ナカイサヤカ，
I'm going to be going to Aomori for a couple of weeks late in July and I'm going to be studying in Tokyo for several months later this year, so I have a question; I usually carry a flashlight with me, in case of an emergency, or if I just need to see something in the dark. The thing is, I'm getting a new one, which happens to have a bevelled edge (there's a picture of it here: http://
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Aomori is a kind of country so you do not have to warry bout carrying these goods.
I mean people living in coutry is normaly very nice to you( maybe cant speak english though) so you should not be worried about getting involved in trouble.
you can ask anyone walking on streets anything.If you are polite enough,they will show you what to do.
I mean people living in coutry is normaly very nice to you( maybe cant speak english though) so you should not be worried about getting involved in trouble.
you can ask anyone walking on streets anything.If you are polite enough,they will show you what to do.
Thanks to everyone for their responses! Even DanceStar; I respect your right to think ill of me for carring a flashlight, if you wish.
I'm enough of an experienced traveler to not put anything even remotely threatening with my carry-on luggage.
>rajio
It's worth 100USD because it an extremely good flashlight. Pretty much any professional who needs a really good flashlight gets a Surefire, because they are very durable and extremely bright.
I'm enough of an experienced traveler to not put anything even remotely threatening with my carry-on luggage.
>rajio
It's worth 100USD because it an extremely good flashlight. Pretty much any professional who needs a really good flashlight gets a Surefire, because they are very durable and extremely bright.
Why on earth would you even consider carrying such a thing around with you in Japan?
It's advertised as "Defender Law Enforcement Style" and promoted as "a personal safety device that packs a powerful defensive punch" that can "momentarily blind an attacker", which is DESIGNED to "be used as a last-ditch impact weapon"...
You have got to be kidding!
It may be at home in paranoid America, but it is totally out of place in Japan... I suggest you leave your paranoia at home in the States, and buy a nice convenient light-weight pocket version for your comfort.
A few stats to ponder (but you can research more):
Murders per 100,000.
Russia Federation 18.07
United States 6.32
Japan 0.58
Rape per 100,000.
United States 34.20
England and Wales 14.69
France 13.38
Japan 1.48
Serious Assault per 100,000.
Australia 713.68
England & Wales 405.20
United States 357.94
Japan 15.40
Robbery/Violent Theft per 100,000.
Spain 169.85
United States 169.02
France 144.10
Japan 2.71
From The Analysis and Comparison on Statistics of Criminal Cases in Various Countries
http://www.moi.gov.tw/W3/stat/english/etopic/89criminal.htm
It's advertised as "Defender Law Enforcement Style" and promoted as "a personal safety device that packs a powerful defensive punch" that can "momentarily blind an attacker", which is DESIGNED to "be used as a last-ditch impact weapon"...
You have got to be kidding!
It may be at home in paranoid America, but it is totally out of place in Japan... I suggest you leave your paranoia at home in the States, and buy a nice convenient light-weight pocket version for your comfort.
A few stats to ponder (but you can research more):
Murders per 100,000.
Russia Federation 18.07
United States 6.32
Japan 0.58
Rape per 100,000.
United States 34.20
England and Wales 14.69
France 13.38
Japan 1.48
Serious Assault per 100,000.
Australia 713.68
England & Wales 405.20
United States 357.94
Japan 15.40
Robbery/Violent Theft per 100,000.
Spain 169.85
United States 169.02
France 144.10
Japan 2.71
From The Analysis and Comparison on Statistics of Criminal Cases in Various Countries
http://www.moi.gov.tw/W3/stat/english/etopic/89criminal.htm
> Andy
How many rapes go unreported in the USA? Or anywhere. That particular crime is always vastly under-reported.
They are just stats, but they do reflect a reality. Simply put, Japan is one of the safest countries in the world when it comes to crimes of assault or robbery.
Without wishing to get involved in a debate about it, rape is said to be about power, rather than sex. Perhaps that gives an insight into its prevalence as a popular fantasy in Japanese society. But these sorts of things are open debates, that is, debates without conclusive evidence to support any particular theory at this time. So, I won't debate it.
Getting back to the topic, to take such a torch (American: flashlight) into Japan makes no sense to me at all. It's almost an affront to Japan in my opinion. I hope Durandalさん will reconsider it.
How many rapes go unreported in the USA? Or anywhere. That particular crime is always vastly under-reported.
They are just stats, but they do reflect a reality. Simply put, Japan is one of the safest countries in the world when it comes to crimes of assault or robbery.
Without wishing to get involved in a debate about it, rape is said to be about power, rather than sex. Perhaps that gives an insight into its prevalence as a popular fantasy in Japanese society. But these sorts of things are open debates, that is, debates without conclusive evidence to support any particular theory at this time. So, I won't debate it.
