What Japanese Prison Food is Like ★ ONLY in JAPAN

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  • čas přidán 19. 02. 2018
  • Japan has some amazing prison food, which should be no surprise. Inmates are served healthy, nutritious meals of grilled fish, salads, rice and soup - which are actually healthier than most school lunches around the world! Would you like to try what prisoners eat? There's a prison in Hokkaido that serves authentic meals to the public and that is where I went -- Abashiri.
    Abashiri is in the very north of Hokkaido and is famous for its prison. Their "Bangaichi Shokudo Diner" is the only restaurant that serves authentic prison food in Japan, the ingredients the same as the penitentiary nearby. The meals will probably surprise you!
    Prison Food Menu:
    SET A: Pacific Saury, 2 salads, barley rice, miso soup (780 yen / $7.00)
    SET B: Atka Mackerel, 2 salads, barley rice, miso soup (820 yen / $7.50)
    It's called the "secret meal" because Japanese Prisons are very restrictive with access to the outside world. However, Abashiri is dfferent and they've opened up prison life to the public and it's worth a visit.
    We also get a tour of today's prison cells in Japan. They have tatami mats, futons, TV, toilet and window. There are private cells and cells for 6 or more inmates. Japanese inmates typically eat their meals in their cells.
    The Japanese prison life is regimented, the schedule the same everyday. Wake up at 6:40am and lights out at 9:00pm.
    Meal time is three times a day for 20 minutes.
    Where is Abashiri, Japan?
    It's in Hokkaido's north, a 90 plane ride from Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
    goo.gl/maps/73BhKny43R32
    URL: www.kangoku.jp/multilingual_en... (in English)
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  • @lalakuma9
    @lalakuma9 Před 5 lety +2596

    Not only do the meals look delicious, the prison cell also looks like a pretty cozy studio.

    • @bettertommorow4930
      @bettertommorow4930 Před 5 lety +127

      That's is rare in japanese prison. I think your getting confused with the american prison system.

    • @bursegsardaukar
      @bursegsardaukar Před 5 lety +10

      With TV!

    • @samnikole1643
      @samnikole1643 Před 5 lety +2

      Lala Exactly!

    • @scratchpad7954
      @scratchpad7954 Před 5 lety +14

      Except I would much prefer a modern smart flat screen color TV rather than a grayscale CRT device that appears to date back to circa 1970 to 1985.

    • @johngoodman5976
      @johngoodman5976 Před 5 lety +5

      No windows to the outside is kinda creepy and sad though.

  • @AT-yn9dm
    @AT-yn9dm Před 6 lety +4768

    Why do prisoners eat better food than I do?

  • @TheStrykingNinja
    @TheStrykingNinja Před 5 lety +2163

    What is shown to the public and what actually is can be very different.

    • @ridhazharfan7254
      @ridhazharfan7254 Před 5 lety +43

      True

    • @difencrosby
      @difencrosby Před 5 lety +304

      I met a guy who was imprisoned 2 weeks in japan. The way he described it is nowhere near this video

    • @aveaillium8754
      @aveaillium8754 Před 5 lety +16

      My pov exactly!!! Is it even true?!

    • @bobohobo30yearsago41
      @bobohobo30yearsago41 Před 5 lety +8

      Vigil ur in the wrong country

    • @vickyskye8492
      @vickyskye8492 Před 5 lety +135

      agreed false propaganda. People used to tell germans that ppl were just being "relocated" and videos shows a gym a cafe ect in the camps. I seriously doubt they're serving food that tastey

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak Před 5 lety +551

    Their prison food is better than my daily meals

  • @somerandomweeb7176
    @somerandomweeb7176 Před 6 lety +3214

    When Japanese prison food is better than American school food

    • @tatianajeaninee8353
      @tatianajeaninee8353 Před 6 lety +140

      Some Random Weeb That's why most of public school kids in the U.S don't eat school food

    • @lisumaperaly4252
      @lisumaperaly4252 Před 6 lety +55

      Some Random Weeb back in the day we had awesome school lunches but now I’ve seen what they serve and I wouldn’t touch it with a stick

    • @jakes7342
      @jakes7342 Před 6 lety +10

      Some Random Weeb well I know they serve much better food in school now then in the 90's.At least at the school my mom works at.They actually make fresh food a little bland maybe but very healthy.

