]

Another uniquw and amazing video! Here in Australia i dont think we have any strict rules like that but i understand why they are enforced. :)

[@Yveren]

All I remember from this video is that Japanese has crazy umbrella rules and that Grace's necklace is really pretty. In fact, I was watching the necklace the whole time. So beautiful. I'll have to watch the video again, but I might end up watching the necklace again -.-

[@catjustine10]

In the Philippines, malls allow umbrellas to be left at the designated area for leaving your other belongings for a while. They clip numbers on them and then give you a number card that's the same w/ the number that they clipped on your umbrella. When its the monsoon season, they still do this practice but make an area specifically for soaking umbrellas.....

[@DoubleDJGeek]

Grace: Welcome to Texan in Tokyo Ryosuke: Swimming! Ryosuke is comedy gold hahah

[@loonytik]

I love how "steal" becomes kansai-ben in the Japanese subtitles haha 英語で「関西弁」ってないのに字幕は関西弁になっている（笑）なんか面白い（笑） 盗まられたじゃなく、パクられたになちゃった（笑）

[@TexaninTokyo]

loonytik 僕、テキトーなんで！そこらへんはテキトーで笑

[@loonytik]

Texan in Tokyo 許さへん！絶対許さへん！（笑）まぁええけど方言すきやしー

[@Guardmn]

I'm planning a trip to Tokyo n the near future.So these videos are very helpful.

[@Punktina16]

So you guys have handcuffs... kinky.

[@Fede_uyz]

NO BIKING AND MUSIC???!!! Nooooooooo i loveeeee biking while listen to a nice jam btw. YOUR INTRO IS SOOO CUTE!

[@RickySupriyadi]

try small Bluetooth earphone then wear something to cover it 😀

[@Fede_uyz]

Ricky Supriyadi nah, i would be a gaijin, i dont wanna get stopped for a routine check and get found doing it

[@MechaAigis]

I actually found your channel through the video on bike jail! Nice to see it revisited, so to say

[@TexaninTokyo]

MechaAigis Oh yeah!! haha thanks

[@farscape1975]

Love you guys! This is always fun to watch!

[@MsCrystalBear1]

You guys are so cute together

[@goirkens]

Thanks for mentioning it's the rainy season. Now I know to bring my compact umbrella with me for my trip to Japan in a couple days. :D

[@TexaninTokyo]

goirkens Oh! The rainy season is over now! But always good to bring a small umbrella I guess! Have fun here :D

[@Lizard14]

The no walking while smoking thing should be a thing everywhere! I hate when people smoke and walk and the smoke goes directly to my face. ...but then I remembered the video is about things that people do anyway, so I guess it wouldn't make much of a difference.

[@meganhulan]

Definitely use those later. You 2 are adorable and I want to visit Japan so much!

[@jean-marcrocher1463]

The smoking while biking one may just be because in many wards of Tokyo it's illegal to smoke outdoors, period. The biking part may not even be a factor. p.s. I love this channel!

[@kannab6832]

aww such a cute couple. they're the only ones who can make handcuffs adorable. just started watching this channel and am already hooked. all the facts you guys tell are great! can't wait to learn more! :)

[@cathybaldry7822]

Thanks for all that info. I had no idea about smoking over there. I thought everyone just smoked wherever

[@julianne6618]

Underage drinking is such a huge thing in Norway!! I just graduated from lower secondary (I'm sixteen) and every may 16th the graduating class/classes make this entertainment night and then when it's over all the teens go drinking and get shitfaced, to "celebrate." (This is mainly because of Norways national day, May 17th.)

[@druidguy123]

What sorts of things do Westerners do that are illegal or considered weird in Japan?

[@SUPERGENKI]

Cameron E Too many things to mention! Lol....

[@ritamichelle4096]

Well in London all those bike laws aren't there, they are non existent. Your commercials are pretty weird I suppose

[@vulperciaral5220]

Cameron E Using other people's bikes.

[@MrTVintro]

Rita Michelle From what i hear though you are kinda 20-30 years behind on biking compared to other countries.

[@ritamichelle4096]

MrTVintro I don't know what you mean, regarding laws ? Or biking in general ?

