Student Charged for Riding Suitcase in Japan |

[@CHEFPKR]

I had thought about moving to Japan for a year and do a series where I use an electric skateboard to get around, visit niche restaurants and bars, and record a full series on it. Then I learned Japan hates electric skateboards etc. Was a sad day.

[@zavtparticles]

it's weirdly bizarre how progressive japan can be and also back asswards. like i wanted to longboard japan so much and there's a million and tens signs being like no

[@blackbelt2000]

@@zavtparticles how in the world are they progressive?

[@eisenklad]

@@zavtparticles japan is mostly conservative. their work culture, their laws, etc. the way they handle things is snail pace at times. then again their aging population is another reason why they are backwards (voting power stays in the older people's hands)

[@zavtparticles]

@@eisenklad guess i shouldn't use the the word progressive? Like they have some elements of the country way ahead of us and others parts are still stuck in the 90s

[@RadenWA]

@@zavtparticlesthe more advanced a country is the more rules are enforced because there are safety standards to maintain. Singapore is another example of advanced country that is very strict. If you want a wild adventure you’re welcome in Philippines or Indonesia where you can longboard down the road with no helmet to nobody’s care

[@kuokic3031]

I saw a wee old man scooting about florence this summer on one of those suitcases. I think they're a great idea for anyone that's not as physically able to get about for prolonged periods when travelling (airports etc) as assume they're far less stressful than trying to travel without if you're older. Totally understand the challenges they could pose though if everyone was scooting about on them... Still... looked kinda fun.

[@tom_hoots]

YES! I would watch an episode with Chris riding around Tokyo on a motorized suitcase!

[@disky01]

Anne of Green Gables was also animated by a pre-Studio Ghibli era Hayao Miyazaki, which was how I first grew to love the story. It's really a very pleasant and heartwarming series.

[@Anolaana]

Specifically 赤毛のアン//Akage no An, 'Red-haired Anne'! It has 50 episodes and seems to be available on the Japanese Bandai streaming service, although the interface is exclusively in Japanese (no English option).

[@disky01]

@@Anolaana It's also on KZbin, both subbed and dubbed. I've actually been watching it again since seeing this episode.

[@ugthump2753]

​@@disky01 There's also a Japanese animation of "Emily of New Moon" on KZbin.

[@mynym4543]

Calorie-free drinks can be made with three types of ingredients: 1) ingredients that your body doesn’t break down for energy, such as water, vitamins, etc. 2) ingredients that your body technically *does* digest but spends more energy digesting than it can get out of it and 3) ingredients like artificial sweetener that technically have the same amount of calories as sugar… but are so sweet in comparison that they can use a tiny amount that generates less than a calorie of energy (while 2 has been listed for completeness I doubt it’s actually used as that would require people to actually understand how calories work).

[@lohphat]

Calories are a poor metric for metabolic "energy" -- ethanol has a high calorie value because each Kcalorie can be burned to raise the temperature of 1L of water 1C. But ethanol can't be digested into usable energy by the human body, it gets broken down into acetaldehyde by the liver. It isn't turned into glucose or glucogen -- it's just eliminated. Same with fats and why high-fat keto diets result in weight loss. The body can't turn enough digested fat into immediate usable energy. We need to toss the Kcalorie as an energy measure for nutrition potential analysis.

[@mynym4543]

@@lohphat yeah I agree - it’s a pretty ridiculous method for measuring how much energy we get out of different foods. imo what we should shift to (especially in schools) is thinking about nutritional values more - for most people, as long as you’re getting the nutrients you need, your body won’t feel like overeating

[@sfv_TS]

1:10, this is exactly why fines should be connected to the perpetrator's income like Finland. 'Rich people' will think otherwise about parking violations and speeding when it costs them a significant percentage of their income instead of just a few hundred bucks.

[@ScottKent]

You can ride an Ebike in Japan without a license so long as it is "pedal assist" (even on a sidewalk). If a vehicle has a throttle that allows for motorized travel without human assist, it is considered a motorized vehicle, requires a license, and cannot be used on a sidewalk. I believe in the US the difference is what is called a Cat 3 and a Cat 2 bike.

[@Pangea_Nomad]

I have a feeling that "riding the electric suitcase" means something different in Texas.