    • @himomimfamous
      @himomimfamous Před 6 lety +30

      I don’t think American kids would eat this to begin with...

    • @Henky
      @Henky Před 6 lety +15

      when japanese prison food is better than my daily food in germany ^^
      would like to eat japanese food here but its expensive because there arent a lot selling it and its always import from japan :S
      i hate my life in germany xD

  • @pokerworld
    @pokerworld Před 6 lety +4162

    *Time to go be a criminal in Japan*

    • @adotholland22
      @adotholland22 Před 6 lety +39

      i will joy jou

    • @helmut666kohl
      @helmut666kohl Před 6 lety +78

      Not really. Japanese prisons are clean and the food may be OK, but there is a reason why Amnesty and others are all over the "rest" of the system.

    • @coyotelong4349
      @coyotelong4349 Před 5 lety +65

      I hear the Yakuza are taking applications

    • @MrSeedofTheBlock
      @MrSeedofTheBlock Před 5 lety +160

      Japanese prisons are extremely dehumanising. To name a few, you cannot talk or socialize, your cell is not heated/cooled and the lights are not turned off, you must do work, you must March, you must face the wall.
      And if you are bad enough to be on death row, you are not notified of the date of execution, so you must spend everyday in dread.
      So no, prison life, in any country, is not fun.

    • @aniruddha1808
      @aniruddha1808 Před 5 lety +4

      Ha Ha

  • @aimananuar7633
    @aimananuar7633 Před 5 lety +59

    To be honest,the cell is better and tidier than my room.

  • @officer401
    @officer401 Před 5 lety +188

    Them: How was it being locked up in Japan?
    Me: It was ...Abashitty.

  • @Anoone13
    @Anoone13 Před 6 lety +929

    the prison looks better than my apartment...

    • @mehfresco7917
      @mehfresco7917 Před 5 lety +1

      Nicha Kiatkorsuk 7

    • @kbpost6947
      @kbpost6947 Před 5 lety

      N

    • @plablopplablo
      @plablopplablo Před 5 lety +3

      Ohhh if you dont like ypur apartament come to my house i have 3 rooms and live alone

    • @praveensharma3456
      @praveensharma3456 Před 5 lety +7

      Prison looks better than my slutty girlfriend

    • @duylai1100
      @duylai1100 Před 5 lety +1

      It looks better than my mini mansion which is only 200 square feet.

  • @user-hh7iv4yg6p
    @user-hh7iv4yg6p Před 6 lety +626

    The prison life is better than a homeless life

    • @moss2388
      @moss2388 Před 6 lety +9

      But they don’t have a option

    • @spookyengie735
      @spookyengie735 Před 5 lety +2

      homeless in japan life a alright life

    • @apatheticAnxiety
      @apatheticAnxiety Před 5 lety +6

      No joke, that is part of the reason repeat offenders continue the cycle going in and out of prison

    • @mm-kc5ye
      @mm-kc5ye Před 5 lety +3

      poco f1 And most Japanese prefer homeless life than prison life which is much better... That's really amazing.

    • @FadedXenox
      @FadedXenox Před 5 lety +3

      They have to work to stay in prison, you think your meal and accommodation is free??

  • @herlitaelisabeth1152
    @herlitaelisabeth1152 Před 5 lety +702

    Don't be fooled. Even salt looks like sugar.