Getting back to the topic, to take such a torch (American: flashlight) into Japan makes no sense to me at all. It's almost an affront to Japan in my opinion. I hope Durandalさん will reconsider it.
>チャン
I thank you for your opinions and interesting statistics, but I have to emphasize that I don't mean to carry it as a weapon, it is simply a very good flashlight, which happens to have one feature (the bevelled edge) which might make it somewhat contraversial. I fail to see how it makes no sense to simply wish to carry a flashlight for when I need momentary illumination, when I have no intention whatsoever to use it as a weapon. I ultimately have no control over how it is marketed.
Also, I'm aware of Japan's extremely low rate of violent crime. I'm not at all worried about being mugged or anything (and that's even considering that when I'm in Japan I usually take long walks late at night to take in the air).
Also, as far as the US's unfortunate and disturbingly high rate of violent crime, it is worth noting that those figures can be somewhat misleading. There are some places in the USA where crime is extremely high, such as many ghettos, and these drive the national numbers up considerably, and make some people think that all of the US is very dangerous. This couldn't be furthur from the truth. For example, where I live, the rate of crime is very low, probably only slightly higher (if that) than in Japan. In fact, most people where I live don't even bother to lock the doors of their car or homes perhaps half of the time!
I thank you for your opinions and interesting statistics, but I have to emphasize that I don't mean to carry it as a weapon, it is simply a very good flashlight, which happens to have one feature (the bevelled edge) which might make it somewhat contraversial. I fail to see how it makes no sense to simply wish to carry a flashlight for when I need momentary illumination, when I have no intention whatsoever to use it as a weapon. I ultimately have no control over how it is marketed.
Also, I'm aware of Japan's extremely low rate of violent crime. I'm not at all worried about being mugged or anything (and that's even considering that when I'm in Japan I usually take long walks late at night to take in the air).
Also, as far as the US's unfortunate and disturbingly high rate of violent crime, it is worth noting that those figures can be somewhat misleading. There are some places in the USA where crime is extremely high, such as many ghettos, and these drive the national numbers up considerably, and make some people think that all of the US is very dangerous. This couldn't be furthur from the truth. For example, where I live, the rate of crime is very low, probably only slightly higher (if that) than in Japan. In fact, most people where I live don't even bother to lock the doors of their car or homes perhaps half of the time!
>> Simply put, Japan is one of the safest countries
>> in the world when it comes to crimes of assault or robbery.
It may be true, but that doesn't mean you can walk around freely on your own in the middle of the night like you used to be able to. Look at all the crazy things that happen on the streets there these days. I don't care what the stats says - I just don't feel safe in Japan anymore.
>> in the world when it comes to crimes of assault or robbery.
It may be true, but that doesn't mean you can walk around freely on your own in the middle of the night like you used to be able to. Look at all the crazy things that happen on the streets there these days. I don't care what the stats says - I just don't feel safe in Japan anymore.
why settle for a cheap crappy torch?
i own an expensive, large maglight as carried by most LEO's around the world - it is bright, water and shock proof and damn strong. never, not once let me down. I do not see the point of using something cheap and possibly unreliable if my life depended on it.
Buy the torch. Put it in your checked luggage (is not a security problem them - Ive been able to legally move knives that way) and use it to get around in the dark in country Aomori.
And ignore the people who have no clue :)
i own an expensive, large maglight as carried by most LEO's around the world - it is bright, water and shock proof and damn strong. never, not once let me down. I do not see the point of using something cheap and possibly unreliable if my life depended on it.
Buy the torch. Put it in your checked luggage (is not a security problem them - Ive been able to legally move knives that way) and use it to get around in the dark in country Aomori.
And ignore the people who have no clue :)
> 19: Durandal
You can be the victim of violent crime anywhere, statistics mean little if you are the unlucky sucker who gets hit.
But, I think you just miss my point.Your argument seems to be the same one that a huge number of Americans use in relation to guns. I own one, I don't intend to use it, but it is there as a defensive weapon if I am attacked. That's my right. So, that's what I'm gonna do.
Sounds logical, but the reality it produces is that deaths from gunshot are phenomenally higher in the US than any other developed country.And that is due to one thing only, every American's "sacred right" to bear arms and the consequent high prevalence of guns in the community.The reality that all this "protection" produces deaths seems lost on the American public.
There are plenty of good, sturdy torches/flashlights, such as those built for camping or mountain climbing. Yet you are choosing one that is expressly designed and built as a weapon. That is the whole marketing spiel for that thing.If you buy into that, you buy into the paranoia that brings about the thing it fears.
But look, that's just my opinion, albeit a strong opinion, I am really sad to see any young person carrying a knife, knuckle duster or anything that is designed specifically as a weapon rather than a tool. It means they are also carrying a certain mentality with them.
