I don't have that much... oh wait yeah I do...
About 18...
And then my cash card and license so around 20
Hey guys and girls on ask Japanese. Today we're gonna hit the streets and
ask Japanese girls what's inside their wallet.
I heard they are usually cramped with a lot of stuff.
So let's find out if that's true and Ask Japanese.
We are trying to find out if a rumor is true. It's said that the wallets of Japanese girls
are the most stuffed in the world.
How full is your wallet?
Show us please!
My wallet?
I wanted to carry a small bag, so....
I put everything into a card case...
So your wallet will be small today
That's it. - That's tiny.
It only contains a little money and my credit card.
It's so small. Can I hold it?
Mini!
That's the opposite of what we've expected. How many cards and receipts are in there?
My student pass, a credit card and a ticket for my bike parking.
That's it.
Only three things.
How about you?
I am carrying a normal wallet but...
Shall I take it out? - If you could that would be great.
What's a "normal" wallet?
It's normal.
I don't have that much today... oh no it's actually quite full.
I have purikura pictures, receipts,
I know I need to take the pictures out, but I tend to leave them in there.
Can I see the pictures you have?
About that much. - That's A LOT of pictures.
About this much.
I am getting flustered.
These are the ones I carry.
But I never take them out.
But once I put them in I leave them there.
Why do you leave them there?
There is no chance if they are in there or not.
I have never felt bothered by that.
Can I weight how heavy it is?
This is HEAVY.
Very heavy.
It's also quite thick.
Calculating it up, how many cards, receipts and such are in there?
Well cards...
I filled up all spaces.
All slots are filled.
I also have money in there. I don't keep many receipts.
Those you do take out? - I do.
But purikura... - I keep in there. I wonder why.
You wanna keep the memories wherever you go?
MAYBE that's why. - Maybe she says.
Please compare it to my wallet.
Is this like the Japanese wallet we talked about or is this foreign?
This looks like its filled like a Japanese wallet.
I checked the weight of your wallet. Check mine.
I think they are about the same.
This one is heavy.
Mine is pretty heavy...
You have small change too...
I think they are about the same.
Very much like a Japanese wallet.
You said it's similar but doesn't this look like it's bursting?
Things seem to leap out.
It's Sailor Moon themed.
It is. Don't you carry any membership cards?
I do but not that many.
Even if I don't use them, I put them in and carry them around.
Because I might use them one day. - Just in case.
Exactly. - I get you girl!
I have cards that I haven't used in a year.
And then they have expired.
Happens to me all the time. "Shoot it's expired!"
I have that a lot. - Me too.
We are the same.
It is said Japanese girl's wallets are so full.
People say that but how about you? - Mine is like that.
Mine is not that stuffed.
Let's take them all out. Let's see who has the worst one.
3...2...1.....
Oh I expected it to be even fuller.
There are many unnecessary things in here. - Such as
Receipts but also Japanese paper fortunes....
I always feel like I can't throw a fortune slip away.
I have a lot of fortune slips in here.
How many do you have there. That's a lot.
3...4...
It looks like a mix of fortune slips and purikura.
You got 3 and.... WHAT is that HUGE thing there?
It's a talisman.
What does it protect you from? Oh we're throwing fortune slips now...
You have about 3..4...5..6.. 7 slips there?
All of them are "best luck" I swear to you.
Best luck? - Yes.
That's why I need to keep them and they pile up.
Good luck I can't tie to a tree.
Yes in Japan a good luck fortune slip shouldn't go on a tree.
We have to carry those with us...
Instead of keeping them at home, I believe carrying them is better fortune.
So it's stuffed.
You are such a lucky girl. - I also have a lot of cards here.
How many cards? - I reduced them a lot.
A friend of mine helped me reduce the cards.
How many did you have before?
I had 30 in my old wallet. - Wow that's a lot.
(counting)
18 plus money and my driver's licence so about 20 cards in here.
Around 20 - I have half of her amount.
Your wallet is bigger but you have less cards. - yes.
MINE is tidy!
Are there any old or funny receipts?
I have negishi. - What is that?
That's from earlier today.
Food? - We went to a beef tongue place called Negishi.
You are keeping receipts and you? - I throw them out right away.
Let's check the thickness.
Mine's Thiccc
Yours is super thick.
I am like 3 times her amount.
So is my wallet what you expect a foreigner to carry or a Japanese woman?
Here we go.
Ta-da
Wow that's filled like a Japanese wallet.
So stuffed!
My old wallet was like that!
The middle of it was bending out.
Becoming more like a gummi ball.
That's mine.
What do you have to put in there to get it like that???
Well... - It's probably cards...
I have a lot of receipts there. - Check out the receipts she has!
I don't carry as much. I only have about this much here.