  • @eddyecho
    @eddyecho Před 5 lety +70

    That prison cell would go for at least 2k per month in San Fran. The meal would go for about $30

    • @leafster1337
      @leafster1337 Před 5 lety +1

      i could say that for new york city as well or even inner tokyo! proximity to expensive things makes your land expensive among other things

    • @rogerr.8507
      @rogerr.8507 Před 3 lety

      and its safer too!

  • @BobthebuilderOk-qp8ml
    @BobthebuilderOk-qp8ml Před 6 lety +184

    Logan Paul would've eaten pretty well

    • @ivangray1196
      @ivangray1196 Před 6 lety

      Bob the builder Ok Lmaoo.

    • @misctoast
      @misctoast Před 6 lety +8

      That's really true. I hope he goes back to Japan and gets locked up :)

  • @silverhawk7324
    @silverhawk7324 Před 6 lety +210

    seriously wtf though, the cell looks better than my dorm room in college.

    • @shhhh6174
      @shhhh6174 Před 6 lety +2

      Honestly and its BIGGER lmfao. My mom brother and sister helped me scrub my dorm clean when I first moved in. There were holes in the wall I couldn't see so by August I had giant cockroaches flying around my dorm and there were lice coming from the holes near the pipe under my sink lmao. in my DORM.

    • @youarecorrectandiamwrong.8646
      @youarecorrectandiamwrong.8646 Před 5 lety +1

      @@shhhh6174 I will rather die

  • @TokyoQuaSaR
    @TokyoQuaSaR Před 5 lety +764

    I've lived in Japan for 15 years and recently I've been arrested when I was renewing my driver license because I forgot to renew my residency card (my working visa), which lasts for 5 years and it was expired by 6 months... I know that's dumb to forget that, but it's not like I would have any reason to not renew it on purpose as I still had the same job. I went to a detention house(留置場)in Tsukishima (Tokyo bay area) for 2 days. It's not a prison(刑務所)so I expected it to be less harsh but after watching a few videos here about prisons in Japan I can tell it was actually worse.
    I had an empty cell with nothing I can bring in and absolutely nothing to do except reading a book during the day (books they lend are taken away after 8pm). I couldn't even remove the clothes I was given and use it as a cushion to sleep cos it is considered suspicious (apparently) and had to sleep with the lights on and it's forbiden to hide his face from the light. No way to smoke (I'm quite a heavy smoker) so I just couldnt sleep at all (about 4 hours in the whole 2 days). They checked my whole body for anything I could hide, even my mouth. The food was really awful, the books they had were mostly in japanese but a few were in other languages, but pretty bad...
    I speak fluently japanese so that wasn't an issue for me, but everything, all the rules were so harsh it looked as if I killed someone or tried to escape the prison previously, given the amount of security and precautions taken around me. There are 2 baths per week so I went once, and that's the only time I could meet other inmates who looked like yakuzas (they had a lot of tatoos). Having a TV or a smartphone, or my own books as I saw in the videos about prisons in Japan would have been a huge improvement. Here at the detention house I was almost in complete isolation in an empty room, no way to see outdoor. Once per day you can go out of the cell for 3min, just to do some exercise but you actually don't really have the time to do so. You go to a room which is half outside but you can't even see outdoor or the sky. You are not allowed to do anything and you are called by a number and never by your name.
    It's odd that there was a reminder about the driving license renewal but none for the visa, considering the amount of punishment you get if you forget it... So again I know it's dumb to forget but still...
    Now I'm still under conditional release and I'm not allowed to continue working until the procedure ends (that is until I get my visa). And it's been already one month...
    PS: I've been back to work since January 2019, 3 months after the arrest and everything is fine now.

    • @marsonsaturn
      @marsonsaturn Před 5 lety +110

      Thank you for sharing your story sir hope you can get back to work soon

    • @steevo9656
      @steevo9656 Před 5 lety +25

      Sounds more like it.
      All the best.

