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if japanese people are honest
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as many of you know i've been living in
japan for quite some time and one of the
things that people often ask me is
why do i live in japan and aside from
food
one of the things that i deeply
appreciate is how safe japan is
and how generally honest people are but
it's hard to explain without showing you
so
i wanted to make this fun little video
let me just say though that these are
one-off examples
not every single experience is going to
be like this
and most importantly this is simply just
for entertainment purposes
don't try some of these things yourself
and expect the same results
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let's see how honest japanese people are
so i'm here in one of the busiest places
in tokyo shibuya scramble crossing
and i wanted to show you what happens
when you drop your wall
so i got mine right here so here's the
setup at the crossing
and here's my super duper bright green
wallet and to make it interesting here's
the japanese
100 us dollar equivalent 10 000 yen
going inside
we'll be zooming into this area and here
we go with the first attempt
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boom the fumbled wallet drop japanese
person quickly spots it and goes after
me for the return
and there you go life back to normal all
right that was easy so i just got my
wallet back
and the 10 000 yen is still here
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so this one is quite interesting what
you'll find in tokyo and many parts of
japan is that a lot of people will take
their belongings and use it to hold
their seat sometimes even using their
valuables
so today i've got my iphone and macbook
to hold
my seat let's see what happens
so here we go iphone and macbook on the
table for everyone to see
easily worth over a thousand dollars
initial setup complete now let's go get
my drink
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nice looks like it's still here after a
few minutes
i'll have a quick drink open up my
laptop so it's even more visible
now let's try a little bit longer
speed up the time
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valuables and drink holding steady
while we're waiting for someone to steal
my computer i wanted to mention
during the wallet drop in 2019 in tokyo
alone there were about 4.5 million items
turned into the lost and found while
only
1 million people reported that they lost
an item meaning there's a lot of honest
people in tokyo
as well as a lot of unclaimed items
sitting in the lost and found
oh and in japan if someone turns in
money to the police the person by law
has a right to demand
five to twenty percent of the money from
the owner whose money was returned
but apparently almost no one ever claims
it that's honesty without reward
anyway time to get back to my seat
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and there you go in just under 18
minutes and my valuables are still there
that's a relief on to the next example
have you ever wondered what it'd be like
to leave your bike unlocked in the
middle of the city
let's go find out so here's the setup
plenty of bikes parked on the side of
the street
all locked up and this is your standard
busy street in tokyo during the middle
of the day
and look there's even a locked bike
parked at the railing
okay here we go park my bike like this
i'll leave the bike lock on the basket
so it's obvious that the bike is
unlocked
and now let's see what happens
fast forward a bit
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looks like no one's interested at all
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maybe you should have had a more
expensive bike
while we wait for a thief let me share
some information with you
in 2020 japan had 120 797
stolen bikes reported while in tokyo
alone there were 31
937 bikes stolen making it the number
one reported crime in japan year over
year
unfortunately the police were only able
to catch 7.9 percent of the thieves so
i'm hoping today i don't become part of
that statistic
oh well there you go more than 16
minutes later and the bike is still here
could have done the test for a little
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so just in the middle of the city the
honor system
is still alive and well let me just show
you around this corner
so just right here as you can see they
have farm fresh vegetables
and there's no one here attending this
place basically you have to pay on the
honor system
looks like one five and 10 yen coins are
not accepted here
but at least they've got some fresh
vegetables at the stand let me show you
how it all works
select five veggie bust out a coin
and deposit my money there you go it's
as easy as that
so i've saved the best for last this is
one of my favorite spots that i just
recently discovered
it's a 24-hour self-service and beer
shop in a bisu that serves
beer on draft let me show you
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so they do have food in merch but we're
here for the beer
luckily they accept all sorts of payment
types
grab a cup
i can use qr code or just pay with a
credit card
so i got my cup time to pour the beer
now pour an honest beer
how many of you could do this at 2 am in
the morning
there you go i've just poured the
perfect beer and like i said earlier the
best part about this place
is that it's 24 7. so you can come here
at 2 a.m in the morning
3 a.m you can come here whatever time
you want and they have a draft beer
ready to go and it's all on the honor
system
how awesome is that so what did you
think of these examples how does it
compare to your country
again these examples were just for fun
and to be completely honest
i have had my bike stolen here long long
time ago i left it unlocked at my
shibuya apartment parking garage and
over the night it was stolen so always
use your best judgment before you decide
to do something like leave your
valuables unattended
at a table at the same time i personally
dropped my wallet on the street or left
it on the train
and it has been returned to me so go
figure so i hope you enjoyed this video
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in the next one