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Favorite piece of summer tech is the intriguing ice plate fan. By touching it to heat regulating points on your body, you might achieve some relief. I view most of it skeptically because we had just manual uchiwa in August/September 2016 on Miyajima, felt we were cooling down, but wound up with heat stroke instead. An umbrella for shade and a nice breeze are my go to summer relief strategy.
I never understood the old women walking around my town with umbrellas, but decided to give it a try. It was a huge improvement, and made last weekend in Tokyo at least a bit more bearable 🙂
Oh umbrellas definitely help! Yeah I felt a bit weird opening up an umbrella when there was no rain in sight. But that feeling didn't last for very long. It was quickly replaced with the thought: Man if I didn't have this umbrella, I'd be dead by now!
Using umbrellas to cover yourself in a hot day is common here in the Philippines. I don't know if other tropical countries do it, but for us, it is normal.
I don't think I've ever seen someone use a selfie stick behind themselves as they walk to give it a third-person video game view. Just like the products in this video, that was so cool!
Honestly, what I usually go for in hot weather is longer sleeved linen shirt, they absorb sweat well, and if the sleeves are longer, the sun won't be directly hitting your skin!🤩 Fun linen fact!: linen is one of the only types of fabric that gets Stronger when it is wet; this is why linen was used for the sails of ships!
History would probably prove you right! How do you imagine an Arab in the middle of the desert during the middle age? Or a Mongol before that? Both using long sleeves. They are masters of hot weather and probably knew what they were doing.
One of the worst fabrics to wear in summer is what a good many t-shirts and clothing are made of these days: Polyester! Imagine wearing plastic on your body and hoping you'll stay cool! Cotton is up there with linen as being meant for summer weather and breathable, but companies cheap out with the polyester. 😥It's so hard to find 100% cotton clothing anymore.
@@fabiospringer6328 keeping yourself wet is key to keeping yourself cool. any bit of movement and breeze is welcome. we sweat to cool ourselves down so it all just makes sense
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As someone who lives in a place where summer is much like August in Tokyo, I chuckled at a lot of those options. The fan on the back did seem best. When it just gets so humid, it is so hard to cool down because the sweat doesn’t evaporational cool anymore. Just makes it feel like you stood in a shower with your clothes on.
Japan used to avoid the summer heat by using wind chime, bamboo blinds, foldable fan etc..and now I realized how much creativity and technologies are used for summer tech! But your advice of carrying hand towel everywhere definitely helps I think! Hope you will actually utilize some of the items and enjoy your summer😆✨
I think the small thing at 15:19 with the cooling plate is most effective if you put it on your pulse points. Running cold water over them also cools you down pretty quickly. It's just a temporary thing though
It looks similar to the Sony REON POCKET. That one is designed to be placed between your shoulder blades where there's a lot of circulation. There are accessories for it like a tshirt with a mesh to let it vent out the back, or a plastic holder that goes over your shoulders. You can hold it in place for a long time like that. The fact that you can barely feel the fans is a good thing! The fans blow out the hot exhaust air from the peltier, so you want to feel them as little as possible! I was in Japan in winter and I bought a reon pocket because I was just curious about it. I live in Australia so I thought it might be useful during my own summer. Sadly I have found that it's not hugely effective at cooling. But if you put it in heater mode it's actually very effective!
Ice towels (or cool towels) that you wet and wring out are amazing. They protect you from the sun, you can wipe sweat away, and if it heats up it will cool down instantly if you just shake it out for a few seconds.
The neck icer and the handheld one most likely work via a Peltier element/thermoelectric heat pump (basically one side heats up and the other cools down). The fan you hear is to cool the element inside, so that the metal part can get cold. Not sure how effective those can be in the full sun. 😅
Yea, Peltier coolers do work for what they're designed for, but they are pretty inefficient and need a ton of power (and a big heatsink to handle the hot side, something like a PC CPU cooler in size). Basically, not gonna work in a portable form factor like those ones!
Thank you for preserving Japanese history and tradition in this way. I'm very impressed. I was also taken care of by this shop. It makes me happy to be loved by people from other countries.
The fan vests work especially awesome in the dry desert (Las Vegas) type heat. Keeps the intense sun off of you but ventilates out instead of just absorbing it against your body. It’s like being in the shade all the time, rather than like AC.
@@annaburch3200 Nothing really helps other than actual lower temperatures and humidity, but I would think keeping the sun’s heat directly off you and venting it out would still help a little.
@@captainobvious9188 yeah. My husband was born in the CA high desert. They had a swamp cooler for his house. I remember the first time I visited in the summer, I washed my hair, stepped outside and it was dry. Lol!! I went to Vegas in 109° for a conference. The only time my eyeballs felt hot. 😄 We're in Seattle, so it's pretty mild, but we did get to 118° two summers ago. 🤪 That was not fun. We don't have AC. 🥵
@@captainobvious9188 humid heat is way worse. With desert-type dry heat, you only need shade as the source of heat is only the sun (deserts are very cold at night). With humid tropical heat, it's just like you're being steamed. There is no escape aside from towels & spare clothes to change into midday.
LPT, wet t-shirts/dunking your arms upto the shoulder works wonders for cooling! Evaporation is how the body tries to keep cool through sweat, supercharge this effect by just using water!
Just arrived back from two weeks in Japan and the heat was no joke. I had no idea about the tech until I was in Japan and saw it everywhere. The free, promotional uchiwa you get at train stations worked better than any electric fan we tried. Also, stay hydrated! Pocari Sweat made us feel a lot better in the heat. Thanks for another great video, Norm! :)
Japans return system cracks me up when I think about people in America returning dried up Christmas trees in February back to Costco and getting full refunds.
I don't see why the whole point of your body sweating is to cool you down, that's why we sweat. There's a disease called Anhidrosis where a person is unable to sweat and it's potentially life threatening because of the inability to dissipate heat from the body. You shouldn't wipe sweat away unless you're drenched, all you're doing is making it worse for you if the whole point of you doing that is to cool down.
So I know it's 6 months old but it's good advice either way, not just in the summer I was there last year and almost none of the public restrooms have a way to dry your hands in them so carrying a towel is a must, in the summer, carry 2 lol.
Towel, cooling wipes, taking lots of breaks to cool down, and lots of hydration! Cheap and effective. Also OMG that colorful bus you passed at @16:06 was SO FUN.
Even though i only experienced heat at around 33 degrees in Japan, I can't help but say that getting a cold bottle of water and putting it in an insulated bottle is a major 10 out of 10 especially when you pour some of the water on your wrist, it feels heavenly.