[@popecorkyxxiv2363]

Since it's Texas does it mean the thing will lose power randomly while the rich men who run the grid light cigars with $100 bills?

[@trenaceandblackmetal5621]

Yeeeeeehaaaaawww!

[@Dell2YT]

It doesn't but lol

[@ReubenAStern]

It means riding the mechanical bull... okay I made that up but feel free to pretend it's real.

[@muffin9124]

Peace and love Ringo ✌️

[@TimMoore-gv7hu]

yay I've managed to finally catch an episode early

[@chris3657]

Pete. Loving the collection of toilet stopcocks on the wall behind you... my favourite is the fully carbon fibre Floater 3000.

[@mtaggart252]

Have to disagree with you about Harajuku, I'm not their target audience either and had very low expectations. But it was great! Super fun atmosphere, crème brulé crêpes are incredible and the thrift shops further down are pretty cool. Also otter petting was awesome!

[@RayeRayeChan]

Wuuuu my fav podcast ❤

[@ImRezaF]

"Oi oi, do you have a license for that, kuso yaro ?"

[@colinmathie2710]

Totally agree, the rainbow cheese looked gross, the rainbow candyfloss looked cool though.

[@ZeroXSEED]

Remember everything motorized and throttled in Japan is considered a motorcycle. EVERYTHING. That's why electric bicycle there all pedal-reliant. If it has throttle, it's now a moped. Make sure your suitcase has license plate.

[@boxhead6177]

That and Honda created the Motocompo in 1981 for the Japanese market, it was an emergency or last-mile moped scooter that was stored in a luggage boot of a Honda car. So they already had a pretext classification for a luggage motorbike that is 40 years old :P

[@ZeroXSEED]

@@boxhead6177 Motocompo also need license plate in Japan because it's a moped, same with the electric motocompacto It's just that in some other countries like US, moped and electric bicycle might not need riding license and plate registration

[@Mixim95]

We have Tokyo Central/Marukai in Califronia which I think is owned by Don Quijote. Those usually carry Coolish. I dont care if people say Coolish is mid. It is still one of my favorite cheap sweets to get on a hot day, especially with all the inflation going on where boba /coffee/tea is on average $6+ now.

[@Crossingt]

The story is about the Japanese tourists visiting the location of Anne of Green Gables is no different from other literary/ film inspired tourism. We based an Edinburgh holiday around the Rebus books, I went to Pont de Bir-Hakeim because of Inception and recently visited Hakone Checkpoint because of Samurai Champloo (a terribly under rated anime series).

[@BeardedNerdSE]

Another western cultural import to Japan is Moomin, I've seen quite a lot of it around.

[@hollyhenison9345]

Isn’t a weak Strong Zero basically just a Hooch? (British alcoholic lemonade popular in the 90s) You can buy imported proper Japanese Strong Zero in the Japan Centre off Leicester Square in London. I was gifted a can last NYE and it did, as the urban legend foretold, lead me to blackout.

[@ZacHarvey]

@7:40 You can actually be fined for cycling on the pavement. In the UK at least. Usually you won't be but it's definitely not "allowed".

[@japanlover21]

Those cases are cool, I saw heaps of kids riding them in Osaka

[@__Mal_]

Animal Farm is a phenomenal book indeed.

[@virgojoe72]

The bag is Airwheel SE3 Mobility Scooter and The government classifies the suitcase the same way it does 50cc mopeds or motorcycles and this is the first time the government has charged a person for this sort of crime. Interestingly, Japan doesn’t require a license for other electrified vehicles like bicycles which are allowed to travel up to 20 km/h or 12 mph.

[@victorianeastender]

Countries love giving gifts to each other 😊 There's a portion of the Berlin Wall displayed in a museum in the Philippines. I wonder if it's real or a replica... If it's real, it would be dope! How did they transport that all the way there? 😅

[@thedoublep434]

Gyutan is nice in flavour but i don't like the confusion of not knowing if I'm chewing on the cow tongue or mine

[@alfredgiovetti]

On a basically level course I was able to maintain fifty miles an hour on a multi gear bicycle.

[@whiskeysk]

there are countries in mainland Europe where the penalty amount depends on the income/net worth of the individual in question...

