It should be, but some people think the world (and everything and everyone in it) exists to amuse them. And, based on this man's age, disrespect and selfishness knows no age.
@@saldiven2009 youtube deleted my comment saying its because of individ ualist societies but ok then. Apparently racial slurs are okay for youtube, but saying the us is individua list is not.
WHO TF SCRATCHES THEIR NAME ON A TORI GATE?!?! That's like scratching your name on a cross! Just because it's not your religion doesn't mean it's ok to disrespect it. Basic human decency really isn't that hard.
Well one should think it shouldnt be hars to have some respect but for that people have to think and understand and that is the Problem. It is all about them
Japan Penal Code article 188. Article 188(1)A person who openly desecrates a shrine, temple, cemetery or any other place of worship is punished by imprisonment or imprisonment without work for not more than 6 months or a fine of not more than 100,000 yen. Japan has the laws (though it should be updated to increase the fine with at least two more zeros), they just need to start enforcing them.
Carving names into a shrine? What a bizarre thing for a man in his 60s to do. It's obviously very disrespectful, but I'm really just in shock of how odd that behaviour is for an adult human being.
Sadly I am not shocked it hapoens too often, add it to a long list of ancient and protected sites people did this to... including the Colessuem in Rome, Stonehenge, Pompeii ruins, ancient cave paintings, the Vatican, wailing wall. And everytime the tourist acts dumb like they didn't realise they damaged a priceless artefact, like no clue mo idea of the consequences. Like your on a tour being told about this priceless heritage, about the efforts to conserve it.. and their brains dead thought is to sneak off and carve their initials.
@@boxhead6177 It is the woke culture. They have this hidden agenda of destroying historical relics. Look how many historical statues were defaced or taken down in the US.
The worst case scenario is that they outright start banning tourists near the shrines. I would absolutely hate it, but begrudgingly, I wouldn't blame them.
Well that's already a case. In Tokyo, there are many little private shrines where you simply are not allowed to go. I don't know if everywhere, but I'm not sure I've been in a place where public was not able to visit a graveyard (famous or not)
Wow... This year I have been to vacation in Italy. Visited Pompei. Magnificent antique town. The guide told us that a dutch tourist did graffiti on an original antique wall painting in one of the old houses or whatever I don't remember. Some people really need to be made an example of for vandalizing historical site. Disgusted doesn't even describe how I feel towards these people.
also Jake Paul has built his boxing record entirely on beating retired and old athletes👍 maybe just one time he fought an under 30 guy and he lost to him in fact
As an American, I feel so ashamed of Americans who think they can do whatever they want to do, or just don't think at all. I will be glad if you put him in Jail for the full term. I am so sorry, please know that we Americans are not all like this.
I like how the way you word this, it feels like this is a common theme when its rarely the americans causing the issue. its just america always seems to be the front of the internet so wrong doings are harder to hide
I dont think the Japanese owner is racist. Some Chinese tourists are very rude to service industry staff. Apparently it is very common in mainland China. Hopefully over time they adjust lol. There is hope for them
Chinese tourists (I'm generalising here) can be rather rude. I find they're a different sort of a rude compared to western tourists. I don't know about other people but I constantly have Chinese tourists walk in front of photos I'm attempting to take or push me out of the way. Maybe they just don't like white people or think all white people are American...
She really could be talking about china the country, not chinese the race. We have mainland Chinese that would litter(even opening window of the car and just dump stuff) out) People realize its a cultural thing, she could be totally different if they looked chinese but spoke english say. Mainland Chinese tourist's can have a bad reputation, just like what used to be called "ugly Americans" and some as some time ago, US tourists resorting to putting Canadian flags on their backpacks. Same thing, different time.
chinese and japanese are SAME race. its like french and germans. sometime they dont like each other but its not racist. Only white people like to point finger at other people calling them a racist but the fact is they are the racist one.
Yeah I've been in Japan a few times... you can see chinese tourists from miles away... It's so jarring... when you have these japanese humble people and those asian arrogant tourists. (I mean western tourists are arrogant too of course, but that's somehow expected)
Take his passport, it's the only way. That's a law that needs to be on the books in every country. A passport is not a legal right, it is a privilege and is revokable.
To the tall letter writer: I highly recommend bringing your own slippers to use during your trip unless you're fine with using ones half the size of your feet lmao
Can confirm. The ryokan I stayed at in Jozankei thankfully had slippers in my size (American size 13) when I asked for bigger ones, but it wasn’t the case anywhere else I stayed.
The stupidest thing is that apparently the shrine guy scratched 5 letters into the gate and his last name is Hayes. Take a guess what the 5 letters were.
Chris, as an American who has been to Japan several times on business over the years, I am appalled by the behavior discussed here. I always approach my visits with reverence and could never dream of defacing these beautiful landmarks.
I appreciate that this is a national scandal. Just be grateful that an American tourist scratching a name on something is still a shocking crime.Ive lived in places where crime genuinely was terrible so I understand your perspective, but to me it's a very minor event.
When you first enter the country you have to fill out a form card of where you’re staying, like the hotel or air bnb. It’s very possible they looked through the cctv at the airport and matched it with the footage at the torii, and confronted him at the hotel.
Providing they had a good CCTV at the shrine that captured a decent image it would have been easy to ID him. You are photographed and have finger prints taken at immigration. As you say you also fill out a card with your address in Japan. Run some facial recognition software and Bingo!
It's surprisingly easy for law enforcement to locate a foreign tourist in Japan. Tourists have their faces, passports and finger scanned when they enter Japan. When you visit most hotels in Japan they scan your passport and sent it back overnight to the relevant government authority. Then if you commit a crime and caught on CCTV, the relevant law enforcement agencies will use AI to scan the face of the person caught on CCTV and match it with the information collected at the border e.g. airport. Then they will be able to track down where the tourist is staying when their accommodation sends through their passport info. Alternatively law enforcement with catch-up with them when the tourist leaves the country. I've heard recently people complain why hotels in Japan scan tourists passports, and it's for this very reason....