[@juliustintut8242]

I love your comics in My life in japan!😍😍

[@veronaburchall2505]

That was very interesting to know your videos make my day 😀 thanks all the way from the Island of Bermuda

[@AutisticSLP]

You two always make my day brighter. :)

[@TexaninTokyo]

***** Awww I am so happy to hear that!! More brightness for you!! (Ryosuke)

[@MichelleB17]

Grace and Ryosuke, you both are so awesome. Grace I love how you match little parts of your outfits. I do dorky stuff like that in a cool way lol. Your the mastermind, he is the props and actor lol. Your both really adorable and have found a way to make your videos your own. That makes me want to make sure to check every day and look o to your comics. Plus as a Texan I am partial.

[@TexaninTokyo]

Michelle Brovey Haha thanks! I am glad you liked how I match little parts of my outfits :D Stay fashionable~

[@Miuoshki]

Have you seen TheUwagaPies channel? I'm watching your and their video from Japan for a while now and i would really like to see a collaborative video with you and them :)

[@blabityblabblab2]

Lol y'all are so cute! I loved the video. Thank you! You two are just precious together xD

[@ivangrodznoi2058]

The bit about someone being more likely to steal your brolly than your wallet was really strange. I absolutely love your hair in this video by the way.

[@claudec2588]

I like when you are doing a video about things that are typical Japanese that you augment them with pictures. Thanks.

[@kookiesfriend]

That umbrella thing annoys me so much! It may seems stupid but I really love some of the umbrellas I own because I buy ones with designs or certain characters and sometimes they're expensive so... If some person took my umbrella I would hunt them down.

[@CassieMitchele]

Oh the circle of umbrellas!! I'm so scared someone will take my nice umbrella. A fear I never had in Canada.

[@島-o8q]

You guys are super adorable, I enjoyed this video.

[@hunnybean269]

She's talking about something whisky her boyfriend is talking about a completely different thing. Lol

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

Sono bike no law-tachi ga kibishisugiru. That's cool about the "no smoking and walking" laws, though, from an avoiding second-hand smoke perspective. I'm surprised to hear about those, since as of last time I was in Japan, at least, most restaurants didn't even have a non-smoking section.

[@szoszk]

In Germany they check ID cards more strictly. Sometimes even the Ordnungsamt (It's like a city Police with less legal power, they basically only give fines to people) is standing in front of a store and they check the IDs. When they get caught the one that sold the alcohol to a under 16 year old (or under 18 year old for strong alcohol) person has to pay a quite big fine.

[@maratesfaye]

Oh interesting, I've never seen anyone police-ish check like that, I've only seen cashiers check IDs xD

[@szoszk]

Mari Bæ I've never seen that too, but a cashier in a store said that after she didn't want to sell alcohol to a young person without an ID, because it happened to her. The first fine is around 200€ and if you do it again it's around 3000€, which is about 2 to 3 months worth of work in a supermarket. And you risk being fired.

[@Evija3000]

I get asked for an ID when trying to buy an energy drink. And I'm 25...

[@szoszk]

Evija3000 The merchant has to be 100% sure. There is a small chance that there are underage people looking like 25.

[@Evija3000]

szoszk But for an energy drink... lol it's not like I'm buying whiskey. Anyway, it's a bit annoying, but I'll take it as a compliment.

[@rc.cola420]

Hello fellow Texan!! :D I'm so excited to find your channel! Can't wait to watch more videos~ ^__^

[@UberJesus]

I've seen two of your videos. This one, and another from a month ago. It's impressive how much his English skills have increased. Unless he is just not speaking English on purpose.

[@irish66]

Funny about the umbrella thing. i remember a discussion on quora about Japan, and more than person said that you could for instance drop an item on the street, and the next day that item would still be there.

[@shinitaan]

In a year in Japan, I got controlled twice and everybody were very surprised as it seems it never really happens to them. And people stealing umbrellas are so annoying. so frustrating when you've got two choices: getting wet but feeling like a good person or stealing someone else's umbrella and feeling guilty That was a very funny video, nice job :)

[@PoptartKid]

When I went to Nara, I saw a Japanese business man talking on his phone and biking at the same time. I was totally amazed by his skills.