[@LtColShingSides]

Buy one. Put it in a video. Right it off lol

[@seandavie3672]

I can see a Suntory sponsorship in your future Chris!

[@CB-sx8xh]

So, would a motorised suitcase be allowed on the shimanami kaido? This could be a game-changer for my next planned trip to Japan...

[@SkateRatYuki]

I saw a decent amount of people traveling around on those suitcases in Yokohama on the sidewalk. 😅

[@oregonduc]

I still remember the tweet I sent out to Pete of coolish from Hawaii Donki 😂

[@seebastian5834]

I almost kinda died in Sendai last year because I wasn't prepared for the heat and humidity... in September. In September! Just suffocating, like walking into a wall once you exited any air-conditioned space. And you're telling me that's actually still one of the more agreeable places in summer? Next trip to Japan will _definitely_ be in October again, unless it's the bucket list onsen hopping winter vacation after all.

[@Nightsisters_Clan]

Take it, you've never been to a Southeast asian country or Texas in summer?

[@noahcantstop]

We have hi-chew in Canada. At least we did when I was growing up.

[@sindorius]

We call it the 'West Coast' in the US, same with 'East Coast' for NYC side

[@cristinakennedy6962]

Soz Pete, but I also found Coolish in Australia! 😋

[@lushfruit]

Podcast 17 of asking Christ to speedrun nearly every main temple in Tokyo !!

[@danidu85]

With the motorised suitcase, I suppose should have been OK if she had an international driver licence, may be

[@Bargadiel]

To answer the first question from the fax machine, that Jesus shrine or whatever that Chris visited is a good example of an unusual transcendental cultural thing.

[@hizurumegumi5727]

Non alcoholic beer uses the flavor compounds of beers to my knowledge so it has the same taste/flavor without the alcohol

[@sleepysartorialist]

It's the West Coast, Pete.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Japan has some really ridiculous laws regarding electric scooters, skateboards, wheelchairs, bikes and suitcases ☹️ It makes things very difficult if you've got a disability... Yet Japan allows tourists to drive go carts in Tokyo traffic wearing Mario costumes !!?? Usain Bolt did 47kmh

[@richardsoane6192]

I think a disability is frowned upon in Japan which might explain it though I could be wrong.

[@Nightsisters_Clan]

Scooter, hoverboard, or even electric suitcase across Japan sounds dope! Here in the States, we have electric coolers on wheels, and when the drunks lose their license, the good ole ride on lawnmower, lol 😂 All of which id be glued to my laptop watching yall travel around japan on. I triple dog dare you.

[@Nightsisters_Clan]

Chris, i would love to see a dive into the homeless in Japan. Maybe a look into the street kids. Also, a look into the gay communities, give some perspective on how they are all treated and how the Japanese feel about all of the above. Thanks.

[@matthew_natividad]

They gonna go after heelies next?

[@chalke37]

Second story made me chuckle knowing that you can't even ride bicycles on the pavment in the UK above the age of 12, let alone suit cases 😂

[@natalian.1320]

Riding an electric suitcase. Hilarious 😂😉

[@MrMBinder]

Even if you do have a license, you'd probably not be allowed to ride the suitcase on the sidewalk. I wonder; how popular are electric mountain bikes in Japan? They're bloody expensive, sure, but they're very capable through pretty much everything and offer comfortable suspension. 25 km/h seems to be the "standard" option, but you can get them in a 45 km/h "speed pedelec" spec as well.

[@alfredgiovetti]

There is an electric suitcase drivers license for 8 miles per hour in Japan?

[@AngelCarnico]

HighChew for the WIIIIIN!!! 🙂

[@Andy.Kobayashi]

4:36 just like Bean movie. (Mr Bean 1997 movie)

[@alfredgiovetti]

We were recently accepted into the weird Japanese program. We looked up riotoro and he ran us off. He he ha ha

[@saltycross]

💜💜💜

[@ReubenAStern]

I wouldn't be surprised if alcohol free beer was basically just carbonated water and flavorings. Maybe they boil it in special wooden casks or something and I bet that's the only special bit.

[@MarcUK]

Parking fines are a joke. If all you get is a fine to pay, then for a rich person that's just the cost of parking there and they wont care in the slightest.

[@Jack-xc2ys]

Well with wheelchair access everywhere it's just a matter of compression.