They pretty much already are and always were If Japan was not reliant on tourism for money in many places, I bet Japan would ban all foreigners , but with the way Japan is going there most likely going to end up more and more reliant on foreigners.
Yukata are cleverly designed so that they have convenient pockets created in the sleeves. After you’ve been traveling, and after a bath, it’s natural to want something refreshing. So I think it’s lovely for the ryokan maid offering newly arrived guests some oranges to eat before or after their bath. It’s also possible that she intending her new guests to put the oranges into the bath. That’s a delightful winter custom in Japan!
Idk which company this was but talking about our own history in Germany is actually a massive part of education. We dedicate a lot of time to it and it's massively important to us
I have been a tourist in a few countries and I nave never defaced anything. But, the last time I went to Paris, there were high end boutiques that would not allow Americans. Oddly enough same day people thought I was French and asked me for directions. Not making friends with an opponent is a good idea. I did a kicboxing match in NYC and as we're getting in the cage the girl I fought said she loved getting hit, especially in the face, in an S&M kinda way. 3 demo rounds and a broken nose later I lost the decision by 1 point. Headspace matters.
The way Chris says "hmmmmmm" after some things Pete says makes me think like he's been in Japan so long he wants to say "so desu ne," but replaces it with "hmmmmmm..."
I also blew out my shoulder watching the fight! But it was just because I'm disabled and had to squeeze onto a tiny couch with both parents, two dogs, and my sister to watch on a laptop because my mother was genuinely excited for the Tyson/Paul fight ("to see the best boxer punch Jake in the face"). But I totally agree that it was overrated and overblown.
Tyson was bought off. He didn't fight, he just walked around and let Jake tap him a few times for points. It was the most pitiful match I've ever seen.
Tyson was trying best he could. He is almost 60 with health issues. Jake took it extremely light on him and anyone that thought Tyson could win is delusional.
@@cobber1303many people did believe Tyson will win, if he wins, prove that experience is better than youth but then again, Tyson become wiser, money and fame is only at 1 point of time. Family and friends is eternal. Health is also eternal
I live three years in Japan back in the 80s… And I remember thinking at the festivals and the shrines and temples at night how a few vandals could ruin everything… That a quick knife in the single individual’s hand could end centuries of paper lamps and quiet, open shrine and tempo compounds. It’s such a tenuous link to the past that has endured for hundreds of years… A testament to the national spirit.
Just want to add that in Germany we learn about World War 2, Germany's role in it and the atrocities that were commited here extensively in history class. I think it was the topic for more than an entire year.
I have always been impressed with how Germany has dealt with educating the young about the horrors of the Nazi regime and WW2. The large number of memorials etc commemorating tragic events is also impressive. Unfortunately the Japanese choose to simply ignore the “difficult” parts of their history. I was stunned to learn recently that most young Japanese had never heard of Pearl Harbor.
@@Stephen-up3sd The way Germany has dealt with the National Socialist era makes it the exception to the rule. Most countries, like Japan, are not going to engage in the same level of historical deconstruction. It is important to add that Germany was obliged to make such a drastic effort to rebuild relations as a matter of national survival whereas Japan is isolated from most of Asia and did not need to do the same thing.
What I don't understand is, are people defacing these shrines in broad daylight? Are there other tourists there? Why does no one say anything to them and stop them? I bloody would, I'd give them a right mouthful
I always say you don't act out in foreign countries. You don't know the laws there or how they will take the offense. Japan needs to bring back "canning" and then ban the offender from the country.
20:41 Being someone who grew up in Australia (born late 90's) it seemed like the only history we learned about at school were the atrocities committed by English settlers and proceeding Australian generations..
That's so interesting. I was born late 80s and I remember Australian history barely touching on that other than Botany Bay and mainly focussing on the world wars.
This seems odd. If you're born in the late nineties then I think the National Australian Curriculum should've come into play sometime when you were in highschool. And there's certainly more in there than just colonisation. I was born around the same time and found that colonisation was a fairly small part of the curriculum, and certainly didn't give any detail on the atrocities that took place. I wish we had more focus on it, it really is important to understand.
@@espeka1207 interesting to hear differing experiences from fellow Australians - it may have felt like more to me, as almost all of our English reading material was also directly about / related to colonialism and or the atrocities committed (particularly in WA, as that’s where I was).
In the Italian/Austrian Alps there are loads of mountain huts, which sometimes have tables outside that are basically made of half of a tree trunk. And it‘s like a „tradition“ that people carve their names on those tables… I never got around that thought. Like whyyyy would you do that??? The table is beautiful, don‘t ruin it?! It‘s horrible what a lot of people feel entitled to… 😫
Weird story. On my first day in Tokyo, we stumbled across Yasukuni Shrine on our way around the city. We had no idea it was there and it was the first shrine we had seen, so went in with great enthusiasm. Just happily looking around, clueless of the grim and serious nature of the place. Only realised it was after some Wikipedia-ing the next day. Still have complex feelings about that.
I’m only 6ft 5”! Unit baths - you won’t fit, Unit showers - you will need to crouch - other than that the only problems I encountered were that the Yukatas provided at onsens and ryokans won’t fit and neither will the indoor sandals provided. I got round this by bringing my own sandals and having a bespoke Yukata made in Thailand. The locals were very impressed by this! You will attract a certain amount of attention, but this was only in a positive way in my experience!
I am a tour guide in Tokyo and I have to say actually the older age tourists are most of the time the least reasonable, mansplain and think they are owed the world. They are also the ones I have repeatedly trouble with trying to get cash back through lying about the tour and me and causing trouble for me.
@@TheManiacZone No they are not but there i this weird thing where the husband in a family usually feels the urge to show off even though you literally have a guide and they are actually doubting your information and if you offer facts, they mansplain to show off. The woman are the sneaky ones that smile in your face and then you hear from your company they talked shit about you
@@CuteVidoll thats not called mansplaining, mansplaining means the man was correct but the woman hated that it was a man was correct so to make him look lesser they call it mansplaining. He in this point was just incorrect and uninformed. If you think differently then thats just you womansplaining.