    • @travelleryu
      @travelleryu Před 5 lety +5

      頑張れー

    • @turbothrottletrouble4217
      @turbothrottletrouble4217 Před 5 lety +122

      All the best. Thank you for delivering the truth rather than these fucked up propagandas, leading us to believe how that prison cells are much better than most homes every middle class man stays in. Anyways I hope you find your job

    • @revelbangtanexo2642
      @revelbangtanexo2642 Před 5 lety +8

      thnk you for sharing ur experience ! I hope you get over it soon

  • @bowley4
    @bowley4 Před 4 lety +80

    Friend of mine was just in jail in Tokyo(some stranger sent drugs to his hotel, random accidental mishap) for a month and he said it was umeboshi and chicken meatballs on rice every meal every day, the guards were super mean and beat people daily, they had 3-4 people per room on tatami, and only got one hour a week “outside” time to see the sky. Legally held him for a month trying to see if they could make a case through investigation and let him out upon realizing they sent the drugs to the wrong person, whoever sent them! Ha! He said it was absolutely horrible

    • @kso6036
      @kso6036 Před 2 lety +2

      Great now I have a new phobia

    • @rc59191
      @rc59191 Před rokem +2

      I wouldn't mind it's way better than American prisons lol also a good way to make some Yakuza connections.

    • @bowley4
      @bowley4 Před rokem +1

      @@rc59191 yeah I had another friend who did years at a spot right outside El Paso, in “Anthony New Mexico” and he said that they were served rotten and moldy food daily, and that there were so many cockroaches, that there would be hundreds if not thousands in your room and when lights went out you couldn’t touch the walls or they would crawl all over you!!! Had another friend stay there a couple years and confirmed that story for me as well!!

    • @rc59191
      @rc59191 Před rokem +1

      @@bowley4 that doesn't surprise me especially since we started making prisons a for profit business. Nobody cares about inmate living conditions even if they were in there for something bs like non violent drug offenses.

    • @falseaccusationjapan5640
      @falseaccusationjapan5640 Před rokem +2

      I was held in jail for 15 days and interrogated on a false accusation. I can confirm firm it’s terrible

  • @dumpster9048
    @dumpster9048 Před 6 lety +379

    Their food is better than what I eat on a daily basis.

    • @sillycheese301
      @sillycheese301 Před 5 lety

      What I normally eat in a day: Chicken noodle soup, chicken nuggets, some weetbix, juice or water.

    • @sillycheese301
      @sillycheese301 Před 5 lety

      Don't worry. I think i'm okay. Apart from feeling dizzy most of the time I feel good. I wouldn't say i eat large amounts of it but just a normal amount.

    • @bloodOntheStep
      @bloodOntheStep Před 5 lety

      my thoughts lol

    • @melissalai4966
      @melissalai4966 Před 5 lety +1

      Omg same . I eat instant noodles all day. Am I dying inside ? Yes. But I love instant food.

    • @seymourglass26
      @seymourglass26 Před 5 lety

      Well, you literally are a trash receptacle. Is that surprising to you?

  • @isabellawesley255
    @isabellawesley255 Před 6 lety +337

    The prison food in Japan looks better and is more nutritious than my school's food

    • @FoodKart
      @FoodKart Před 6 lety +1

      Poor Isabella... Lemme give ya a Hug !
      Btw, got great street food on my channel do check me out :)

    • @Corvid76
      @Corvid76 Před 6 lety

      If any school in America served the same meal every single day of the year to the children, you can be there would be a huge outcry. This meal is also mostly carbohydrate fillers with very little protein or green vegetables and no dairy - which makes it lacking in nutrition. If you think that's better for children, you are delusional.

    • @Corvid76
      @Corvid76 Před 6 lety

      No one is arguing that fish doesn't have nutritional benefits. I'm sure eating fish 3 times a day every day is making Japanese prisoner's brilliant though.

    • @bunnie_luv
      @bunnie_luv Před 6 lety

      Isabella Wesley right!

