IS JAPAN SAFE? 🇯🇵 Traveling SOLO as a Female

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I have received this question a lot; Is Japan safe to travel to as a woman alone? So I decided to make a video about it! As you guys know I do travel to Japan very often and more often than not I am alone on those trips. In this video I talk about some of my personal experiences as well as some of my friend's stories. Hope this video is helpful if you are planning to travel alone, if you have any other videos you would like me to make please let me know in the comments!


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[Busha]

thank you for being realistic! many people just say "Japan is super safe" and that's it...but it's important to be always careful, even in Japan. I did have one scary experience while living in Japan. I was on a vacation in a small town and I was taking a walk at night. It wasn't that late yet with still quite a lot of people around...but on my way back to an accommodation there was no one anymore and I stopped to watch night view by a temple, when I noticed this older man hanging around, I didn't really care because it's normal, right? and he disappeared after a while. So after I was done enjoying night view, I continued on my way down when I noticed the man standing under stairs, hiding in a shadow of nearby trees and watching me. I immediately turned around and went to stand right under a street lamp (because it was dark to go to any direction) and called my mom. I didn't tell her anything because I didn't want to scare her, but I was so scared that I was breathing really fast and mom asked me if I was running or what. I still feel the fear while writing this tbh. So I was standing under that lamp, talking with my mom and the guy came up and just left other way...I immediately ran back to my accommodation. Nowhere else in the world something like this has happened to me, that's why everyone needs to be careful even in Japan.
As for groping on public transportation, I didn't experience it in Japan but I did experience it two times in my life and once I wasn't able to say anything but second time, I elbowed the guy in the stomach hard and stomped on his feet and got out of the bus.

[VaswatiDeb]

My school friends used to carry a safety pin with them for these type of people in train.
You can be silent and use the pin whenever needed, no public scene will happen.

[MartaGee]

I traveled solo to Japan in spring 2019 and had a phenomenal and safe experience my entire 3 week trip. I went to Tokyo (Shibuya, akihabara, roppongi, Harajuku, Ueno and a few other places that are slipping my mind right now), Kyoto (central Kyoto and gion), Zushi (a town south of Tokyo), Jimmuji (I think that’s the name of the town? I’m not sure but that was the name of the station on the Keikyu line). Often times I would end up taking the last of the trains in the evenings to retire from my long days exploring and having fun (by myself). Not once did I ever feel unsafe. Not once did I ever feel like I didn’t have access to any sort of security resource. By security resource I mean, a police box, a train station security person, a random officer on the street, a place that felt safe that I could run into and ask for help. I even feel like if it was a really desperate situation I could ask a random stranger for help because people are genuinely kind and polite. I needed help finding my way back to the train station one night and my phone battery died and so I stopped a random man on the street. At first he was hesitant because of not knowing much English. But to ease his nerves I knew some basic Japanese words in my head and used universal gestures and made sure to remember to thank him and bow. I said something like “sumimasen JR?” and showed him my dead phone and gestured a shrug. Then we tried to look for paper to draw me a map (yes japanese ppl really do that, it’s true!) but we didn’t have any so he pointed the directions (left, right, straight) and showed me numbers using his fingers for streets to walk. And then I relayed it back like Rock Paper Scissors and he was like “yes! Ok!” And I thanked him multiple times and bowed semi-deeply to show my gratitude. I was pretty close to the station but I was so disoriented from wandering and taking photos and window shopping I felt lost.

[juliaforst]

If some random guys offer you a ride to the airport or anywhere... please don't get into that car. Be aware that human trafficking is still a thing and it can happen anywhere! Be safe guys!

[eracr]

I am from Mexico and I have traveled in Japan alone and it is really safe the Japanese people is really amazing and polite.

[PaulaNerissa]

Travelling solo to Japan is my most favourite life experience! I never once felt unsafe and always had strangers willing to help me. My favourite country too ❤️

[okalaniiiiiii]

Japan is one of the safest country to visit as a solo female traveler

[seomigibi]

I’m glad to know this cause in the summer I will be going to Japan alone

[Noname-qkqp]

I thought as a foreigner groping wouldn’t happen to me. But it did, on a very crowded train. I completely froze and couldn’t react at first. After that I just pushed away as much as I could and got of next stop. As Kim says you might freeze even if you before think you would react differently

[TheHelveticanbarbie]

I think one of the reasons I felt so safe in Japan was due to most things being open late or even being 24 hours. Having arcades shut at 1am, 24hour convenient stores on literally every other corner, shops staying open way past 8pm (as opposed to 5pm here in the UK) plus late running transportation etc, you didn't feel like you shouldn't be out late at night or wary that there's only going to be drunk people etc since a variety of places were still open. Also due to the street designs, a lot of streets had no pavement and were just "alleyways", which you would not walk down at night (or day) in any other country, but it's just a casual street in Japan..

[Samilovescandy]

Yes... I miss japan. I am hoping to save up and visit the country soon. Also I miss this these kind of vlogs

[にこニコ-cw]

This is true! I lost my phone in harajuku this year, and got it back a week later!

[billyjoesarangelo]

Agree, Japan is one of the safest countries on earth! I also traveled to Osaka and Kyoto on my own and I had no problems, people are very polite, friendly and honest. I really wish its already safe to travel hopefully by next year too.

[natashaarnold]

I hope Japan is open by 2022, I've been planning my first trip for then :')

[krissyronaldo]

Thank you for this Kim! Japan was my first trip overseas and I went alone. Your videos helped me prepare and feel more confident exploring Tokyo as a woman. ❤️

[jo_hansson]

You are the best!
I like to hear you speaking in English!
I'm trying to improve my English and could listen to you for hours:)
Of course I also like what you talk about, especially about Japan!
Thank you so much and many greetings from Germany!

[aagreg]

As a Japanese person who grew up on the country side and moved to Tokyo, groping on trains is deffinitely a problem, especially in Tokyo.

It is very hard to get actual statistics of how often it happens. But from my annecdotal experience, I can tell you most of my friends back home have never experienced it, but a lot of my friends who from Tokyo have, I even know a guy who has experienced it.

I really recommend you to try and get a seat on trains, and travel on a female only carrage if you have to travel during the morning rush hours.

[太郎神の助]

Thank you for a very good video
！I am Japanese but I hope many travelers from other countries will be satisfied with Japan！！

[catherinezilber]

I traveled around the world by myself in the late 80s...before digital anything basically. Other than almost getting snacked on by a shark in Fiji, I had my most dangerous situation in Sydney! I felt super safe in Singapore. Even the guys hawking watches remembered me and wouldn't bug me twice! Everyone was super nice. I've always figured that Japan would be similar.

[missjXiao]

Japan at night really wasn't that bad, I went with a friend in 2019 Nov, and it was fine even at midnight when we were traveling via train to get back from Osaka to Kyoto.