For off the beaten path, go to Oboke Iya Valley, there is a very nice Kazura-bridge and Nagoro village. There is a local guide than than organize the day trip.
It's why their government had to print out booklets of what not to do, and give it on the plane ride. Does it help? Kinda hard to tell with their terrible economy as they're more worried on how to feed themselves.
@@EmeraldMara85Out of every necessity from health to housing, you happened to mention the only one that China has the least worries of lol. Chinese street food is insanely cheap even for Chinese standards.
@@aoli8142 To explain this, because of the property crash, a lot of jobs are cancelled. No jobs = no cash = no food. Understand? Quite a lot of factories and companies also shut down and the government isn't helping much...
I’ll provide you a story about the good tourists and what we do. My wife and I were in Japan in Aug.-Sept. and while we were in Miyajima looking at the Torii Gate, as we left the beach I began picking up trash (discarded bottles, a lost shoe, wrappers, etc.), and I took them to the rubbish and recycling. P.S. we also went to Aomori and every single person we told that we had gone asked us why in great disbelief. We enjoyed our time, though!
Yes I noticed garbage in heavy tourist area's too, I was in Miyajima almost week ago. I usually travel to lesser known parts of Japan and no garbage on the streets in those area's. Ideally there should be garbage bins in tourist hot spots to avoid garbage getting into the environment and in Miyajima it's hard to locate a garbage bin. I was actually just thinking JNTO should enforce all incoming international flights etc to play a short video on etiquette in Japan, it may go someway to improving tourist behavior. At the moment there are many tourists entering the country that don't bother to learn local etiquette etc before their trip. If Japan wants well behaved tourists then unfortunately they need to put the effort into education. Other countries face worse tourist problems than Japan...
@@MrMorjo Ill tell you right now, its not western tourist leaving trash everywhere. Its the Chinese that come in swarm like tour groups destroying everything in their path.
I started watching Garth Marenghi's Darkplace recently. Does anyone else think Chris looks and sounds kinda like Garth Marenghi? Put a pair of giant 80s glasses and a mullet on Chris and he would be a dead ringer.
its no wonder Japan is getting tired of tourist behavior. You get people like the one that did that. Can't blame Japan for getting sick of that kind of behavior. Why can't people respect Japanese culture? why is it so darn hard for them to do one simple thing?
An off the beaten path suggestion for Miyazaki would be Takachiho Gorge. Located in the North West of the prefecture, it's tied deeply to the legends of Shintoism as the place where Amaterasu locked herself away in a cave for a couple hundred years. September would still be 30+ degrees everyday there isn't a typhoon though, and you very much need a car to get around Miyazaki effectively.
When people ask me about getting away from the main tourist spots, I always recommend anywhere in Shikoku. It's still the undiscovered gem for people who want to see Japan and not be around a shitload of tourists.
Most of Japan is off the beaten tourist path. I was driving around Kyushu last week and most of the time I was the only foreigner. Most tourists stick to one part of Honshu from Hiroshima to Tokyo e.g. the golden route. I find the best experiences I've had in Japan have been outside of tourist hot spots, and that goes for any country in the world.
to the question from the tall dude. iam 2.15m (7ft) and had no problems in japan. but keep your head down when entering trains and always keep an eye one the ceiling when you are underground on the way to your train
As an American, this is just embarrassing. We are not all like that and idiots that keep doing this moronic BS are going to ruin it for people that actually have some respect. SMH
the way you say it makes it seem like this is a consistant thing with america when in reality it isnt. johnny, jake and this old man over the many many years that we know of. while constant chinese, and koreans constantly ruin tourism is a bigger problem. Yes it is embarressing but dont make it seem like America will be the cause of no tourism when its not
You realize that they would not just flat out say that on a podcast … if they can’t prove it. And would demolish credibility and any future relationships . It’s playing it safe
In Germany we had the retired boxer Regina Halmich fight retired TV host Stefan Raab. They had two other matches before, when he was active. She always won.
I boxed as amateur in my late teens and early 20's, now at 53 I'd never get back in the ring and hope to any where I was at that age. The problem with the run up to the Tyson/Jake fight was people expected Mike to fight like he did back in his boxing days. Unfortunately Father Time catches up with us all, and that showed with Mike in the fight. Mike has had health issues such as sciatica and that can be debilitating, something I know as I got it a couple of years ago. So now everyone is disappointed that Tyson was unable to flatten Fake Paul...
"Don't go to Aoshima, go somewhere like Miyazaki". It's nice to know Japan Geoguesser master Chris Broad is fallible. I'd agree Kagoshima is worth a visit, and the fact it's reachable by Shinkansen is a bonus, but there's very little to do in Miyazaki (aside from visit Aoshima). Off the beaten path (at least when it comes to cities) can also be pretty boring.
Pete should have known that the Tyson/Paul fight would be a work given how familiar he is with pro wrestling. Logan's doing the exact same heel character except at least you know it's kayfabe and therefore somehow more honest.
I think tanuki showing off their "assets" in statues and in paintings is good old fashioned sex humour. I mean, there are old paintings of tanuki using their gonads to do various things like catch fish (like a fishnet) Sex humour seems like a universal human thing. Unless there is some kind of religious oppression, every culture had some kind of sex humour.
There's been a lot of situations of Chinese tourists being extremely rude to Japanese people like shouting at them and making a scene. China has indoctrinated their people to hate Japanese people and walk on the Japanese flag and hurt people who even have Japanese clothing or food in china. It's really unfortunate. So I think the ryokan lady was kinda worried about that. To be clear, Chinese people are lovely, but ccp is the issue here. Also this is based on historical things that japan did to Chinese people a long time ago (which I'm not an expert in that stuff, but it was bad too).