    • @theholybuttfungus5911
      @theholybuttfungus5911 Před 6 lety

      Corvid76 4:29 didn’t you see this?Meals are different for breakfast lunch and dinner it also looks like each day has a different set of meals.

  • @StephJ0seph
    @StephJ0seph Před 3 lety +87

    When the Japanese prison food tastes better and is healthier than American school food =/

  • @yaz2928
    @yaz2928 Před 5 lety +552

    This video is propaganda. Real prisoners in Japan are treated like slaves and forced to work. People are so gullible.

  • @fiftyfiveseconds
    @fiftyfiveseconds Před 5 lety +1578

    my mate was in a japanese prison a year ago in solitary and he said he only got rice and a boiled egg for every meal every day. that place you went to, they playing ya~

    • @harrymcnicholas9468
      @harrymcnicholas9468 Před 5 lety +111

      That was in solitary. You do not want to try it in the U.S.

    • @emspostal2584
      @emspostal2584 Před 5 lety +37

      If your mate is in a Japanese prison then I've been to Mars and the food is yuck!

    • @yaz2928
      @yaz2928 Před 5 lety +87

      Exactly. Japanese prisons are run like labor camps. People believe whatever they see.

    • @harrymcnicholas9468
      @harrymcnicholas9468 Před 5 lety +8

      @@yaz2928 So you have been in one and know?

    • @yaz2928
      @yaz2928 Před 5 lety +92

      @@harrymcnicholas9468 I have watched several documentaries on the horrors of Japanese prisons so yes I'm quite aware of what goes on in them. Meanwhile gullible fools like you believe they know Japanese prisond based off a propaganda museum, how pathetic. Russia should do a Gulag museum too and fill it with luxurious foods like caviar and nice big beds with TVs, it'll fool the people like you who fall for anything they see.
      Japanese prisons are a horror show. The only decent prisons in the world are in Scandinavia where you get decent hot food and TVs/PS3/books, etc.

  • @octangula7914
    @octangula7914 Před 6 lety +560

    I don't even eat three meals a day

    • @kueapel911
      @kueapel911 Před 6 lety +23

      with a labor that hard, you will

    • @janokjaran
      @janokjaran Před 6 lety +1

      Mexxron Fidds medium is good

    • @jennytsai7568
      @jennytsai7568 Před 6 lety

      array s really creative I think what you mean is to do a crime and get 3 meals a day right?
      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @dreamkiller3399
      @dreamkiller3399 Před 6 lety

      Pastel Pigicorn I stop eating 3 meal a day ever since I graduated from high school 6-7 years ago.

    • @JeffSpehar-ov1cn
      @JeffSpehar-ov1cn Před 6 lety

      lmafao

  • @GhostOdyssey
    @GhostOdyssey Před 5 lety +48

    Cost of Food in Japanese prisons $6.75 - $7.75
    Cost of food in US prisons, $0.56 - $1.77
    Incarceration Rate per 100,000 population:
    Japan, 41
    United States, 655
    Clearly, the cost of food and food quality pales by comparison in the US.

    • @mathew2378
      @mathew2378 Před 5 lety +1

      good observation

    • @muchsqueak9239
      @muchsqueak9239 Před 4 lety +3

      well Japan doesn't have black people so ofc they aren't gonna have as many people in prison

    • @mathew2378
      @mathew2378 Před 4 lety +2

      Much Squeak true that, don't forget about some Hispanics and a handful of whites. Them Asians don't hurt nobody

    • @elyssachery5665
      @elyssachery5665 Před 2 lety

      @@muchsqueak9239 that is slightly racist.