I hope you'll reconsider, but if your thinking is rigid on this, then of course you are free to do as you please.Go in peace.
I hope you have a good time in Japan.
You can be the victim of violent crime anywhere, statistics mean little if you are the unlucky sucker who gets hit.
But, I think you just miss my point.Your argument seems to be the same one that a huge number of Americans use in relation to guns. I own one, I don't intend to use it, but it is there as a defensive weapon if I am attacked. That's my right. So, that's what I'm gonna do.
Sounds logical, but the reality it produces is that deaths from gunshot are phenomenally higher in the US than any other developed country.And that is due to one thing only, every American's "sacred right" to bear arms and the consequent high prevalence of guns in the community.The reality that all this "protection" produces deaths seems lost on the American public.
There are plenty of good, sturdy torches/flashlights, such as those built for camping or mountain climbing. Yet you are choosing one that is expressly designed and built as a weapon. That is the whole marketing spiel for that thing.If you buy into that, you buy into the paranoia that brings about the thing it fears.
But look, that's just my opinion, albeit a strong opinion, I am really sad to see any young person carrying a knife, knuckle duster or anything that is designed specifically as a weapon rather than a tool. It means they are also carrying a certain mentality with them.
I hope you'll reconsider, but if your thinking is rigid on this, then of course you are free to do as you please.Go in peace.
I hope you have a good time in Japan.
"Yet you are choosing one that is expressly designed and built as a weapon."
!?!?!? Its not even 5" long! If that's a weapon then you can call plenty of things weapons; heavy handbags, ruggedised mobile phones, my trusty boots.
Like I said, noone will give you any trouble with wanting to take a *torch*, and that's a nice torch.
Maybe the rest of you should wrap yourselves in bubble-wrap and pillows and hope noone gets too close, eh?
!?!?!? Its not even 5" long! If that's a weapon then you can call plenty of things weapons; heavy handbags, ruggedised mobile phones, my trusty boots.
Like I said, noone will give you any trouble with wanting to take a *torch*, and that's a nice torch.
Maybe the rest of you should wrap yourselves in bubble-wrap and pillows and hope noone gets too close, eh?
>> Its not even 5" long! If that's a weapon
>> then you can call plenty of things weapons;
>> heavy handbags, ruggedised mobile phones,
>> my trusty boots.
It just reminded me, Oliver who is a Shihan
from Germany, currently living and training
in Japan, did a short trip to Australia and
New Zealand last month.
He held a few day seminars and came to our
dojo for one night.
Anyway he showed a couple of techniques using
a bobby pin as a weapon. It was kind of funny
but I guess you never know.
>> then you can call plenty of things weapons;
>> heavy handbags, ruggedised mobile phones,
>> my trusty boots.
It just reminded me, Oliver who is a Shihan
from Germany, currently living and training
in Japan, did a short trip to Australia and
New Zealand last month.
He held a few day seminars and came to our
dojo for one night.
Anyway he showed a couple of techniques using
a bobby pin as a weapon. It was kind of funny
but I guess you never know.
My best guess is that you’d be fine since it just looks like a normal flashlight but you might want to check with the police officer first if you’re concerned.
I have a Japanese friend who had to spend a night in jail by carrying something he didn’t know it was considered a weapon. I’m not exactly sure what he was carrying, I think it was some kind of a bar to repair something (and it was the biggest one to do the job), but apparently, this particular bar was used to force open vehicles in the neighborhood and the police was in a hunt for anyone carrying this…. My friend just bought this at a local hardware store and they didn’t say anything about it. Man, was he furious.
I guess he was just very unlucky, but you never know what’s okay and what’s not so it might be best to check especially if you’re planning to carry it around.
Hope you have a wonderful time in Japan!
I have a Japanese friend who had to spend a night in jail by carrying something he didn’t know it was considered a weapon. I’m not exactly sure what he was carrying, I think it was some kind of a bar to repair something (and it was the biggest one to do the job), but apparently, this particular bar was used to force open vehicles in the neighborhood and the police was in a hunt for anyone carrying this…. My friend just bought this at a local hardware store and they didn’t say anything about it. Man, was he furious.
I guess he was just very unlucky, but you never know what’s okay and what’s not so it might be best to check especially if you’re planning to carry it around.
Hope you have a wonderful time in Japan!
Just bring the flashlight man. I'll admit it does look kind of tough, but ultimately its just a flashlight, and judging by your earlier posts, you seem like a nice enough guy. Even if someone confronted you about it, you can always argue that its just a flashlight, and who can knock you for being prepared. I'd be glad to have that around if there was a power outage. If you're really worried about it, just get a maglite. They are quality flashlights, but they don't have those beveled edges you're worried about.
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