Ugly stereotypes exist sadly and the only way to beat it is to have the community out the people within that community perpetuating that ugly stereotype. Otherwise, the stereotype will really stick
Well i would have loved to go to japan one day but at this point it would probably be best if they stopped tourism from america, or at least put heavy restrictions on it
Off the beaten track in Japan is easy to find. Just go to any well known tourist haunt and get on a bus or train going to anywhere not mentioned in a guide book. Sometimes the destination will be shit. Sometimes it will be the high point of your journey. OTBT holds no certainties!
never been to Japan but my son has lived there for a few years now. I am first time grandmother as he and his wife just had a little girl. I guess one day I will visit her in Japan one day. A passport helps
I have a trip planned to go to Japan next year, and at the rate these assholes are going, being rude and disrespectful, I'm not gonna even be allowed to leave my hotel. They're going to ban tourists from going anywhere.
It's surprisingly easy for law enforcement to locate a foreign tourist in Japan. Tourists have their faces, passports and finger scanned when they enter Japan. When you visit most hotels in Japan they scan your passport and sent it back overnight to the relevant government authority. Then if you commit a crime and caught on CCTV, the relevant law enforcement agencies will use AI to scan the face of the person caught on CCTV and match it with the information collected at the border e.g. airport. Then they will be able to track down where the tourist is staying when their accommodation sends through their passport info. Alternatively law enforcement with catch-up with them when the tourist leaves the country. I've heard recently people complain why hotels in Japan scan tourists passports, and it's for this very reason....
German schools very much do teach about the 3rd Reich and everyone knows what Germany did in that time. Older companies sadly often worked alongside the nazis and would do well to acknowledge that...
Given the huge amount of violent crime against Japanese expats living in China that is never addressed by the authorities because it is literally encouraged from Primary School and especially the recent killing of a 10 year old Japanese boy, simply for being Japanese that has not received any justice, you can't blame that lady for not holding the Chinese in high esteem.
An amazing place. I was so close to visiting it one point. I had a stint with modeling and in 2015 I was in contact with Capcom about the role of Leon for the Resident Evil 2 Remake. I failed to mention I also have a voice acting background, in the end I lost the part and I can't forgive myself for wasting such an opportunity to visit this Japan... Great channel!
IIRC you can have your name on toori gate, most of toori in Fushimi Inari were donated with the name of donateurs on them. But they usually companies for good luck because it cost thousands of dollar for one
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You know, it's pretty easy to go your entire day without defacing other people's property.....
"But we're cool dudes!"
It should be, but some people think the world (and everything and everyone in it) exists to amuse them. And, based on this man's age, disrespect and selfishness knows no age.
@@fattiger6957its the bane of individualist societies, more self expression at the cost of these people
Yeah, seriously. Dear God why does this keep on happening, to Jalan of all places.
@@saldiven2009 youtube deleted my comment saying its because of individ ualist societies but ok then. Apparently racial slurs are okay for youtube, but saying the us is individua list is not.
WHO TF SCRATCHES THEIR NAME ON A TORI GATE?!?! That's like scratching your name on a cross! Just because it's not your religion doesn't mean it's ok to disrespect it. Basic human decency really isn't that hard.
The Japanese should scratch a name on his face.
Well one should think it shouldnt be hars to have some respect but for that people have to think and understand and that is the Problem. It is all about them
Japan Penal Code article 188.
Article 188(1)A person who openly desecrates a shrine, temple, cemetery or any other place of worship is punished by imprisonment or imprisonment without work for not more than 6 months or a fine of not more than 100,000 yen.
Japan has the laws (though it should be updated to increase the fine with at least two more zeros), they just need to start enforcing them.
I think they don't want to deal with an American any further at that point
100,000? Oh it's yen... These zeros are meaningless...
100000 yen?! That's like a whole dollar!!
For anyone too lazy to use google, that's about $647 usd.
@@Matthew_Y Too low, if you ask me.
Carving names into a shrine? What a bizarre thing for a man in his 60s to do. It's obviously very disrespectful, but I'm really just in shock of how odd that behaviour is for an adult human being.
Being a dbag isn't reserved for the young. This guy was probably a dbag back in the 70s and 80s and was never corrected.
Sadly I am not shocked it hapoens too often, add it to a long list of ancient and protected sites people did this to... including the Colessuem in Rome, Stonehenge, Pompeii ruins, ancient cave paintings, the Vatican, wailing wall.
And everytime the tourist acts dumb like they didn't realise they damaged a priceless artefact, like no clue mo idea of the consequences. Like your on a tour being told about this priceless heritage, about the efforts to conserve it.. and their brains dead thought is to sneak off and carve their initials.
@@boxhead6177 It is the woke culture. They have this hidden agenda of destroying historical relics. Look how many historical statues were defaced or taken down in the US.
Theres nothing on earth so entitled as the American boomer
and its brand new!! the 100 year old gate was replaced in 2022.
no they dont replace every few years . may be every few 100 years. or 1000 years.
“At some point someone will be a dickhead” truer words have not been spoken
The worst case scenario is that they outright start banning tourists near the shrines. I would absolutely hate it, but begrudgingly, I wouldn't blame them.
same here. Im supposed to be going to Japan in 2026 and it would be a complete let down if Japan starts doing restrictions. I love Japan.
Well that's already a case. In Tokyo, there are many little private shrines where you simply are not allowed to go. I don't know if everywhere, but I'm not sure I've been in a place where public was not able to visit a graveyard (famous or not)
agree
Wow... This year I have been to vacation in Italy. Visited Pompei. Magnificent antique town. The guide told us that a dutch tourist did graffiti on an original antique wall painting in one of the old houses or whatever I don't remember.
Some people really need to be made an example of for vandalizing historical site. Disgusted doesn't even describe how I feel towards these people.
also Jake Paul has built his boxing record entirely on beating retired and old athletes👍 maybe just one time he fought an under 30 guy and he lost to him in fact
He's never fought a real fight. Let's see him try to fight someone defending a title.
never.hes only doing it for attention and view numbers
Great timing on the ancestral guilt talk, we just had a massive walk to Parliament over here in New Zealand
As an American, I feel so ashamed of Americans who think they can do whatever they want to do, or just don't think at all. I will be glad if you put him in Jail for the full term. I am so sorry, please know that we Americans are not all like this.
