It's crazy how high-trust of a society Japan is. People literally just leave their bags on the street when they go into places, confident nobody will steal them -- and nobody does!
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I know what you mean but isn't it crazy the other way round? Why would you take a bag in the street that is not yours!?
Yes, I once forgot my backpack on the train in Japan. There was a wallet and a MacBook in it. The service staff at the station helped me find it, and nothing was lost. It was a Japanese citizen who sent it to the lost and found office of the station. It was a beautiful experience.
Its degrading.
Slowly but surely.
A TV crew came filming how people steal stuff in different cities. They would set up a nice bike and time how long it takes for someone to steal it. When they came to my city, they did the same thing, but before they managed to turn on the cameras, the bike was gone...
Would be hard to imagine that in most parts of the world. I've experienced the same in Singapore, but people say that's because there's cameras everywhere around the country idk. Also welcome to this side of the world's timezone!
This is so true! We were in a very crowded area and left a friend’s stroller with bags in it. Still there, nothing taken an hour later.
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In my top bucket list to visit Japan.
We have this in Perth. Moved here from London and saw about a quarter million dollars of bikes just left outside a coffee shop every morning, no locks, noone watching, no issue.
Took me a while to get used to that.