Is Tokyo Safe For a Solo Woman at Night? [SHINJUKU]

We send Sherry, a female Japanese local out into Shinjuku alone with a camera and a support team, and things escalate quickly... Tonight we take a look at if Tokyo is really safe for a solo female traveler at night. Huge thank you to Magical Trip for helping us back a support team for Sherry on this one!

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Tokyo Bar Hopping Night Tour in Shinjuku

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Tokyo Bar Hopping Night Tour in Shinjuku

[BCsBTL]

I’ve witnessed “scouting” as you called it in Kyoto. A young adult woman coming from train chased down by guy. She did similar maneuver to slip through crowd and she was telling him to go away. She seemed capable and confident so I didn’t do anything but part of me wishes my friend and I had ganged up on him and yelled till she got away. I’d never seen anything quite like it before.

[TheTennesseeTornado]

The sad part about this is actually what I see in every big city around the world, and especially here in the States. You see a woman running to get away from someone, and no one (except you guys who were actively looking for it) stopped to help.

As a man, it breaks my heart to see, but it also puts me in a horrible spot because now I will almost always come across as a creep if I were to legitimately ask someone if they were lost and needed help.

As a society, the sense of community just seems gone, and it's sad that it seems so widespread.

[redpoppymemoirs]

During my trip to Japan, after getting dropped off by the tour bus, I got lost looking for a restaurant and ended up in Kabukicho at night. It was so crowded that night. The vibe (loud, bright, crowded) also overwhelmed me (an introvert here). Having realized what kind of place I was in because of some of the establishments and I guess bar people lined up waiting for customers, I just kept to myself and walked quickly. I finally found a quiet spot to eat, then called a taxi back to my hotel. Nothing really happened, I just laughed at myself for ending up there. 😅

[onemrepixel]

I went to Japan recently for the first time and yup, especially for Tokyo, it happened a lot if you just wait and check around you. Thanks for Sherry, you, and all the team to be able to do something like that

[xiaosbbg.]

13:35 I could feel the anxiety right through my phone screen, I can't even imagine how terrifying it must be for that girl and many others to experience being chased down by some random crazy guy and the fact that nobody around her is noticing nor helping her like it's something they see on a daily basis as of it's normal for them..

[Viperkal]

Sherry is always a delight to see in the videos.

[kimho]

This video brought back an awful memory I had when I was at Shinjuku! I was a sophomore from Hong Kong in my first trip to Tokyo with my family two summers before.
One evening, we took on a train at Shinjuku after exploring the place, and headed back to our hostel. When we got on the train, I sat with my mum while my dad and my younger brother found their seats somewhere else near. There was a strange looking middle-aged guy at the opposite who started staring at me from the moment I took the seat.
In a few stops he came over in front of me and my mum, and started making conversations with me, asking me if I was there to travel, giving compliments that I looked pretty in his broken English and asked if I was a student. At first I thought he might be trying to be nice to tourists, but by the time when he was wondering more information about me, my mum and I sensed that he was on to something weird and we refused talking to him for more, asked him to back off, as we switched seats to another cart and rejoined with my dad and brother.
When we were in our new seats, I had my eyes closed to rest on my brother's shoulders. But then I heard noises of my family, and there was the man again! Before we had made our attitudes clear with our facial expressions and gestures (as we don't speak Japanese) that we wanted nothing more with him, he still came afterwards to harass and tried to talk to me even after we avoided him, even when I was asleep. As we were with my dad this time, who stood up and started yelling at him loudly to protect us and scare him away, the strange man finally stopped coming back afterwards.
Since then, I lost a bit faith in Japan and liked it less even I had so many amazing memories and experiences there in my travelling with the people I love. I started feeling insecure and unsafe about Tokyo for the rest of my trip, that every time when I step on a new train, I felt alarmed about my surroundings. I couldn't help but wonder what might have happened if I was travelling by myself and had no help from my family, like I couldn't believe that my mother was actually right by my side all along but still he had the dare to keep coming to harass us!

[RalphinaLy]

While these things are usual in Shinjuku, I've still felt relatively safe even if people walk up to me to talk or visit their business compare to other big cities. They accept no and don't physically try to harass you, in my and my friend's case. I remember one foreigner trying to get me to visit their bar, when I wanted to visit a place that was right below it instead on a friend's invitation. The guy accompanied me to the underground club, bought me a drink and told me the whole story about the owner and the fun facts related to his friendship with them. Then he excused himself that he had to get back to his own bar and came to check up on me later how I was doing. As I was alone since my friend was working, and I'd heard horror stories of what could happen, I didn't dare to visit his bar. But the guy didn't pester me, was genuinely very nice, and conventional throughout the entire night. One of the safest places I've felt as a woman in metropolitan cities. The only thing I'm torn about Shinjuku is the humongous rats, feeding on street trash...

[みーる-tl]

I’m a Japanese woman living in Europe and strongly feel that Japan, even Tokyo, is one of the safest countries. As women, we can walk alone at night, enjoy all-night outings, and even sleep on trains without significant concerns

[lola-jnj]

as an 18 year old girl living in the heart of tokyo for college, i will never feel safe walking anywhere in a highly populated city at night. i’ve had multiple men insistently hit on me, and follow me for a little bit too… i think many people have this idea in their minds that japan is a super duper safe nation, when in reality it’s no different than any other country.

[Crossingt]

My partner and I and later family have had positive experiences in Shinjuku. However, none of us have been through there alone and not too late either. Strangest experience was a chat with a clearly sloshed Japanese couple just outside Golden Gai. We were indulging in a late evening icecream and they started talking to us.

[TheMcDermottFiles]

Nearly spat my tea out during your sponsorship part "They took me up the back entrance" 😂 DUDE

[hanaporter]

In my uni days and as a new grad worker I went out for drinks in Tokyo with my friends a LOT and I’ve never ever felt as though I was in danger.
Sometimes people did come up and talk to me but if you ignore them they would back away. Just have to be careful where you go. If you go to Kabukicho on a Friday night on your own as a woman, you’re asking for trouble.

[CornnTheCobb]

6:15 It's the Champion District irl!

[Alex-owbs]

I’m thankful to watch this video because I will be heading the Japan tour trip and the guide told us that we can wonder when the tour of the day finished. Now I know where to not go with my friends. Since I’m the oldest of the friends group I have to take care of them.🥺

[vedikakaushal]

japan is such a cool place but creeps round the world ruin the beauty of almost all such locations

[ChristopherHarris]

Awesome video as always Norm and Sherry. Thanks for sharing this unique experience with us to show the side of Tokyo and normal doesn’t get told about in most other videos.

[venusintaurus]

People finally talking more about how unsafe Japan is for women

[JoeSchmmoAnimeNews]

Happy New Years bud! Interesting video as always. Just wanted to say its kinda sad/impressive that it took 30 seconds