[@chrisjack7462]

You guys are adorable and awesome. Subscribed. Thanks for the great tips and insights. Planning a trip to Japan in 2017.

[@aprilblenk]

I can't get over how adorable you two are!

[@Hiddenlilly]

I really love when Ryosuke speaks/answers in japanese whilst Grace speaks english, its what I have with english and Norwegian! I wish the smoking thing would be more like Japan here in Norway.. its just, not the nicest when you're at the bus stop and someone is smoking inside the little shelter area.. Also hiking, do you get people hitchhiking in Japan? A bit of a random question but I blame the fact I've seen a few when I've been out lately here xD

[@flawracle]

I heard that occationally there will be bike auction for those unclaimed bikes on the jail. Can u explain it more on that? Perhaps a video on it? Thanks!

[@chaos9494]

I'm surprised you didn't mention biking on the sidewalks! I've been told that the rule is that you're supposed to ride in the street unless there's a special bike lane on the sidewalk, but I almost *never* see anyone doing it. They're always on the sidewalk. Also, I always listen to music while I bike. :P But it's just through one ear bud so no one notices. And you know... for safety.

[@BettyBird]

DeplorableBird Interesting here you can ride on the sidewalks as long as it's not in a "business district" area only reason I know this is my nephew did it and ran into the side of car that didn't honk his horn coming through an alley.

[@becciKeks]

+DeplorableBird In Germany you are allowed to use the sidewalk to the age of 12, I think. Then you have to use the road. I'm living in a town where everbody uses bikes, so there are a lot of bikelanes, but in my hometown there weren't any of them, because it is build in a mountain area and you just use your bike for fun and not for actually going somewhere. But we had training with the police as kids in the third grade, I think, how to drive safely on the road and how to behave. We also had to do a test and got our "biking license" and a sticker for our bikes, which was pretty cool :D Fun fact: in Kindergarten we also did some "pedestrian lessons" with the police and the kindergarten staff and learned how to behave at traffic lights and so on. We also got a "Pedestrian license" :D But I don't know if this is common for whole of Germany or just the part I live in :D

[@chaos9494]

Superminion A biking license! That sounds so cute! XD (And actually useful.) Biking for travel is pretty uncommon where I grew up (California), so we never got to do anything like that. I'd actually be really afraid to ride a bike in the street in my hometown!

[@becciKeks]

Yeah, it is so cute and I think I still have mine :D I can imagine this. I also take the bus or go to where I want to go, because I'm very afraid of using my bike in this city. Too many bikes, too many cars and nobody can drive :D

[@anita83281]

You guys are so cuteeeee!!! Thanks for advices

[@digitalmimi]

So true. Umbrella thieves everywhere! But it doesn't help that that everyone gets umbrellas from Family Mart so they all look the same and you don't know which is yours.

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Hi Thanks. No. 6 could be: jaywalking (maybe illegal anywhere in the world that people do anyway)

[@faeirydancer]

Is that a dichro glass pendant you're wearing? My bff and I make those. It's beautiful

[@Anonymous62034]

"Don't put bikes here" *surrounded by bikes*

[@darleanvanderlinden3244]

Wow the hole biking thing was definately a schock to me. I m dutch and everybody bikes all the time, with umbrellas, high heels on, two ppl on one bike (on the back, not on the steer) and I do that all of the time! XD

[@jamesclarke8564]

I find they always steal my umbrellas if they are the cheep "konbini" (convenience store) ones, but never the expensive ones! I've also heard that police are more strict on foreigners breaking the bicycle rules than locals. The philosophy of policing is totally different here in Japan than "the West". Generally police here avoid enforcing the law on what they consider minor things, because they feel it might actually antagonize people in to being more rebellious. They would rather keep the country "peaceful" than go around busting people for petty things. In "The West" these days the aim of the police seems to be to raise as much venue for the local/state/federal government as possible through fines. BTW I think Ryan Boundless needs to watch this video, because he seems to think everyone in Japan is so law abiding.

[@stripped35]

What amazed me about the bike pictures is that I didn't see one with a lock on it. In America you it would be amazing if it was there when you got back.