I like how the way you word this, it feels like this is a common theme when its rarely the americans causing the issue. its just america always seems to be the front of the internet so wrong doings are harder to hide
I dont think the Japanese owner is racist. Some Chinese tourists are very rude to service industry staff. Apparently it is very common in mainland China. Hopefully over time they adjust lol. There is hope for them
Chinese tourists (I'm generalising here) can be rather rude. I find they're a different sort of a rude compared to western tourists. I don't know about other people but I constantly have Chinese tourists walk in front of photos I'm attempting to take or push me out of the way. Maybe they just don't like white people or think all white people are American...
She really could be talking about china the country, not chinese the race. We have mainland Chinese that would litter(even opening window of the car and just dump stuff) out) People realize its a cultural thing, she could be totally different if they looked chinese but spoke english say. Mainland Chinese tourist's can have a bad reputation, just like what used to be called "ugly Americans" and some as some time ago, US tourists resorting to putting Canadian flags on their backpacks. Same thing, different time.
chinese and japanese are SAME race.
its like french and germans. sometime they dont like each other but its not racist.
Only white people like to point finger at other people calling them a racist but the fact is they are the racist one.
Yeah I've been in Japan a few times... you can see chinese tourists from miles away... It's so jarring... when you have these japanese humble people and those asian arrogant tourists. (I mean western tourists are arrogant too of course, but that's somehow expected)
Chinese tourists have a strong tendency to be a thoroughly shit experience for everyone around them.
As an American, I can say we disowned that guy.
Americans had been doing disrespectful things in the other countries so much that at this point, disowning might not work now.
Not the worst thing America has left in Japan though...
Time to say I’m Canadian
@@NeilLanwarne but Logan Paul left.
Take his passport, it's the only way. That's a law that needs to be on the books in every country. A passport is not a legal right, it is a privilege and is revokable.
To the tall letter writer: I highly recommend bringing your own slippers to use during your trip unless you're fine with using ones half the size of your feet lmao
Can confirm. The ryokan I stayed at in Jozankei thankfully had slippers in my size (American size 13) when I asked for bigger ones, but it wasn’t the case anywhere else I stayed.
The stupidest thing is that apparently the shrine guy scratched 5 letters into the gate and his last name is Hayes. Take a guess what the 5 letters were.
SPQR + Y
😂😂😂 is he a ninja?
“There was a flash of white light and I was like fooken hell” Mate, tats called a concussion 😂
how about just be respectful no matter where you are. not even in a foreign country.
Thank you and yes! Take care of your home as well as others. I always love the concept of take photos and leave footprints.
Glad to see you feeling better Chris, always look forward to the podcasts and videos
Chris, as an American who has been to Japan several times on business over the years, I am appalled by the behavior discussed here. I always approach my visits with reverence and could never dream of defacing these beautiful landmarks.
I appreciate that this is a national scandal. Just be grateful that an American tourist scratching a name on something is still a shocking crime.Ive lived in places where crime genuinely was terrible so I understand your perspective, but to me it's a very minor event.
When you first enter the country you have to fill out a form card of where you’re staying, like the hotel or air bnb. It’s very possible they looked through the cctv at the airport and matched it with the footage at the torii, and confronted him at the hotel.
Providing they had a good CCTV at the shrine that captured a decent image it would have been easy to ID him. You are photographed and have finger prints taken at immigration. As you say you also fill out a card with your address in Japan. Run some facial recognition software and Bingo!
It's surprisingly easy for law enforcement to locate a foreign tourist in Japan. Tourists have their faces, passports and finger scanned when they enter Japan. When you visit most hotels in Japan they scan your passport and sent it back overnight to the relevant government authority. Then if you commit a crime and caught on CCTV, the relevant law enforcement agencies will use AI to scan the face of the person caught on CCTV and match it with the information collected at the border e.g. airport. Then they will be able to track down where the tourist is staying when their accommodation sends through their passport info. Alternatively law enforcement with catch-up with them when the tourist leaves the country. I've heard recently people complain why hotels in Japan scan tourists passports, and it's for this very reason....
It's a disgrace and I can imagine that the Japanese become more reluctant about tourists.
They pretty much already are and always were
If Japan was not reliant on tourism for money in many places, I bet Japan would ban all foreigners , but with the way Japan is going there most likely going to end up more and more reliant on foreigners.
Honestly, props to them. It is there culture, they can refuse entry if they want, especially if it might get damaged
@@jonbaxter2254 I absolutely agree 👍
Especially American tourists. Imagine if third world tourists did something like this, they would have been banned a long time ago.
I hope cool heads prevail and they do understand there is a bad apple in every sack and most tourists are actually respectful and caring.
Dont break shit that isnt yours is one of the first things you learn as a kid. What the fuck.
I have barely started watching, but this "Where do the elderly hide their fruit" in the description is a little unsettling.
Banana
@@valkyrie-jay That makes it worse.
i wonder where pete hides his bananas
@@valkyrie-jay Is Peter a Japanese elder now??
Yukata are cleverly designed so that they have convenient pockets created in the sleeves. After you’ve been traveling, and after a bath, it’s natural to want something refreshing. So I think it’s lovely for the ryokan maid offering newly arrived guests some oranges to eat before or after their bath. It’s also possible that she intending her new guests to put the oranges into the bath. That’s a delightful winter custom in Japan!
Idk which company this was but talking about our own history in Germany is actually a massive part of education. We dedicate a lot of time to it and it's massively important to us
I mean kinda understandable. no other major power country is gonna let you forget it.
@preemptivefaceplant5277 true but in Japan it's swept under the rug. It's pretty wild
@yusei1996 oh yeah I forgot about that. That they refuse to admit it basicly.