This was a fun and enjoyable video. As odd as many of these items appear to me, it celebrates creativity to innovate, a willingness to take chances, and an openness to trying something different. Hope there is another video like this in the future.
The second item (cool metal to the neck) was sold here in the US around the early to mid 90's. The theory was to apply cool to your carotid arteries at the neck in order to reduce your core temperature. Not enough surface area nor sufficient cooling to achieve the desired effect. Another one available at the time was a neck fan applying air for the same setup. The difference was water resevoirs (you fill) that act like a swamp cooler. Again, insufficient. Overall, I really liked this ep! You've confirmed the belt clip shirt cooler for me. Some are using it here in the Cali bay area.
I couldn’t help but laugh a the mini emotional rollercoaster from the multiple endings. Each one was better than the last. 😆 Always carrying a towel is by far the best takeaway, literally and figuratively, from my most recent trip to Japan. Even using it stateside as I melt into a puddle in Kentucky surrounded by the dulcet sound of screeching cicadas. Thank you for another great video! Take care!
I can also vouch for the belt fan you showed. I have one which is identical to yours and it works surprisingly well when placed on the back of one’s belt.
The heat is the reason why I've booked my trip to Japan in October! Hopefully much nicer weather. I already live in a tropical Asian (Singapore) country but we don't use any summer tech. Wonder why that is, since its regularly 38 deg c. We just live in air conditioning mostly LOL.
same me too, coming from indonesia with always hot humid polluted weather i would only wanna go to japan during non summer season, but i still bring my foldable umbrella regardless because might need for rainy days
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I was actually hoping for a video like this; thank you for making it. I wasn't expecting it to be specifically Japanese but a summer-tech list of things from anywhere.
Those things are getting more and more popular outside of Japan (and some asian countries), and I'm really happy for that! As someone who is really strugling with the summer heat, I'm thinking getting one of these fans, but the world would look me strangely haha Hope you are great Norm! Stay hydrated!!
I started working in a warehouse/factory setting again this year, and it has me walking around outside (in florida) several times a day (which makes me want to cry with how hot it is), and the only thing I've tried so far that has helped is wearing a linen/cotton blend shirt. Full linen would be better, but full linen is also expensive. Linen is just a very absorbent material, so you don't end up feeling quite so sticky
The tech I use is..... just not going to Japan in the summer. I lived there for a few years a while back. I think the experience permanently increased my tolerance to heat; I am perfectly comfortable in rooms others find unbearably hot.
We were in Tokyo the past two weeks and it was wildly hot. Cooling wipes helped now and again but it was just awful out. The fans + cooling rings seemed to be the most popular by far.
I like the pocket fan for under the shirt, but I'm very interested in the cooler neck ring that activates in water. On my current budget, the only cooling device I could afford this year is a folding fan with a lovely purple flower and butterfly motif, but if I were in Japan, I'd be more likely to get an umbrella with a fan attached, although only once I no longer need a walker.
My son's been vending at a lot of outdoor shows this summer. We kept it simple with the "cooling tech" - a couple of Frogg Togg cooling towels and an Igloo cooler of ice water to occasionally dunk them in. It works great.
I have a "cooling towel", but honestly, what has worked best for me is a wet bandana. Tie it on my head, or around my neck like a girl scout..... It's washable, reusable. Also, creating my own shade with an umbrella is just classy.
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I had a feeling that clip on waist fan would be a good option, easy to attach and simply bows air up into your shirt! I imagine the more expensive vests are actually quite good too
These portable cooling devices are interesting, thanks for testing them out to satisfy our curiosity, Norm! stay cool! Coming from Southeast Asia where summers are more punishing, people just tend to use umbrellas with UV protection, folding fans and good old ice cold water. Those three things are our proven and tested portable cooling tech. It really baffles me to see in the news that people are walking outside in the midday sun without any umbrella and are overdressed.
It's nice to see a lot of different options (wished some worked a little better!). It's about 43C in Florida this upcoming week and there's not a whole lot of cooling tech in stores. I borrowed someone's neck fan for some yard work and it actually worked surprisingly well (not as well as I wished though). Will be looking into that shirt fan
I was in Japan twice this summer (Tokyo in July, Osaka, Kyoto and Nara in August) I can confirm that nothing will ever work. I too bought several fans, neck thingy and the neck ice too. Anything with a fan will just blow hot air so it is essentially cooking you under the sun. They will cool you fast inside the train or mall. The neck Ice......works for a few mins but the heat will melt it fast and it will be extra weight on your sweaty neck very fast. :)
I wanted to try the Makita brand fan vests/coats I saw some construction guys in Japan wearing when we were in Kyoto a few years ago. Those things are probably nuts. I work in a hot indoor environment so I don't have the sun to contend with but the temp often goes up to 95-100F.
I love episodes like this. My first taste of Japan as a child. My Mom gave me a book The Bug Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions. Been hooked ever since.
One thing that works great unless you are in a very humid place are these towels that people use for sports, like jogging or in gyms. You humidify them and the fast evaporation will be really refreshing. Otherwise, I always carry an umbrella and I now have a small handheld fan that really saved me in concerts or in meetings
I've never experienced Japan's heat and humidity, but what I tend to do when it is hot and I do something outside a wet towel around the neck. The water evaporates and by laws of thermodynamics it gets cooler. What I'd might try is just having a parasol though, limiting direct exposure to the sun.
Lack of evaporation is the biggest issue in the level of humidity there. If the water in the towel is cooler than the air, you get some heat transfer. Otherwise, you just get wet. Blocking the sun is a big help though.
I've tried the neck fan, the neck fan with a cooling plate and the fan that goes under your shirt. I've used them for a week or so, it's better than nothing but to be honest a hat or umbrella with a portable handheld fan is probably the better option. I did got a compliment when somebody thought the neck fan with the cooling plate was a headphone.
I wanna go back to this video if ever I encounter summer in Japan. Here in the Philippines, it's very humid and feels like summer almost all year round, especially from March-May
As someone that sweats too much, this just confirmed what I already thought, most of this tech is just a rehash if a fan or a weak peltier cooler and not good enough. The hip fan looked good though, and with a towel for the sweat and handheld fan I think that's the best way to go about it.