  • @brianmorton25
    @brianmorton25 Před 5 lety +4

    I love your channel man. I love the fact that all of these things in Japanese prisons the way they eat from the way they sleep was pretty cool to learn about if you could do more videos about foreign countries prison systems I would love to see it your friend and fan Brian

  • @barbtowner8086
    @barbtowner8086 Před 6 lety +144

    they ate better than some poor seniors in a nursing home

    • @Christian_Bonsai
      @Christian_Bonsai Před 6 lety +2

      barb towner most or all actually

    • @johninaryan951
      @johninaryan951 Před 6 lety +1

      barb towner well not nursing homes in Japan, watch a documentary and you will see how good they have it there, not neglected and living on a £ a day, this is real civilisation 😎😎😎

    • @uxobi3862
      @uxobi3862 Před 5 lety

      barb towner * Stop the stereotyping. Long term care facility food is great! Volunteer and make things better if you feel improvements are needed. Stop being a negative complainer.

    • @bettertommorow4930
      @bettertommorow4930 Před 5 lety

      I've worked in a nursing home and that food is better. But nursing home food isn't horrible.

  • @MCO18
    @MCO18 Před 6 lety +533

    The cells are so nice, they look like College dorms

  • @itsjustperception5146
    @itsjustperception5146 Před 5 lety +2

    Love all the different voices!!! They’re hilarious 😂

  • @vintagecollector8453
    @vintagecollector8453 Před 5 lety

    Subscribed! Love Japan. Great channel.

  • @user-li9jo5lg8e
    @user-li9jo5lg8e Před 6 lety +106

    That’s is not a prison, that’s Five Star Hotel.

    • @vandagylon2885
      @vandagylon2885 Před 6 lety +4

      Nadir Yusuf 2 1/2 or just 1/2

    • @lilkittygirl
      @lilkittygirl Před 5 lety

      Go spend a day there, I bet you won't survive it as well as you think.

    • @jay6157
      @jay6157 Před 5 lety +3

      Nadir Yusuf way better then a hotel breakfast

    • @savannahhelmetag1440
      @savannahhelmetag1440 Před 5 lety +1

      Nadir Yusuf 😂😂😂

    • @user-pc4mh1ff3y
      @user-pc4mh1ff3y Před 5 lety

      You wanna se a five star Prison( all prisons) then come visit us in Denmark, lol.

  • @NoshAbroad
    @NoshAbroad Před 6 lety +1988

    A lot more interesting than i would have imagined. The food looks delicious I would be happy to even be able to pay for that meal near where i live.

    • @ilsunnylo3562
      @ilsunnylo3562 Před 6 lety +26

      Nosh Abroad i think its only good on camera. The real stuff is like dog food.

    • @WaoryuONLYinJAPAN
      @WaoryuONLYinJAPAN  Před 6 lety +73

      Ilsunny Lo honestly, if it was garbage, I would have said so. It was surprisingly better than I thought it would be. The Prison Food cut outs / graphics are from the actual prison down the road. It’s the same quality. I don't think it was decades ago.

    • @mindysmom6132
      @mindysmom6132 Před 6 lety +8

      Nosh Abroad......Hey Brother! ☺️ The whole time I was watching John eat Meal Set B, I was thinking “geez, I pay good money for that meal” at my local restaurant. That’s exactly what I order, and pay upwards of $15.00 for. Lol!

    • @stellla7045
      @stellla7045 Před 6 lety +2

      +Ilsunny Lo and how would you know?

    • @NoshAbroad
      @NoshAbroad Před 6 lety

      @Angela Fortich hello

  • @letsseewhatwecanlearn9242

    Love your channel

  • @bassfishingwiththeantichri2921

    John's love for Japanese food is apparent.

  • @justgigi9545
    @justgigi9545 Před 6 lety +443

    Why the mannequins all sound like Jersey mobsters though 😂😂😎

  • @ramsessilent
    @ramsessilent Před 6 lety +583

    I wish i ate that good for sure! Fantastic video thanks for sharing. Stay awesome!

    • @PARCE93
      @PARCE93 Před 6 lety +2

      ramsessilent Like I said, he PAID for that. They’re going to make it tasty. I doubt it’s like that for prisoners. It’s probably something similar but downgraded.