I have been a tourist in a few countries and I nave never defaced anything. But, the last time I went to Paris, there were high end boutiques that would not allow Americans. Oddly enough same day people thought I was French and asked me for directions. Not making friends with an opponent is a good idea. I did a kicboxing match in NYC and as we're getting in the cage the girl I fought said she loved getting hit, especially in the face, in an S&M kinda way. 3 demo rounds and a broken nose later I lost the decision by 1 point. Headspace matters.
The way Chris says "hmmmmmm" after some things Pete says makes me think like he's been in Japan so long he wants to say "so desu ne," but replaces it with "hmmmmmm..."
Please help give this man at least 25 years.
I also blew out my shoulder watching the fight! But it was just because I'm disabled and had to squeeze onto a tiny couch with both parents, two dogs, and my sister to watch on a laptop because my mother was genuinely excited for the Tyson/Paul fight ("to see the best boxer punch Jake in the face"). But I totally agree that it was overrated and overblown.
Cool to see my story included in this weeks episode ✌️.
Keep up the great work you two, love watching the podcast
Tyson was bought off. He didn't fight, he just walked around and let Jake tap him a few times for points. It was the most pitiful match I've ever seen.
he got 50-100 million. He is nearly 60. So why not? What have you expected? Just another scam from a wannabe influencer.
Tyson was trying best he could. He is almost 60 with health issues. Jake took it extremely light on him and anyone that thought Tyson could win is delusional.
BUT...did you see the backstage interview before the fight where Tyson walked away from the camera and you could see him in assless chaps?
@@cobber1303many people did believe Tyson will win, if he wins, prove that experience is better than youth but then again, Tyson become wiser, money and fame is only at 1 point of time. Family and friends is eternal. Health is also eternal
The Stallone version of this matchup was far superior
I live three years in Japan back in the 80s… And I remember thinking at the festivals and the shrines and temples at night how a few vandals could ruin everything… That a quick knife in the single individual’s hand could end centuries of paper lamps and quiet, open shrine and tempo compounds. It’s such a tenuous link to the past that has endured for hundreds of years… A testament to the national spirit.
Why do some people enjoy ruining it for those who travel and respect the cultures they visit, its a real shame
Just want to add that in Germany we learn about World War 2, Germany's role in it and the atrocities that were commited here extensively in history class. I think it was the topic for more than an entire year.
I remember it was a topic every year in the 2000s.
I have always been impressed with how Germany has dealt with educating the young about the horrors of the Nazi regime and WW2. The large number of memorials etc commemorating tragic events is also impressive. Unfortunately the Japanese choose to simply ignore the “difficult” parts of their history. I was stunned to learn recently that most young Japanese had never heard of Pearl Harbor.
@@Stephen-up3sd The way Germany has dealt with the National Socialist era makes it the exception to the rule. Most countries, like Japan, are not going to engage in the same level of historical deconstruction. It is important to add that Germany was obliged to make such a drastic effort to rebuild relations as a matter of national survival whereas Japan is isolated from most of Asia and did not need to do the same thing.
Yeah Germany is famous in self-loathing because of WW2. Kind of the other extreme some say.
Multiple years in my case
What I don't understand is, are people defacing these shrines in broad daylight? Are there other tourists there? Why does no one say anything to them and stop them? I bloody would, I'd give them a right mouthful
I always say you don't act out in foreign countries. You don't know the laws there or how they will take the offense. Japan needs to bring back "canning" and then ban the offender from the country.
The Troubles, slave trade etc were very much a part on my history lessons when I was at school.
the podcast format is quite pleasant. the studio was frikkin awesome though...maybe there will be abroad in Japan media empire!
20:41 Being someone who grew up in Australia (born late 90's) it seemed like the only history we learned about at school were the atrocities committed by English settlers and proceeding Australian generations..
That's so interesting. I was born late 80s and I remember Australian history barely touching on that other than Botany Bay and mainly focussing on the world wars.
This seems odd. If you're born in the late nineties then I think the National Australian Curriculum should've come into play sometime when you were in highschool. And there's certainly more in there than just colonisation.
I was born around the same time and found that colonisation was a fairly small part of the curriculum, and certainly didn't give any detail on the atrocities that took place.
I wish we had more focus on it, it really is important to understand.
@@espeka1207 interesting to hear differing experiences from fellow Australians - it may have felt like more to me, as almost all of our English reading material was also directly about / related to colonialism and or the atrocities committed (particularly in WA, as that’s where I was).
Chris's friend Nick is Nicolas Pettas (sp?)? The chap from ImagiNation? Amazing.
In the Italian/Austrian Alps there are loads of mountain huts, which sometimes have tables outside that are basically made of half of a tree trunk. And it‘s like a „tradition“ that people carve their names on those tables…
I never got around that thought. Like whyyyy would you do that??? The table is beautiful, don‘t ruin it?!
It‘s horrible what a lot of people feel entitled to… 😫
Yeah I really hate this mentality. Why graffiti something beautiful. I find it very disrespectful.
Kagoshima is a must visit from my perspective. Loved it a lot.
Weird story. On my first day in Tokyo, we stumbled across Yasukuni Shrine on our way around the city. We had no idea it was there and it was the first shrine we had seen, so went in with great enthusiasm. Just happily looking around, clueless of the grim and serious nature of the place.
Only realised it was after some Wikipedia-ing the next day. Still have complex feelings about that.
Remember the saying "When in Japan, don't do as the Chinese do"
I think in the 4th round just at the bell ring, Mike threw a left upper cut that missed. Looked like he was gonna kill him haha 😂
I am so ticked off about the Shrine situation, I got steam coming out my ears like Chris' Ramen noodle cup.
I'm 6 foot 8. Taxis are ok, if you take the big ones. Showers are know nada small, and ceilings are low. Bus seats are a problem...
But the baths?
I’m only 6ft 5”! Unit baths - you won’t fit, Unit showers - you will need to crouch - other than that the only problems I encountered were that the Yukatas provided at onsens and ryokans won’t fit and neither will the indoor sandals provided. I got round this by bringing my own sandals and having a bespoke Yukata made in Thailand. The locals were very impressed by this! You will attract a certain amount of attention, but this was only in a positive way in my experience!