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The one thing that I found worked the best is, as noted at the end, just having a nice drying cloth/towel with you and avoiding spending time out in the middle of the day as best as possible. If I had a second super low tech (and low cost) suggestion, it's to carry an umbrella with you. Just toss a collapsible umbrella in your bag or pocket. It won't necessarily keep you cool by itself but it's invaluable if you ever get caught in a place without shade. Even just having something to keep the sun from beating down directly on you can be a life saver. Oh, and stay hydrated.
"On. Slightly more on. And aggressive" is my new favorite way to rate items 😂 I would totally try the back fan. SWEAT TOWEL FOR THE WIN. When my sister visted me I greated her at the airport with a hand towel and we used it the entire time we were in Shikoku. We still joke about it 🤣
Umbrella is so underrated when the sun is out and is intense. In asia its pretty normal to see that, whereas elsewhere.. it may looks a little odd. It blocks out heat and protects skin from harmful UV. I also have a lot of portable fans and the most effective one I found is the one focusing on the core. I use the Gongtian (quite a big brand in HK) blower fan and have it dumping air up to me under my shirt; like the one you have, and it works really well. Even with direct sunlight, 30C plus with crazy humidity, it makes it much more bearable. Drinking loads of cold liquids helps as well.
we had a bad week of hot weather where we were in similar temps (we tend to get higher with the heat index, one day it felt like 114F, and the humidity gets to nearly 100% which makes it feel sticky, moist and so uncomfortable being outside for more than a minute). the heat streak broke last weekend, and it's been unseasonably cool (temps in the low to mid 70's), and raining a lot but we desperately need the rain for the crops. I hope you are drinking lots of water and taking breaks in cool areas when you go out and about Tokyo!
the neck hoop is actually very good in in Canada because it's not usually hot enough that the material melts so it stays cool-ish most of the time XD Thank you so much for trying this; I've always wondered how well these all work given how many different designs they got
I bought a hand fan and it's not too bad. The best is a small towel that you wrap around a cold bottle of water and you refresh when you have a chance plus frequent trip to stores with airco :)
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I love the ice ring, you do need to leave it in the freezer for several hours. But it makes a huge difference cooling down your veins in your neck. Also, a UV blocking umbrella is game changer for sure!!
yeah I was definitely thinking Norm didn't leave it in the freezer long enough, and then he waited until after he was out in the heat for a while before he tried it. Not surprised it didn't work.
Most effective thing is still a damp cloth. Better with a fan too. It's not that often that it's so humid in Tokyo that evaporative cooling stops working* . But when it does, grab a frozen bottle of drink or a Coolish at a convenience store and wrap the cloth around it. If the cloth feels too warm usually flapping it around a little cools it considerably. The cloth will also prevent sunburn on your neck. * even at 70pc it seems useful to me, and humidity doesn't so frequently top that while temperatures are above 32 or so.
Norm the entire video: "And I feel--nothing" 😂 Another gem from Norm; the dedication in exposing yourself to the 40 deg for this video is ✨chef's kiss✨
The clip fan, will be buying those when we hit Tokyo this summer. Thanks for the review man! Small towel, cold water in insulated container, umbrella, extra shirt and the waisy clip fan thingy will be the go to especially in the city heat I guess it adds up heat with all the fans following you around 😅😅😅
Having lived in a hot climate for so long, it was interesting to see all these and how functional/not they were. I definitely always carried (& still sometimes do) a parasol when outdoors; everyone always commented on it, but it wasn’t just for style, it was for shade at outdoor events or when I used to walk in the downtown area of my town. It’s cool that so many of these devices are USB charge not battery powered! Stay cool and hydrate, Norm!
Speaking of using a towel/handkerchief, I would recommend the ones that get cold when wet. Double bonus because you can wipe the sweat, which gets it wet, which cools it down.
I'd say a towel, hand fan and an umbrella is my go to for hot sunny days. Nothing like some personal portable shade. Also, linnen clothes are the best for hot weather. It wicks away moisture but still stays cool. Anything polyester is death.
lol i literally just took off the exact black fan you reviewed the best. i ride with it on my back every day as i commute by bicycle to work. it's pretty solid and cheap too
Depending on how long they last, I could see those belt clip fans being insanely useful as a delivery driver. Being able to clip something and have it blow cool air along my back (or even just side) would be quite the treat, as we spend half the day outside of the air conditioned cab of our Hinos (or worse, in the polytop back of our trucks, which are great at trapping heat inside)
I recently bought one of those bladeless neck fans (like the one you had that didnt charge) on amazon and I gotta say it works... decently. I work in a laundry where it's 90+ Degrees Fahrenheit all throughout the summer and the fan on medium to high setting makes things slightly better. It's no industrial sized fan in your face cool, but it feels like wind in your face during a car ride with the windows down.
A low tech thing I do is freeze a bottle of water, wrap a small towel around it, and place it in my bag. Once in a while, I'd take the towel to put on my face or whatever body part feels hot. I can also just take out the water bottle instead and drink the melted water. Pretty helpful when going to areas without convenience stores around.
As someone who lives where it gets very hot in the summer like over 40c on the regular I find it funny but interesting that so much technology goes into this issue but the best solutions are the simplest: light bright airy clothing non polyester, pref a size up so it is loose, shorts or a skirt, and a big hat or umbrella. 😄
As an Arizona resident of a little more than 3 years, i can say there's not much you can you. 1. With low humidity, evaporative cooling shirts and hats are ok if you can keep them wet. 2. Lightweight clothing, hats, umbrella, sunscreen. 3. Stay hydrated. 4. Build a tolerance for heat, but always be mindful of heat exhaustion symptoms.
Pocari sweat and extended browsing sessions in air conditioned stores are the only thing that's probably going to save you in temps like that. The fact that the buildings will just radiate heat most of the night is not going to be pleasant. Re-freezable icepacks, wrapped in a towel are usually a pretty good option. They don't last long the hotter it is. But if you can keep it close to your skin, it will help.
Never been to Japan, but in the UK we hit 40°c last year...not good in a country where air con only mainly exists in supermarkets! The thing i found to work best was a UV protection Golfing umbrella... instant shade and heat repellant, it was a godsend!
@@southcoastinventors6583 Neither. Why would a historically temperate country with cool summers invest in air con? Climate change is quickly heating up the country and the country is being very slow to act.
@@DavidCruickshank There probably hasn't been cool summers in Japan since the last ice age, summer has always been hot unless you live in Northern Hokkaido. Cities heat up the climate more than anything else that and the poor insulation present in most homes, climate change really has nothing to do with why people aren't using air conditioning
@@southcoastinventors6583it's similar in Germany. Some newer houses have ac most don't. Electricity costs money and iif there's no ac it's not Like you could upgrade too easily. Would have to have the ac snorkel out the window. Can't close it then. Or gotta make a cover...then the temptation to actually do that is over n I was using a big fan instead.