[@DeannaGill-he5jp]

The hi chew we get in Australia is made in China. Is that the same everywhere else?

[@alfredgiovetti]

What is the penalty/fine for illegally riding an electric suitcase in the airport from one gate to another.

[@josephpage6828]

buy a weedwacker, dismatle for engine and slap on a skate board or on 2 roller skates.

[@fauzirahman3285]

Surely they could have just given her a warning first.

[@TPAbae]

I’m dying for an episode that isn’t about how Japan hates foreigners

[@Zak0True]

I don't think Japan has any news lately that isn't this type, hahaha 😂

[@OKaFee]

Chris - you ain’t middle aged until 40! We still got a few years of youth left

[@TacComControl]

It's kind of sad that Chris still thinks he was eating a rainbow cheese sandwich. It was a totally normal grilled cheese, no rainbow to be seen at all, mate. You've gone barkers, you work too much. Sharla, come get your man and tell him that there was no rainbow cheese.

[@pepperonization]

it's a good thing riding something motorized on public pavements needing a license its a good thing, look at all the electric bicycles/scooters on the pavements on Singapore speeding more than 20km/h, i wish our gov could do something about it soon as there are already cases of these electric bicycles/scooters knocking down and injuring people on pavements.

[@oldavo]

Big up the mexican in kokubuncho!

[@Tazer_Silverscar]

Average speed of a male human, according to Google, is about 8 mph, same as the suitcase.

[@ReubenAStern]

Average running speed for a man is 15mph... and that's a reasonably fit man.

[@jorgesaravia1785]

The electric suitcase "has high functionality" like your classic t-shirt, Chris. I agree with you, Harajuku is crap...

[@sleepysartorialist]

I wear lolita fashion over 2 decades now: harajuku fell off everyone moved their shops to Shibuya

[@TEID]

Not sure rules are in Japan, but in the UK you Ard not allowed to ride a bike on the Pavement as the comment made on the video.

[@alfredgiovetti]

Who wants an American hot dog when you can have a sausage or banger?

[@CthuluZombie]

Fifteen miles an hour is a 4 minute mile. I don't the average person runs a 4 minute mile.

[@rizielv9040]

a bicycle can go faster than 8mph. so a motorized wheelchair needs license in Japan also?

[@dazzer667]

in what universe is 8mph 50cc scooter territory, that is mobility scooter speed which makes me think do they harass disabled people for not having a license or are mobility scooters not a thing in japan

[@alfredgiovetti]

Riding the electric animal farm around Tokyo requires a drivers license?

[@sleepysartorialist]

Hi-Chew is common and not as good as Puchao imo

[@CauldronOfRamen69]

a 50cc engine can go 40mph. the classification is just wrong. you don't need a license for the electric scooters you can rent because they're classified differently and the suitcase should be too

[@-a6833]

Now let's say you do have a license, would it be illegal to soup up the motorized suitcase? And if not, can you still ride it on the sidewalk?

[@bradbozz6807]

Fines are just pay to play irl 🤷

[@Eryndrael]

Well, I'm not first, but I'm early!

[@alfredgiovetti]

Japanese snacks

[@harrycrumb40]

Cultural influences: the Beatles/john Lennon?

[@elfmastercool4734]

This comment drives engagement.

[@tdolan500]

Kevin from LA. You are incorrect. Do better.

[@BoggWeasel]

In New York City there are that guys with tow trucks cruising all the time just looking for anyone who parks illegally. The offending vehicle doesn't have to have a ticket, just be in the wrong place that forbids parking and they'll hook it up and tow it off to the city car pound which is located miles outside of the city in a not very nice area, and you have to pay on the spot ( I think it's about $250 ) to get your car back. Might solve a few parking problems in Mayfair....😁

[@zazope]

FIRST!!!!!!!

[@baeber]

congratulations 🎊

[@alfredgiovetti]

Non alcoholic, no calorie beer uses synthetic sweeteners that have poisonous chlorine substituted on half the hydrogen atoms on the glucose😢?

[@BabyGrimms]

0 views in 43 seconds - abroad in Japan podcast fell off lol

[@tdolan500]

This was still funny three months ago.

[@baeber]

​@tdolan500 ngl this was never funny