I Tried JAPAN'S SUMMER TECH and It Was...

Today we are buying as much of Japan's summer tech and tech wear around the area of Akihabara, Tokyo as we can get our hands on, and trying out everything from portable fans, to digital ice, and more!

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[TokyoLens]

What was YOUR Favorite piece of summer tech? Join the discussion below (And can you find my secret second comment? It'll be hidden in the mix of comments below!!)

[trevorgurley]

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 🙂

[Aikibiker]

Honestly that umbrella with the fan on it you didn't test sounds like the best idea. Shade and airflow in the same package.

[DividedZone]

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!

[kazik]

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.

[k_redacted]

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!

[Youssii]

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.

[With_Me_JAPAN]

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😆✨

[Asianandproudtobe]

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

[TokyoLens]

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[fab_brains]

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.

[captainobvious]

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.

[EyesforSkies]

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!

[RobotsRuleTheWorld]

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. 😅

[gracesandford]

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! :)

[IndustrialFaith]

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!

[Amixus]

My best trick for those hot days are those flimsy blue cool packs. You wrap a towel around two of them stacked on each other, and you put them around your neck. It stays without problem, cool for more than a half hour. In addition, you put one of those hard plastic cool packs in your pocket. (Works only if you have a slim wallet and you hold the phone in your hands)

[jbjr]

The towel advice is something I'm going to take very seriously if I ever go to Japan in the summer

[FioFirefox]

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.

[youtubeyoutubeyoutube]

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.