FYI - the coolers with the plates have the fan not for cooling you, but to cool the plate mechanism. It's the same principle as you see in electrical cool boxes. It's thermoelectric, so a peltier element is producing the coolness and the fan gets the heat away. If they were combined with a jacked or the shirt fan, it might make more sense, as they could cool down the air a bit. Not by much, but even a slight degrees might help on 40°C heat.
i used to use this 'ice towel' basically it is just special fabric towel that when it is 'wet' it will give out a cooling sensation but doesnt give out wet patches on your clothing :D
This is the comment I was looking for, because I worked at an electronics store for many years and that was absolutely Logitech's packaging. Thanks for the fun fact.
most effective summer heat gadget Ive used: a cheap hand-fan with water bank attached that could act as a mister. Loved those things as a kid, and they were like what, five bucks?
Possibly, the fan jackets vary in quality and effectiveness, depending on how much you spend. Some are expensive! Another option is a vest with phase change material, or make your own, with a fishing vest and insert cooling packets in all the pockets.
Honestly I really want that parasol with a fan installed! I feel like umbrellas/parasols were the only things that helped when I lived in Japan, as it gave you your own personal shade to be under.
I have a simple, low tech solution. Wet a bandana and wrap it around your neck, providing cooling and also sun protection. When it dries out, rehydrate and keep grooving. (tested over thousands of miles on hiking trails)
honestly, my advice coming from someone living in the tropics.. bring an umbrella for shade, make sure it's bright colored so it doesn't absorb heat faster from the sunlight, and bright loose and baggy clothing, enough for air to move freely through your clothing while also covering your skin to avoid directly sunlight.. and also water and sunscreen, you don't want to increase your risk of skin cancer or dehydration
I spent 3 weeks in Japan in August, and the best thing ever were these Uniqlo Airism Mesh tees that I bought in Uniqlo Canada. They're kinda sneaky see-through, but you don't notice it when it's on your torso. Dries super fast, unless you completely saturate it (as with pretty much any shirt), but it dries in an instant when you get into the AC. Also, wisdom of umbrellas. Carry your shade with you.
I use a chiller vest. It holds ice packs in compartments. Also use a chilling cap which is a dry tech cap that you dampen. I ride a motorcycle in 45C heat. They work for about an hour before needing to go inside!
I think the fan in the last 'cooling plate' device is to expell the heat, rathen than cool you off. If it's something like a seebeck / peltier device, it works to make one side cool and one side hot so the fan is likely just meant to control the temperature of the 'hot' side.
I feel your sentiment about the GoPro overheating. Don’t add features to a camera if it only makes the overheating issue worse. Reliable is always better.
As Douglas Adams wrote, "don't forget your towel" ! ^^ I would also advise people to get a summer hat like a Panama straw hat or even a simple cap, those could helps a lot to avoid heatstroke.
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The sun umbrella is probably the most effective. The fan vest around 20,000yen works good when working. From Okinawa so humidity is a constant battle. Nice topic!
Waggling your fingers in cool or room temperature (*not cold*) water is surprisingly effective at cooling down. Your fingers act like radiators cooling your blood which then goes back into your body, helping to cool your core. It's important to ensure that the water isn't too cold relative to the outside air or your body will think it's fallen in an ice lake and reduce blood flow to your extremities to try and prevent an imaginary hypothermia/frostbite risk.
I think the clip belt fan is effective because it enchances evaporative cooling from sweat. The vest is less effective because of the shirt, the air has to blow direct on your skin. I think if you only had the vest on, it would probably be a lot cooler. Hope you kept hydrated throughout filming, 40 degrees is no joke.
Honestly, I found a parasol the most effective way to keep cool because in Japanese summers. I usually paired it with an electric hand fan (no free hands, but keeps you cool) :)
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Favorite piece of summer tech is the intriguing ice plate fan. By touching it to heat regulating points on your body, you might achieve some relief. I view most of it skeptically because we had just manual uchiwa in August/September 2016 on Miyajima, felt we were cooling down, but wound up with heat stroke instead. An umbrella for shade and a nice breeze are my go to summer relief strategy.
definitely not the weird pink thing 😂
Oh that belt clip/ pocket fan looks promising.
I never understood the old women walking around my town with umbrellas, but decided to give it a try. It was a huge improvement, and made last weekend in Tokyo at least a bit more bearable 🙂
Oh umbrellas definitely help!
Yeah I felt a bit weird opening up an umbrella when there was no rain in sight.
But that feeling didn't last for very long.
It was quickly replaced with the thought:
Man if I didn't have this umbrella, I'd be dead by now!
Can never go wrong with a portable shade.
Is this a serious post because even farm animals know to stand under a tree when it gets hots
Using umbrellas to cover yourself in a hot day is common here in the Philippines. I don't know if other tropical countries do it, but for us, it is normal.
Part of it is to block UV and avoid tanning, but another component of it is indeed to reduce heat by increasing shade. Highly recommend it.
Honestly that umbrella with the fan on it you didn't test sounds like the best idea. Shade and airflow in the same package.
I don't think I've ever seen someone use a selfie stick behind themselves as they walk to give it a third-person video game view. Just like the products in this video, that was so cool!
where's the stick?
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Honestly, what I usually go for in hot weather is longer sleeved linen shirt, they absorb sweat well, and if the sleeves are longer, the sun won't be directly hitting your skin!🤩
Fun linen fact!: linen is one of the only types of fabric that gets Stronger when it is wet; this is why linen was used for the sails of ships!
linen is life!
History would probably prove you right! How do you imagine an Arab in the middle of the desert during the middle age? Or a Mongol before that? Both using long sleeves. They are masters of hot weather and probably knew what they were doing.
One of the worst fabrics to wear in summer is what a good many t-shirts and clothing are made of these days: Polyester!
Imagine wearing plastic on your body and hoping you'll stay cool!
Cotton is up there with linen as being meant for summer weather and breathable, but companies cheap out with the polyester. 😥It's so hard to find 100% cotton clothing anymore.
@@fabiospringer6328 keeping yourself wet is key to keeping yourself cool. any bit of movement and breeze is welcome. we sweat to cool ourselves down so it all just makes sense
I agree, a tank top covered by an oversized linen shirt is perfect, light and breezy, topped off with an umbrella even 40C can be a little bearable
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So tired that I read it as TIGERS not TIERS…. My first thought was, “Tigers? We’re pigeons!”
