Suburban Japan: Bicycle Wars
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- ...and other dark secrets inside a quiet Japanese neighborhood.
Ever wondered what life in suburban Japan looks like?
A place where people buy their food in corner stores and almost no one owns a car. If you’re a young housewife with one or two children, you pile your kids on a bicycle to do your daily shopping. Office workers ride their bicycles to the local train station, but this is where things get complicated. Parking it in a bicycle lot can cost over $700 a year, so most people leave their bicycles on the street. That’s illegal, and every couple of weeks the government shows up with a flatbed truck to haul everyone’s bicycles away.
If you want it back then you have to track it down to one of twenty lots - usually under a highway overpass - and then comb through thousands of similar bicycles until you find yours. Pay the ransom and you’re free to pedal home.
Best of all, in two short weeks you get to do it all over again.
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Now I know, why there are lots of surplus bikes from Japan here in the Philippines 😁🇵🇭
In Japan you dont even need a bike lock. Japanese people have a low crime rate.
You'll find your bike faster if you paint it in a fluorescent yellow color!
🇯🇵 Japan donate your bicycles to the Philippines 🇵🇭 thank you
Yes! I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines - I would love to see the Japanese bikes go there!
Our Human Planet plaese sell me cheap folding bike here in phils.
Lalo na sa mga kabataan sa mga rural areas na mahirap ang transportation
Love the Japanese culture
I like how 2:09 says Osaka when this video is set in Fujisawa
Good catch! I spent six months in each place and didn't realize I was combining footage when I got around to editing the story. The women shopping happens in Fujisawa. The bike parking issue was filmed in Osaka. As I'm sure you know, both circumstances would apply to almost any Japanese city....
I love Japanese surplus bikes😁🇵🇭
Uu
Where can i import from road bikes in japan
It seems in this case, it's best to know your serial number and add different accessories to differentiate your bike. Tho, I think it's better to buy the parking.
So could anyone just come take whatever bike they claim is theirs? Is there any way the government verifies ownership through serial numbers on sales receipts? Seems like a good way someone could claim a much more expensive bike is theirs.
I raised this question as well and everyone (Japanese) looked at me in bafflement. "Why would you take a bike that isn't yours?" they asked. A more practical answer: most of these bikes are cheap, 1-3 speed beater bikes with baskets in front that are ridden a mile or two to the train station. I know several people who moved and just left their bike at the station - they figured they're buy a new one ($10-$30) at their new place. The stored bikes are very well organized by pickup date and place - and that's the first thing you tell the attendant. Then you describe your bike by color, make, etc. It's highly unlikely that you could guess the details of an expensive bike and actually have one match it among those picked up your stated date and location.
@@OurHumanPlanet Also when buying a bike the person fills out a registration form at the shop and that is sent to the local police so when writing a citation they will know who owns it. And do not get caught riding a bike that is not yours.
I didn't know this! Thank you!
Ilove Japanese.. hope to go there someday.
i love this footage vibe old cam and in japan i love that
Love your videos
I've been lucky... never had mine taken.
how can i buy those bikes by bulk? do you have any idea where?
I like these Bycycle. How can i manage a 28" gents bycycle ?
That’s Sad’
it is illegal in Japan to carry passengers on a bike so no you can't legally carry kids.
Good to know! Thank you for your comment!
Why people do not use helmets ? ...especially the kids !?
Because the streets are almost empty of cars ❤
At lease in japan no one steal your bike like here in the 🇺🇸.
are u nutz?? one and done
id find another way
700 dollars a year xD dang
Its not oke but a paper on the ground is oke .. who's gonna pick that paper up
Ugh how does anyone live liek this!