I am a tour guide in Tokyo and I have to say actually the older age tourists are most of the time the least reasonable, mansplain and think they are owed the world. They are also the ones I have repeatedly trouble with trying to get cash back through lying about the tour and me and causing trouble for me.
Owed the world.
Sorry for the mansplainin' .;)
"mansplain" but all the women are totally fine lmao
@@TheManiacZone No they are not but there i this weird thing where the husband in a family usually feels the urge to show off even though you literally have a guide and they are actually doubting your information and if you offer facts, they mansplain to show off. The woman are the sneaky ones that smile in your face and then you hear from your company they talked shit about you
@@gagamba9198 i actually wanted to write they own the world but autocorrect on my computer did a thing
@@CuteVidoll thats not called mansplaining, mansplaining means the man was correct but the woman hated that it was a man was correct so to make him look lesser they call it mansplaining. He in this point was just incorrect and uninformed. If you think differently then thats just you womansplaining.
As a foreigner, I tend to have my issues with lashing out at people, foreign objects etc., but I’d never do this to anyone. Especially in Japan.
For off the beaten path, go to Oboke Iya Valley, there is a very nice Kazura-bridge and Nagoro village. There is a local guide than than organize the day trip.
To be fair Chris, many people like myself had many bad experiences with Chinese tourists (probably from Mainland). Rude and no manners. It's so sad.
It's why their government had to print out booklets of what not to do, and give it on the plane ride.
Does it help? Kinda hard to tell with their terrible economy as they're more worried on how to feed themselves.
@@EmeraldMara85Out of every necessity from health to housing, you happened to mention the only one that China has the least worries of lol.
Chinese street food is insanely cheap even for Chinese standards.
@@aoli8142 To explain this, because of the property crash, a lot of jobs are cancelled. No jobs = no cash = no food. Understand?
Quite a lot of factories and companies also shut down and the government isn't helping much...
I’ll provide you a story about the good tourists and what we do. My wife and I were in Japan in Aug.-Sept. and while we were in Miyajima looking at the Torii Gate, as we left the beach I began picking up trash (discarded bottles, a lost shoe, wrappers, etc.), and I took them to the rubbish and recycling.
P.S. we also went to Aomori and every single person we told that we had gone asked us why in great disbelief. We enjoyed our time, though!
Yes I noticed garbage in heavy tourist area's too, I was in Miyajima almost week ago. I usually travel to lesser known parts of Japan and no garbage on the streets in those area's. Ideally there should be garbage bins in tourist hot spots to avoid garbage getting into the environment and in Miyajima it's hard to locate a garbage bin.
I was actually just thinking JNTO should enforce all incoming international flights etc to play a short video on etiquette in Japan, it may go someway to improving tourist behavior. At the moment there are many tourists entering the country that don't bother to learn local etiquette etc before their trip. If Japan wants well behaved tourists then unfortunately they need to put the effort into education. Other countries face worse tourist problems than Japan...
@@MrMorjo Ill tell you right now, its not western tourist leaving trash everywhere. Its the Chinese that come in swarm like tour groups destroying everything in their path.
Evening peeps ❤ hope everyone is well
It’s customary for ryokan staff to give newly arrived guests with tea and snacks because they have just been traveling
I started watching Garth Marenghi's Darkplace recently. Does anyone else think Chris looks and sounds kinda like Garth Marenghi?
Put a pair of giant 80s glasses and a mullet on Chris and he would be a dead ringer.
😂literally rewatched this the other day and I thought the same thing haha
its no wonder Japan is getting tired of tourist behavior. You get people like the one that did that. Can't blame Japan for getting sick of that kind of behavior. Why can't people respect Japanese culture? why is it so darn hard for them to do one simple thing?
An off the beaten path suggestion for Miyazaki would be Takachiho Gorge. Located in the North West of the prefecture, it's tied deeply to the legends of Shintoism as the place where Amaterasu locked herself away in a cave for a couple hundred years.
September would still be 30+ degrees everyday there isn't a typhoon though, and you very much need a car to get around Miyazaki effectively.
Speaking of alternative history, thoughts on Showa American Story? Feels like that's right up Chris' alley.
Wish we had American Pete on this podcast instead of alcoholic Pete with terrible political takes every week.
When people ask me about getting away from the main tourist spots, I always recommend anywhere in Shikoku. It's still the undiscovered gem for people who want to see Japan and not be around a shitload of tourists.
Most of Japan is off the beaten tourist path. I was driving around Kyushu last week and most of the time I was the only foreigner. Most tourists stick to one part of Honshu from Hiroshima to Tokyo e.g. the golden route. I find the best experiences I've had in Japan have been outside of tourist hot spots, and that goes for any country in the world.
to the question from the tall dude. iam 2.15m (7ft) and had no problems in japan. but keep your head down when entering trains and always keep an eye one the ceiling when you are underground on the way to your train
"My racist's racist is my racist friend" -Peter Donaldson (2024)
As an American, this is just embarrassing. We are not all like that and idiots that keep doing this moronic BS are going to ruin it for people that actually have some respect. SMH
the way you say it makes it seem like this is a consistant thing with america when in reality it isnt. johnny, jake and this old man over the many many years that we know of. while constant chinese, and koreans constantly ruin tourism is a bigger problem.
Yes it is embarressing but dont make it seem like America will be the cause of no tourism when its not
reminds of being a kid & writing "i was here" on random stuff 😅
but being 40+ & doing it on a flipping SHRINE?! thats just unacceptable
love these 2 but bless them for not knowing that fight was scripted 🤣
You realize that they would not just flat out say that on a podcast … if they can’t prove it. And would demolish credibility and any future relationships . It’s playing it safe
They caught him red handed! 😂
The facial recognition has to be great. I was scanned twice at the airport. Definitely in the databases
In Germany we had the retired boxer Regina Halmich fight retired TV host Stefan Raab. They had two other matches before, when he was active. She always won.
i read the title of the video wrong. I thought it was: American Man Arrested for Defecating in front of Tokyo's Biggest Shrine.
well done pete for saying it like it is 👏
Definitely 💪
I boxed as amateur in my late teens and early 20's, now at 53 I'd never get back in the ring and hope to any where I was at that age. The problem with the run up to the Tyson/Jake fight was people expected Mike to fight like he did back in his boxing days. Unfortunately Father Time catches up with us all, and that showed with Mike in the fight. Mike has had health issues such as sciatica and that can be debilitating, something I know as I got it a couple of years ago. So now everyone is disappointed that Tyson was unable to flatten Fake Paul...