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I’m also new here and looks like some great videos. :3
As someone who lives in a place where summer is much like August in Tokyo, I chuckled at a lot of those options. The fan on the back did seem best. When it just gets so humid, it is so hard to cool down because the sweat doesn’t evaporational cool anymore. Just makes it feel like you stood in a shower with your clothes on.
Japan used to avoid the summer heat by using wind chime, bamboo blinds, foldable fan etc..and now I realized how much creativity and technologies are used for summer tech! But your advice of carrying hand towel everywhere definitely helps I think! Hope you will actually utilize some of the items and enjoy your summer😆✨
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I always wondered if people get annoyed by the wind chime ^^
I think the small thing at 15:19 with the cooling plate is most effective if you put it on your pulse points. Running cold water over them also cools you down pretty quickly. It's just a temporary thing though
That was my exact thought, I also run cold water on my wrists when it's hot.
It looks similar to the Sony REON POCKET. That one is designed to be placed between your shoulder blades where there's a lot of circulation. There are accessories for it like a tshirt with a mesh to let it vent out the back, or a plastic holder that goes over your shoulders. You can hold it in place for a long time like that.
The fact that you can barely feel the fans is a good thing! The fans blow out the hot exhaust air from the peltier, so you want to feel them as little as possible!
I was in Japan in winter and I bought a reon pocket because I was just curious about it. I live in Australia so I thought it might be useful during my own summer. Sadly I have found that it's not hugely effective at cooling. But if you put it in heater mode it's actually very effective!
Hi Yoshie i also a pocket reon gen 2 and as you mentioned it working really better for cold days than for cooling in summer.@@TheYoshieMaster
it's probably a peltier type device so the fan he's hearing is not to cool down him but to cool down the device.
Ice towels (or cool towels) that you wet and wring out are amazing. They protect you from the sun, you can wipe sweat away, and if it heats up it will cool down instantly if you just shake it out for a few seconds.
The neck icer and the handheld one most likely work via a Peltier element/thermoelectric heat pump (basically one side heats up and the other cools down). The fan you hear is to cool the element inside, so that the metal part can get cold. Not sure how effective those can be in the full sun. 😅
Yea, Peltier coolers do work for what they're designed for, but they are pretty inefficient and need a ton of power (and a big heatsink to handle the hot side, something like a PC CPU cooler in size). Basically, not gonna work in a portable form factor like those ones!
yeah they are power hungry so very ineffective at that size
Thank you for preserving Japanese history and tradition in this way.
I'm very impressed.
I was also taken care of by this shop.
It makes me happy to be loved by people from other countries.
The fan vests work especially awesome in the dry desert (Las Vegas) type heat. Keeps the intense sun off of you but ventilates out instead of just absorbing it against your body. It’s like being in the shade all the time, rather than like AC.
If I recall correctly Japan's summers are humid. Which could explain why it didn't work for Norm.
Yeah, I definitely think the dry vs. Humidity sorts of heat makes these items work differently.
@@annaburch3200 Nothing really helps other than actual lower temperatures and humidity, but I would think keeping the sun’s heat directly off you and venting it out would still help a little.
@@captainobvious9188 yeah. My husband was born in the CA high desert. They had a swamp cooler for his house. I remember the first time I visited in the summer, I washed my hair, stepped outside and it was dry. Lol!! I went to Vegas in 109° for a conference. The only time my eyeballs felt hot. 😄 We're in Seattle, so it's pretty mild, but we did get to 118° two summers ago. 🤪 That was not fun. We don't have AC. 🥵
@@captainobvious9188 humid heat is way worse. With desert-type dry heat, you only need shade as the source of heat is only the sun (deserts are very cold at night). With humid tropical heat, it's just like you're being steamed. There is no escape aside from towels & spare clothes to change into midday.
LPT, wet t-shirts/dunking your arms upto the shoulder works wonders for cooling! Evaporation is how the body tries to keep cool through sweat, supercharge this effect by just using water!
Just arrived back from two weeks in Japan and the heat was no joke. I had no idea about the tech until I was in Japan and saw it everywhere. The free, promotional uchiwa you get at train stations worked better than any electric fan we tried. Also, stay hydrated! Pocari Sweat made us feel a lot better in the heat. Thanks for another great video, Norm! :)
Japans return system cracks me up when I think about people in America returning dried up Christmas trees in February back to Costco and getting full refunds.
I was in Akihabara back in 1994 and it was just a giant gadget-filled swapmeet with storefronts. Glad to see it's spirit hasn't changed!
The towel advice is something I'm going to take very seriously if I ever go to Japan in the summer
100%
& a spare shirt/underwear or 2
I don't see why the whole point of your body sweating is to cool you down, that's why we sweat. There's a disease called Anhidrosis where a person is unable to sweat and it's potentially life threatening because of the inability to dissipate heat from the body. You shouldn't wipe sweat away unless you're drenched, all you're doing is making it worse for you if the whole point of you doing that is to cool down.
So I know it's 6 months old but it's good advice either way, not just in the summer I was there last year and almost none of the public restrooms have a way to dry your hands in them so carrying a towel is a must, in the summer, carry 2 lol.
Towel, cooling wipes, taking lots of breaks to cool down, and lots of hydration! Cheap and effective. Also OMG that colorful bus you passed at @16:06 was SO FUN.
And a sun-protective umbrella.
Seriously, those are life-changing.
Yeah I low key hoped he would tell us about that bus.
Even though i only experienced heat at around 33 degrees in Japan, I can't help but say that getting a cold bottle of water and putting it in an insulated bottle is a major 10 out of 10 especially when you pour some of the water on your wrist, it feels heavenly.
I second this. Whenever I left my hotel room for the day I made sure my vacuum insulated bottle was filled with ice water.
This was a fun and enjoyable video. As odd as many of these items appear to me, it celebrates creativity to innovate, a willingness to take chances, and an openness to trying something different. Hope there is another video like this in the future.
What I brought to Nagoya and Gifu a few weeks ago was a cooling towel and a portable clip fan. Worked fairly well.
The second item (cool metal to the neck) was sold here in the US around the early to mid 90's. The theory was to apply cool to your carotid arteries at the neck in order to reduce your core temperature. Not enough surface area nor sufficient cooling to achieve the desired effect. Another one available at the time was a neck fan applying air for the same setup. The difference was water resevoirs (you fill) that act like a swamp cooler. Again, insufficient. Overall, I really liked this ep! You've confirmed the belt clip shirt cooler for me. Some are using it here in the Cali bay area.