[@mistet7938]

Sometimes I'm sad these are edited so much. He has fun the the video cuts and he is sitting there quite again. In other videos he is constantly corrected. Would have been more entertaining without that. A comment too late... Thanks for making videos though. Not throwing shade or what ever people say now-a-days

[@FERruby]

Ryosuke is so adorably weird. I love watching your videos! ^_^

[@TexaninTokyo]

Fernanda Abreu Thanks for calling me weird! LOVE it :D (Ryosuke)

[@craigharrison1274]

Somebody stole your umbrella so you stole someone else's umbrella?

[@wuestion9473]

It just continues a sad cycle. :(

[@craigharrison1274]

My Serendipitous Mind THAT'S IT NO MORE UMBRELLAS FOR ANYONE

[@FreeSeoul]

Not really +My Serend: She started the cycle.

[@wuestion9473]

Craig Harrison lol

[@Pendragon667]

Didn't they make a movie about this? That Circle of life thing.? What's it called...The Umbrella King? Oh no... my bad. 't was about a lion. :-)

[@ryslin027]

Great video! So true that people do it all the time. I caught a guy steal my umbrella and he went to a conbini. I found my umbrella and waited for him to finish his shopping. I stared him down as he walked away in the rain ashamed. MAH Umbrella!

[@VANDALA1031]

Just a suggestion grab a few umbrella covers and keep them in your purse/bag and use them instead of parking your umbrella outside .

[@NamiHeartilly]

What about biking on the sidewalk? That was by far the most annoying thing when I was in Japan. I almost got run over multiple times.

[@patterbay]

The drinking while biking rule is really funny for me because in the city that I live in, breweries actually have these weird, bikes where lots of people can ride at once. and groups just ride on that bike drinking. and when it rains, the bike gets a giant umbrella on top.

[@julesv_]

"She took my umbrella so I had to take someone elses'"? You didn't "have to", just like the lady before you didn't "have to" either :s if you think it's wrong, why do it yourself?

[@lightblulbb]

You kinda have to unfortunatly, Once I had placed my umbrella in the rack &it was FULL of other umbrellas & by the time I was leaving store there was only one ugly umbrella left :( and it was raining!

[@shiruluv]

Jimcrv that's how it is in Japan, people don't think much of it. When it starts pouring and they don't have an umbrella they just take the one you left in front of the store, you take a stranger's because yours is stolen, stranger takes another person's umbrella and so on. Umbrellas as they mentioned are almost identical and also cheap so people don't make much of it.

[@3DJapan]

Jimcrv The question is, if they all look alike, how do you even know you're taking someone elses? or how do you know someone took yours?

[@shiruluv]

well either you have to memorize where you put it, or tie a ribbon on it, but tbh people don't really care what they are taking. I remember leaving a small umbrella and going home with a gigantic one, because the handle looked identical.

[@Ryan-xj5et]

In the UK it's illeagal to eat mince pies during December since 1500 but no one listens to it ...some don't even know the rule assists

[@chigasaki06]

I've broken all of those rules, lol. Minus the stealing umbrella thing. I had no idea that riding with an umbrella is illegal...I did it ALL that time, but I've never been stopped for it, lol.

[@Toyachan]

The stealing of umbrellas really annoyed me to no end. I really like the design of those cheap umbrellas so I hate loosing them, so once I put a お守り on it and it got stollen anyway! I was pissed off for a month afterwards.

[@flavorhostage]

My friends bought me a mecha expensive umbrella and I went to work (at Mitsubishi Semiconductor, a big company near Osaka at the time) on a vacation day and someone stole it! Also, someone stole an umbrella from me at a restaurant in Osaka and one of the motorcycle store owners I was hanging out with (a semi-rough crowd when they were younger) told me to go back in and take the best one left in the stand.

[@TexaninTokyo]

+Hisashi Fujinaka Oh no sorry to hear that... I hate it when people stole my umbrella... :( (Ryosuke)

[@Hans-gb4mv]

+Hisashi Fujinaka Be happy it's only an umbrella. There are cities here where it happens with ... bikes . If you were lucky you would have it back the next day

[@luxaly9510]

thats why wouldnt ever let my property alone even if its considered rude to carry the umbrella with u or inventing a umbrella where u have to press a special button to de arm it otherwise it will electroshock u if the button isnt pressed within 5-10 seconds nad it shocks until u press the hidden button :D

[@ulfahmashfufah275]

yeah.. my umbrella get stolen too at my university's library Www

[@TheBushdoctor68]

Hang on... what amazed me most about this video is the fact that "his beard makes him look unemployed". Wow.... just wow.