Well some very good news coming out of South Korea (according to several yt channels) johny somali is facing up to 29 years in prison!🤣
🎉🎉🎉🎉
"Don't go to Aoshima, go somewhere like Miyazaki". It's nice to know Japan Geoguesser master Chris Broad is fallible.
I'd agree Kagoshima is worth a visit, and the fact it's reachable by Shinkansen is a bonus, but there's very little to do in Miyazaki (aside from visit Aoshima). Off the beaten path (at least when it comes to cities) can also be pretty boring.
Pete should have known that the Tyson/Paul fight would be a work given how familiar he is with pro wrestling. Logan's doing the exact same heel character except at least you know it's kayfabe and therefore somehow more honest.
What does kayfabe mean?
In Nara there were so many trees with scratched names on, how tf they have time and how come nobody sees them when they do it 🤯
I think tanuki showing off their "assets" in statues and in paintings is good old fashioned sex humour. I mean, there are old paintings of tanuki using their gonads to do various things like catch fish (like a fishnet) Sex humour seems like a universal human thing. Unless there is some kind of religious oppression, every culture had some kind of sex humour.
There's been a lot of situations of Chinese tourists being extremely rude to Japanese people like shouting at them and making a scene. China has indoctrinated their people to hate Japanese people and walk on the Japanese flag and hurt people who even have Japanese clothing or food in china. It's really unfortunate. So I think the ryokan lady was kinda worried about that.
To be clear, Chinese people are lovely, but ccp is the issue here. Also this is based on historical things that japan did to Chinese people a long time ago (which I'm not an expert in that stuff, but it was bad too).
Ugly stereotypes exist sadly and the only way to beat it is to have the community out the people within that community perpetuating that ugly stereotype. Otherwise, the stereotype will really stick
I think the contract said Tyson couldn't do uppercuts so the fight was essentially a sham
Speaking of history we don't learn, someone should ask the Grand Mufti what he was doing in 1930s-1940s
Mike threw the fight period dude was paid 20m and didn't fight the way he usually does at all
Pete is such a legend, saying it as it is. 🐐🐐🐐
Well i would have loved to go to japan one day but at this point it would probably be best if they stopped tourism from america, or at least put heavy restrictions on it
Off the beaten track in Japan is easy to find. Just go to any well known tourist haunt and get on a bus or train going to anywhere not mentioned in a guide book. Sometimes the destination will be shit. Sometimes it will be the high point of your journey. OTBT holds no certainties!
One of the most strange things a tourist did was when a British tourist snorted a line of coke on Escobar's grave
😱😱😱
wtf!!!
i will never understand peoples mindsets of defacing cultural monuments etc its just so so attrociius and ignorant
L!ve TV was owned by Mirror Group and headed initially by Kelvin McKenzie and Janet Street Porter. The news bunny was iconic!
never been to Japan but my son has lived there for a few years now.
I am first time grandmother as he and his wife just had a little girl.
I guess one day I will visit her in Japan one day. A passport helps
unprofessional, but true (about a vast majority of Chinese tourists)
I have a trip planned to go to Japan next year, and at the rate these assholes are going, being rude and disrespectful, I'm not gonna even be allowed to leave my hotel. They're going to ban tourists from going anywhere.
It is very important to learn about your own empire's, nation's mistakes. You cannot emphasize that enough.
Great, this will make it much easier for me to enjoy japan now as a foreigner....
If he wanted immortality, he's got it. His face is now public record.
It's surprisingly easy for law enforcement to locate a foreign tourist in Japan. Tourists have their faces, passports and finger scanned when they enter Japan. When you visit most hotels in Japan they scan your passport and sent it back overnight to the relevant government authority. Then if you commit a crime and caught on CCTV, the relevant law enforcement agencies will use AI to scan the face of the person caught on CCTV and match it with the information collected at the border e.g. airport. Then they will be able to track down where the tourist is staying when their accommodation sends through their passport info. Alternatively law enforcement with catch-up with them when the tourist leaves the country. I've heard recently people complain why hotels in Japan scan tourists passports, and it's for this very reason....
Also, he carved his own name.
@@nagoranerides3150 Hmmm ok going by news articles it appears he wrote his last name. So that would help narrow down the search.
Big support for pete for bringing up gaza🙌
They just need to give these ppl like 2-5 years in prison and it will stop
German schools very much do teach about the 3rd Reich and everyone knows what Germany did in that time. Older companies sadly often worked alongside the nazis and would do well to acknowledge that...
I am _infinitely_ tired of idiots using the 'It was only a prank' bollocks to explain away the most atrocious behavior.
If you focus on chinese tourists, you'd got more news like these. But perhaps it is already to common to be on the news.
Given the huge amount of violent crime against Japanese expats living in China that is never addressed by the authorities because it is literally encouraged from Primary School and especially the recent killing of a 10 year old Japanese boy, simply for being Japanese that has not received any justice, you can't blame that lady for not holding the Chinese in high esteem.
An amazing place. I was so close to visiting it one point. I had a stint with modeling and in 2015 I was in contact with Capcom about the role of Leon for the Resident Evil 2 Remake. I failed to mention I also have a voice acting background, in the end I lost the part and I can't forgive myself for wasting such an opportunity to visit this Japan... Great channel!
IIRC you can have your name on toori gate, most of toori in Fushimi Inari were donated with the name of donateurs on them. But they usually companies for good luck because it cost thousands of dollar for one