I couldn’t help but laugh a the mini emotional rollercoaster from the multiple endings. Each one was better than the last. 😆
Always carrying a towel is by far the best takeaway, literally and figuratively, from my most recent trip to Japan. Even using it stateside as I melt into a puddle in Kentucky surrounded by the dulcet sound of screeching cicadas.
Thank you for another great video!
Take care!
I can also vouch for the belt fan you showed. I have one which is identical to yours and it works surprisingly well when placed on the back of one’s belt.
The heat is the reason why I've booked my trip to Japan in October! Hopefully much nicer weather. I already live in a tropical Asian (Singapore) country but we don't use any summer tech. Wonder why that is, since its regularly 38 deg c. We just live in air conditioning mostly LOL.
smart choice lol
same me too, coming from indonesia with always hot humid polluted weather i would only wanna go to japan during non summer season, but i still bring my foldable umbrella regardless because might need for rainy days
Will also be going in october ahaha but from america LOL
@@cheeriox_6191 NICE I will be in for the jidai matsuri in Kyoto! Have a good trip! Check out if you will be there during the dates of the jidai matsuri it looks amazing.
I'm in America. I thought the seasons were reversed on the other side of the world. Shouldn't your summer be just starting in October?
I was actually hoping for a video like this; thank you for making it. I wasn't expecting it to be specifically Japanese but a summer-tech list of things from anywhere.
you need to use the included usb charger for the neck fan. It uses an older standard that newer cables usually don't support.
Those things are getting more and more popular outside of Japan (and some asian countries), and I'm really happy for that! As someone who is really strugling with the summer heat, I'm thinking getting one of these fans, but the world would look me strangely haha
Hope you are great Norm! Stay hydrated!!
I started working in a warehouse/factory setting again this year, and it has me walking around outside (in florida) several times a day (which makes me want to cry with how hot it is), and the only thing I've tried so far that has helped is wearing a linen/cotton blend shirt. Full linen would be better, but full linen is also expensive. Linen is just a very absorbent material, so you don't end up feeling quite so sticky
The tech I use is..... just not going to Japan in the summer. I lived there for a few years a while back. I think the experience permanently increased my tolerance to heat; I am perfectly comfortable in rooms others find unbearably hot.
North Hokkaido could work
Terrible advice! Everyone should visit in July and stay away in March/April.
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I'm just in love with that small and comfy shrine.
We were in Tokyo the past two weeks and it was wildly hot. Cooling wipes helped now and again but it was just awful out. The fans + cooling rings seemed to be the most popular by far.
at 8:13 its so nice to see you really kept the stuff from that super tiny electronics store once they closed.
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I like the pocket fan for under the shirt, but I'm very interested in the cooler neck ring that activates in water. On my current budget, the only cooling device I could afford this year is a folding fan with a lovely purple flower and butterfly motif, but if I were in Japan, I'd be more likely to get an umbrella with a fan attached, although only once I no longer need a walker.
My son's been vending at a lot of outdoor shows this summer. We kept it simple with the "cooling tech" - a couple of Frogg Togg cooling towels and an Igloo cooler of ice water to occasionally dunk them in. It works great.
This is such a cool video. I am such a huge fan
thanks!! In the hot summer, we need huge fans lol
I have a "cooling towel", but honestly, what has worked best for me is a wet bandana. Tie it on my head, or around my neck like a girl scout..... It's washable, reusable.
Also, creating my own shade with an umbrella is just classy.
So happy I got to meet you when you were recording this! You inspired me to come to Japan! Meeting you on my first day in Tokyo was a great way to start it off! Thank you for the continued amazing content
I had a feeling that clip on waist fan would be a good option, easy to attach and simply bows air up into your shirt! I imagine the more expensive vests are actually quite good too
These portable cooling devices are interesting, thanks for testing them out to satisfy our curiosity, Norm! stay cool! Coming from Southeast Asia where summers are more punishing, people just tend to use umbrellas with UV protection, folding fans and good old ice cold water. Those three things are our proven and tested portable cooling tech. It really baffles me to see in the news that people are walking outside in the midday sun without any umbrella and are overdressed.
It's nice to see a lot of different options (wished some worked a little better!). It's about 43C in Florida this upcoming week and there's not a whole lot of cooling tech in stores. I borrowed someone's neck fan for some yard work and it actually worked surprisingly well (not as well as I wished though). Will be looking into that shirt fan
Also dying in Florida I hate it here lmao
I was in Japan twice this summer (Tokyo in July, Osaka, Kyoto and Nara in August) I can confirm that nothing will ever work. I too bought several fans, neck thingy and the neck ice too. Anything with a fan will just blow hot air so it is essentially cooking you under the sun. They will cool you fast inside the train or mall. The neck Ice......works for a few mins but the heat will melt it fast and it will be extra weight on your sweaty neck very fast. :)
I wanted to try the Makita brand fan vests/coats I saw some construction guys in Japan wearing when we were in Kyoto a few years ago. Those things are probably nuts. I work in a hot indoor environment so I don't have the sun to contend with but the temp often goes up to 95-100F.
I love episodes like this. My first taste of Japan as a child. My Mom gave me a book The Bug Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions. Been hooked ever since.
One thing that works great unless you are in a very humid place are these towels that people use for sports, like jogging or in gyms. You humidify them and the fast evaporation will be really refreshing. Otherwise, I always carry an umbrella and I now have a small handheld fan that really saved me in concerts or in meetings
I've never experienced Japan's heat and humidity, but what I tend to do when it is hot and I do something outside a wet towel around the neck. The water evaporates and by laws of thermodynamics it gets cooler.
What I'd might try is just having a parasol though, limiting direct exposure to the sun.
Lack of evaporation is the biggest issue in the level of humidity there. If the water in the towel is cooler than the air, you get some heat transfer. Otherwise, you just get wet. Blocking the sun is a big help though.
I've tried the neck fan, the neck fan with a cooling plate and the fan that goes under your shirt. I've used them for a week or so, it's better than nothing but to be honest a hat or umbrella with a portable handheld fan is probably the better option. I did got a compliment when somebody thought the neck fan with the cooling plate was a headphone.
I wanna go back to this video if ever I encounter summer in Japan.