That's it. - I only carry normal things.
This one doesn't look like much but this one here does look like it.
That's already been reduced lots.
It's reduced? Are you sure?
These are the bear necessities.
What card in there is the most important apart from your cash card?
The Family Mart point card.
I don't collect points.
So my licence is important.
and my insurance.
How many cards do you have in total?
Only seven to eight.
I have about 20 cards in there.
That's so much.
You carry a lot! - I do.
Which card do you use the least?
That must be this one here. I don't use it.
I got it at some Keioh store.
What is it for? - Collecting points.
But I have never collected their points.
But you got them to make it for you? - And it's of absolutely no use.
Is it hard to turn people down who want to make you a card?
I do turn them down.
But you still have 20 cards?
Well yeah.
Any times when those cards came in handy?
I once was super glad. I once had no money.
And I used the assembled points to support my life at the time.
I was so grateful
Did that happen to you recently? - I used points to pay for my food yes.
But I first have to search stores where I can use those points.
What was good?
I just went to a beef bowl place.
I went to fast food restaurants like that and used the points to get meals.
You survived on your points. - I am alive.
I don't carry many cards anymore, but I used to do that.
How many did you carry?
At least 10 cards.
10 cards, how about you?
About 10 too.
Let's see how big your wallets are.
That's it. - That's small.
It only contains my cash card and money.
It's so small. - Credit card and train card...
And my drivers license.
Only 3! How about you?
I don't have many either (counts)
8 cards
Your wallets are not big at all.
I am a bit surprised.
In Japan "mini wallets" are trendy right now.
People use those. Also we can collect points on apps now.
I came to Japan and was surprised to ...
receive so many membership cards.
My wallet is totally thiccc and overstuffed with them.
So we are asking everyone else to tell us too.
How many cards do you carry?
So many that I can't count them all.
Same there.
Please show me.
Wait yours is small
Your wallets look alike!
Are these the popular mini wallets I heard about?
When changing handbags, we often want to use a smaller handbag.
Those long wallets won't fit in some handbags. these do.
Do all your membership cards fit in here?
They don't really fit in here. - Looks it.
So where are your membership cards. - In my membership card wallet!
You have a wallet JUST for your membership cards?
Yes this one only contains cards. That one contains the money.
This one has money, change, and cash card.
This one is for collecting points.
How many are in there?
(counting)
About 20 membership cards.
That's a nice collection.
What did you do with your membership cards?
I thought I might not use them today and left them at home.
But then won't you miss them when you end up going to a store anyways?
That happens to me a lot.
Which card are you glad you got?
And which card do you not need?
I like the Tapioca milk tea point cards. Once they are full you get a free drink.
I used them a lot.
I am glad I got them.
But cards from makeup stores in department stores, I never use.
They're useless.
The points won't add up.
I don't use cards of stores that I just visited for a try-out.
Even if they give me their cards, I know I won't come back.
I don't need those.
What are your most and least used cards?
I use this the most!
D-points? - Yes those.
I can use those at Mc Donald's ...
and also at drugstores and so on.
What is the worst card?
This here.
It's from a drug store I just walked in.
I have only used it once.
Was it hard to turn the staff down when they offered you the card?
They said I need to make it or I can't buy it.
What that's a thing?
When staff asks you to make membership cards, do you turn it down...
Or do you accept it?
When they ask me, I say yes in general.
You're the type who gets a card just in case. - I am.
Cause you might use it in the future? - Yes.
How many receipts do you generally carry? - Too many.
I receive them with my cash and just whack them in.
I have collected too many already.
Right now it's 5.
I throw them in and then throw them away once the wallet is too full.
Those were all questions. Thank you.
Japanese girls having thick wallets full with cards...
apparently not anymore. I seem to have beaten everyone with the size of my wallet.
That makes me feel like... I should sort that out some time in the future.
Recently it seems that lots of point cards become digital so you actually
just have to have an app on your phone with which you can collect points
Which is good cause you can't have left them at home.
At the same time also LINE which is an app that many use to message each other
started doing a point system as well. So in your messages
you have a pop up with "you have collected a stamp from..."
Godiva or your local cafe. So quit a lot of cafes and stuff are taking part
in using the line app in order to give some kind of customer rewards out.
Also small wallets seem to be in fashion right now here in Japan.
Only taking the minimum with you seems to be the thing and the rest
is either on your phone, or you leave it at home or
in a separate wallet.
How is that for you guys? I think one of the reasons why the wallets used to be so big in Japan
is that pretty much every place has a points card.
I don't know why but pretty much every store, every cafe,
every convenience store has some sort of points card.
And if you don't say no you get a lot of them in a very short time.
Within the first half year in Japan my wallet took the damage for that.
How is that in your country? Let me know.
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