[@JunkieHeretic]

In Japan, most companies that are 'regular, day job' companies, you would not have that facial hair. Period. So when people see facial hair, a lot of the time they may assume low-class job or unemployed.

[@TheBushdoctor68]

JunkieHeretic Yea... Wow...

[@NeoFryBoy]

TheBushdoctor68 I wonder if foreigners get away with it more. I hate shaving every day.

[@Ausar0]

NeoFryBoy right? maybe I'm just not good at it, but shaving takes up a LOT of time and is actually annoying because of that. and then my minor perfectionism kicks in and I can't stop shaving until I literally can't feel any hair whatsoever. Even if it's not visible at all, I still try to shave it. This is why I had a beard for the longest time, but it kinda just turned into a weird neckbeard.

[@dominiquekey2662]

Love hearing about Japan. Do a video of grocery shopping please

[@MGoya]

If you ride a bike in Germany while you're drunk, you risk losing your driving license.

[@terebiomimasu]

Nice, informative, and entertaining video, as always. What I found especially interesting, however, were the amount of signs "mounted" on the ground. I'm not used to that. I mean, (1) isn't it better to keep it at eye level? and (2) what about foot traffic? Won't those signs wear out quickly?

[@ZeroHBRPro]

It's illegal to bike listening to music?! I can't imagine doing my daily commute without music.

[@aidanblackett8930]

ZeroHBR I can kinda understand where they're coming from I mean I'm always listening to music but whenever I'm riding I always have one earpiece out incase someone decides to irrationally scream an insult at me for not wearing a helmet or honk their horn because they weren't paying enough attention to the guy riding in the bike lane.

[@argo12]

When I was there a couple of months ago, in Tokyo and Osaka, I was quite surprised at how many people smoked - but to be fair, most of the time we were always near train stations, so that kind of explains it! I was really impressed at how clean everything was. We only saw one wall with graffiti on it (in Tokyo). We were there for two weeks and I really want to go back. There are so many incredible things to see and do and you just can't get to them all in two weeks. I'd like to return to Osaka and see more of Kyoto, and also see Hiroshima and the Itsukushima shrine.

[@AetheriusAri]

I must ask, where in Texas are you from? I was born in Willis/Conroe, about an hours outside of Houston. I've been trying to convince my wife that we should vacation to Japan, but flying fro Vermont to Japan is amazingly expensive! Your vidoes are super cute and very informative, so thank you for them!

[@filmfelineadmin]

I was going to suggest you do this bi-lingually and you just did in this video! Ha! Funny. Very cool. So dess!

[@renatapetrin5302]

I have a ugly stickers in my umbrella, after that nobody stolen any more 😂

[@TheSportCompact]

Riding a bike drunk is illegal in the states too. It is a DWI. You are supposed to follow all traffic laws like a car. Anything you can get driving, you in theory can get on a peddle bike.

[@B3nnub1rd]

Yes, when I lived in North Carolina, there was a guy who took his riding lawnmower into town and got a DWI. People said he'd sometimes be seen riding his horse too.

[@TheSportCompact]

I am Bennu! So are You! When I had moved to Louisiana, I actually met a guy who got a riding mower DWI. Let me tell you, it was so hard not to laugh at them in their face and somehow I managed to not do it.

[@oniinu]

TheSportCompact In Canada, only if you have 22" tires or larger do yoi have to ride on the road and behave like a vehicle.

[@TheSportCompact]

Ody -Chan No offense, but I kind of find that funny. I mean, if you are on a BMX bike, it is not a DWI, but if you are on a mountain bike, it is.

[@davidbamber7762]

TheSportCompact Is that true for all states. I'm going to Mississippi next month. Because I ride bikes home from the pub in Australia because I don't want to drive a car and kill someone.

[@balin32]

with how random and squirrely certain parts of this video is, I swear I am witnessing the Japanese Karl Pilkington