Here in the Philippines, it's very humid and feels like summer almost all year round, especially from March-May
As someone that sweats too much, this just confirmed what I already thought, most of this tech is just a rehash if a fan or a weak peltier cooler and not good enough. The hip fan looked good though, and with a towel for the sweat and handheld fan I think that's the best way to go about it.
Towel😂😂😂
Love your sense of humor!!
Another fun video❤
Hope you stay safe since it has been crazy hot all around world again this year💦thank you for all your hard works always🤲🏻
The one thing that I found worked the best is, as noted at the end, just having a nice drying cloth/towel with you and avoiding spending time out in the middle of the day as best as possible. If I had a second super low tech (and low cost) suggestion, it's to carry an umbrella with you. Just toss a collapsible umbrella in your bag or pocket. It won't necessarily keep you cool by itself but it's invaluable if you ever get caught in a place without shade. Even just having something to keep the sun from beating down directly on you can be a life saver. Oh, and stay hydrated.
"On. Slightly more on. And aggressive" is my new favorite way to rate items 😂 I would totally try the back fan. SWEAT TOWEL FOR THE WIN. When my sister visted me I greated her at the airport with a hand towel and we used it the entire time we were in Shikoku. We still joke about it 🤣
The little fan that goes up your shirt seems so good, nice and simple, nothing fancy and it works
omg. thank you so much for testing all of those gadgets!! i was tempted by them but didn't think they actually worked. now i know!
Umbrella is so underrated when the sun is out and is intense. In asia its pretty normal to see that, whereas elsewhere.. it may looks a little odd. It blocks out heat and protects skin from harmful UV.
I also have a lot of portable fans and the most effective one I found is the one focusing on the core. I use the Gongtian (quite a big brand in HK) blower fan and have it dumping air up to me under my shirt; like the one you have, and it works really well. Even with direct sunlight, 30C plus with crazy humidity, it makes it much more bearable. Drinking loads of cold liquids helps as well.
we had a bad week of hot weather where we were in similar temps (we tend to get higher with the heat index, one day it felt like 114F, and the humidity gets to nearly 100% which makes it feel sticky, moist and so uncomfortable being outside for more than a minute). the heat streak broke last weekend, and it's been unseasonably cool (temps in the low to mid 70's), and raining a lot but we desperately need the rain for the crops. I hope you are drinking lots of water and taking breaks in cool areas when you go out and about Tokyo!
the neck hoop is actually very good in in Canada because it's not usually hot enough that the material melts so it stays cool-ish most of the time XD Thank you so much for trying this; I've always wondered how well these all work given how many different designs they got
I bought a hand fan and it's not too bad. The best is a small towel that you wrap around a cold bottle of water and you refresh when you have a chance plus frequent trip to stores with airco :)
I was in Japan in July. We used a cooling neck towel with a fan and an umbrella at Disney Sea. It made the day much better.
What I love the most about Japanese culture is You can still display your wares in front of Your shop and people don't steal them! There's still hope for humanity!
I love the ice ring, you do need to leave it in the freezer for several hours. But it makes a huge difference cooling down your veins in your neck. Also, a UV blocking umbrella is game changer for sure!!
yeah I was definitely thinking Norm didn't leave it in the freezer long enough, and then he waited until after he was out in the heat for a while before he tried it. Not surprised it didn't work.
Most effective thing is still a damp cloth. Better with a fan too. It's not that often that it's so humid in Tokyo that evaporative cooling stops working* . But when it does, grab a frozen bottle of drink or a Coolish at a convenience store and wrap the cloth around it.
If the cloth feels too warm usually flapping it around a little cools it considerably.
The cloth will also prevent sunburn on your neck.
* even at 70pc it seems useful to me, and humidity doesn't so frequently top that while temperatures are above 32 or so.
Norm the entire video: "And I feel--nothing" 😂 Another gem from Norm; the dedication in exposing yourself to the 40 deg for this video is ✨chef's kiss✨
The clip fan, will be buying those when we hit Tokyo this summer. Thanks for the review man!
Small towel, cold water in insulated container, umbrella, extra shirt and the waisy clip fan thingy will be the go to especially in the city heat
I guess it adds up heat with all the fans following you around 😅😅😅
Having lived in a hot climate for so long, it was interesting to see all these and how functional/not they were. I definitely always carried (& still sometimes do) a parasol when outdoors; everyone always commented on it, but it wasn’t just for style, it was for shade at outdoor events or when I used to walk in the downtown area of my town. It’s cool that so many of these devices are USB charge not battery powered! Stay cool and hydrate, Norm!
This is what the ☂️ was originally invented for, some relief from the sun, not from rain.
Speaking of using a towel/handkerchief, I would recommend the ones that get cold when wet. Double bonus because you can wipe the sweat, which gets it wet, which cools it down.
Bruhhhhh, that little teaser at the end is so good! I can't wait to see it finished~
I'd say a towel, hand fan and an umbrella is my go to for hot sunny days. Nothing like some personal portable shade.
Also, linnen clothes are the best for hot weather. It wicks away moisture but still stays cool. Anything polyester is death.
lol i literally just took off the exact black fan you reviewed the best. i ride with it on my back every day as i commute by bicycle to work. it's pretty solid and cheap too
Depending on how long they last, I could see those belt clip fans being insanely useful as a delivery driver. Being able to clip something and have it blow cool air along my back (or even just side) would be quite the treat, as we spend half the day outside of the air conditioned cab of our Hinos (or worse, in the polytop back of our trucks, which are great at trapping heat inside)
I recently bought one of those bladeless neck fans (like the one you had that didnt charge) on amazon and I gotta say it works... decently. I work in a laundry where it's 90+ Degrees Fahrenheit all throughout the summer and the fan on medium to high setting makes things slightly better. It's no industrial sized fan in your face cool, but it feels like wind in your face during a car ride with the windows down.
A low tech thing I do is freeze a bottle of water, wrap a small towel around it, and place it in my bag. Once in a while, I'd take the towel to put on my face or whatever body part feels hot. I can also just take out the water bottle instead and drink the melted water. Pretty helpful when going to areas without convenience stores around.
As someone who lives where it gets very hot in the summer like over 40c on the regular I find it funny but interesting that so much technology goes into this issue but the best solutions are the simplest: light bright airy clothing non polyester, pref a size up so it is loose, shorts or a skirt, and a big hat or umbrella. 😄
Sitting in the height of New Zealand winter, your video doesn’t give me anything I need, except I love watching you!
you're not supposed to freeze the plastic neck ring. It's supposed to cool you off as it changes from solid to liquid at 28°
As an Arizona resident of a little more than 3 years, i can say there's not much you can you.
1. With low humidity, evaporative cooling shirts and hats are ok if you can keep them wet.
2. Lightweight clothing, hats, umbrella, sunscreen.
3. Stay hydrated.
4. Build a tolerance for heat, but always be mindful of heat exhaustion symptoms.
Pocari sweat and extended browsing sessions in air conditioned stores are the only thing that's probably going to save you in temps like that. The fact that the buildings will just radiate heat most of the night is not going to be pleasant.
Re-freezable icepacks, wrapped in a towel are usually a pretty good option. They don't last long the hotter it is. But if you can keep it close to your skin, it will help.
Never been to Japan, but in the UK we hit 40°c last year...not good in a country where air con only mainly exists in supermarkets! The thing i found to work best was a UV protection Golfing umbrella... instant shade and heat repellant, it was a godsend!
Is it a electricity cost thing or environmental nonsense
@@southcoastinventors6583 Neither. Why would a historically temperate country with cool summers invest in air con? Climate change is quickly heating up the country and the country is being very slow to act.
@@DavidCruickshank There probably hasn't been cool summers in Japan since the last ice age, summer has always been hot unless you live in Northern Hokkaido. Cities heat up the climate more than anything else that and the poor insulation present in most homes, climate change really has nothing to do with why people aren't using air conditioning
@@southcoastinventors6583it's similar in Germany. Some newer houses have ac most don't. Electricity costs money and iif there's no ac it's not Like you could upgrade too easily. Would have to have the ac snorkel out the window. Can't close it then. Or gotta make a cover...then the temptation to actually do that is over n I was using a big fan instead.
FYI - the coolers with the plates have the fan not for cooling you, but to cool the plate mechanism. It's the same principle as you see in electrical cool boxes. It's thermoelectric, so a peltier element is producing the coolness and the fan gets the heat away. If they were combined with a jacked or the shirt fan, it might make more sense, as they could cool down the air a bit. Not by much, but even a slight degrees might help on 40°C heat.
i used to use this 'ice towel' basically it is just special fabric towel that when it is 'wet' it will give out a cooling sensation but doesnt give out wet patches on your clothing :D
Fun fact: Logitech in Japan is actually branded Logicool because there was already a company using Logitech when they started business in Japan.
This is the comment I was looking for, because I worked at an electronics store for many years and that was absolutely Logitech's packaging.
Thanks for the fun fact.
most effective summer heat gadget Ive used: a cheap hand-fan with water bank attached that could act as a mister. Loved those things as a kid, and they were like what, five bucks?
Possibly, the fan jackets vary in quality and effectiveness, depending on how much you spend. Some are expensive! Another option is a vest with phase change material, or make your own, with a fishing vest and insert cooling packets in all the pockets.
Honestly I really want that parasol with a fan installed! I feel like umbrellas/parasols were the only things that helped when I lived in Japan, as it gave you your own personal shade to be under.
I have a simple, low tech solution. Wet a bandana and wrap it around your neck, providing cooling and also sun protection. When it dries out, rehydrate and keep grooving. (tested over thousands of miles on hiking trails)
You really make me want one of these snack boxes. Every time I see them I want one
honestly, my advice coming from someone living in the tropics.. bring an umbrella for shade, make sure it's bright colored so it doesn't absorb heat faster from the sunlight, and bright loose and baggy clothing, enough for air to move freely through your clothing while also covering your skin to avoid directly sunlight.. and also water and sunscreen, you don't want to increase your risk of skin cancer or dehydration
I spent 3 weeks in Japan in August, and the best thing ever were these Uniqlo Airism Mesh tees that I bought in Uniqlo Canada. They're kinda sneaky see-through, but you don't notice it when it's on your torso. Dries super fast, unless you completely saturate it (as with pretty much any shirt), but it dries in an instant when you get into the AC.
Also, wisdom of umbrellas. Carry your shade with you.
I use a chiller vest. It holds ice packs in compartments. Also use a chilling cap which is a dry tech cap that you dampen. I ride a motorcycle in 45C heat. They work for about an hour before needing to go inside!
I think the fan in the last 'cooling plate' device is to expell the heat, rathen than cool you off. If it's something like a seebeck / peltier device, it works to make one side cool and one side hot so the fan is likely just meant to control the temperature of the 'hot' side.
I feel your sentiment about the GoPro overheating. Don’t add features to a camera if it only makes the overheating issue worse. Reliable is always better.
As Douglas Adams wrote, "don't forget your towel" ! ^^
I would also advise people to get a summer hat like a Panama straw hat or even a simple cap, those could helps a lot to avoid heatstroke.
I love your channel! I came across it while searching for videos on Japan a couple of months ago when my little sister went to study abroad in Tokyo. Ever sense then, I have fallen down the rabbit hole and have been going through your video library almost religiously. lol
It helped make me feel a lot better about my lil sister being so far away in a country we have never been to. She is back home and already planning her next trip, but this time with me along.
Now, if I can just find someone as awesome as you doing videos on South Korea, I will be able to give my sister the idea that I know all on our future sister trip 😆 Thanks again for sharing your adventures!
Thanks so much!!
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So always leave me a trail of comments so I can get to know you!!
Glad to have you here and thank you again!!
@TokyoLens Thanks for the reply! Not many do, so it is very appreciated 😄
So glad it doesnt get that hot here in Hokkaido. Always wondered how good that vest was, thanks for testing it out.
The sun umbrella is probably the most effective. The fan vest around 20,000yen works good when working. From Okinawa so humidity is a constant battle. Nice topic!
A 100% cotton shirt, shorts and sandals for atire + back fan, and umbrella fan sound like the best combo.
Waggling your fingers in cool or room temperature (*not cold*) water is surprisingly effective at cooling down. Your fingers act like radiators cooling your blood which then goes back into your body, helping to cool your core.
It's important to ensure that the water isn't too cold relative to the outside air or your body will think it's fallen in an ice lake and reduce blood flow to your extremities to try and prevent an imaginary hypothermia/frostbite risk.
I think the clip belt fan is effective because it enchances evaporative cooling from sweat. The vest is less effective because of the shirt, the air has to blow direct on your skin. I think if you only had the vest on, it would probably be a lot cooler. Hope you kept hydrated throughout filming, 40 degrees is no joke.
Honestly, I found a parasol the most effective way to keep cool because in Japanese summers. I usually paired it with an electric hand fan (no free hands, but keeps you cool) :)