    • @akumo4394
      @akumo4394 Před 6 lety +1

      ramsessilent I don't mind living in japan prison

  • @KravenSpider
    @KravenSpider Před 4 lety +3

    Peter’s got such an insane voice range. It’s amazing how many types of characters he can voice.

  • @JapanBall
    @JapanBall Před 3 lety

    gotta go to this place! keep up the great place on your videos

  • @adamakaboodroboudreauxboud9425

    I learn something about Japan every time you do one of these videos. Don’t stop, I hope you find a way to keep doing them and solving your problem of increasing views. Wishing you all the best John. I loved it in Japan when I was there in 1973-1974, would love to be there now. That is why I love your work, you bring me back and show me the newer Japan than when I was there. Hang in there John.

  • @EricLeePiano
    @EricLeePiano Před 6 lety +11

    I thought that guard in the beginning was real until it showed his face up close.... 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

  • @johngoodman5976
    @johngoodman5976 Před 5 lety

    Lol at the music and the voices... This is great stuff 😘

  • @atejoo4186
    @atejoo4186 Před 4 lety

    Thank you so much ...very interesting

  • @sarttee
    @sarttee Před 6 lety +374

    this a prison... or a resort?

  • @william71961
    @william71961 Před 6 lety +101

    Welp, I'm going to jail now.

    • @jamesp13152
      @jamesp13152 Před 6 lety +17

      Tv. Private toilet area, Nice bed, electric, clean room, awesome food... That's punishment? Lot of people in America don't live that well.

    • @Finity_Dust
      @Finity_Dust Před 6 lety +3

      Well. The strict lifestyle and the lack of other freedoms might be enough of a deterrent. They say that crime rates are low in Japan for a reason I think. Then again, other sources say there is some sort of vast corruption going on?

    • @Felistoteles
      @Felistoteles Před 6 lety +5

      My country (Germany) specifically warns all travelers to Japan about the harsh conditions in Japanese prisons.

    • @cdev8
      @cdev8 Před 6 lety +3

      I don't think people here are realizing how inhumane the prison system is in Japan. Not in terms of amenities/food obviously, but do some research into the typical day of a prisoner in Japan. Your entire day consists more or less of being forced to kneel/sit/stand silently in a room facing a wall for hours and hours not being allowed any interaction. You're looked down on as less than human with 0 emphasis or even effort for rehabilitation (yes, I know the US prison system isn't great either) and have more or less no freedom.

    • @redapple360
      @redapple360 Před 6 lety

      end up in thailands prison lol

  • @mqi9382
    @mqi9382 Před 5 lety +79

    The prison is more like a hotel 😂😂

  • @ihmsfm1040
    @ihmsfm1040 Před 3 lety +7

    I've read about Japanese prison in a novel. The shared cell actually matches the description. Also long time inmates had some monthly gatherings with a bit better food. According to the novel, the food served were bland but usually well balanced. The solitary confinement situation were a lot worse.

  • @ericsurf6
    @ericsurf6 Před 6 lety +271

    Another excellent video John! Love your story telling.

  • @MomiAubrey
    @MomiAubrey Před 6 lety +15

    Why am I watching this in the middle of the night? Makes me hungry.

  • @CookingMuseum
    @CookingMuseum Před 4 lety

    Very good n informative

  • @mcbrowniealoha
    @mcbrowniealoha Před 4 lety

    Great video! The voices were on par lol

  • @Fierag
    @Fierag Před 6 lety +81

    Eating better than America’s middle class.........

  • @Cynddelw
    @Cynddelw Před 6 lety +27

    You call it a hard life... I call it a steady job with three square meals.

  • @yusei3617
    @yusei3617 Před 3 lety +4

    I am Japanese, And I went to school For and year, and trust me Japanese school lunch tastes amazing!But I didn't know that prison food is healthy and good in Japan!
    oo and I love fish and the fish looked so yummy :)

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking Před 2 lety

    This food looks amazing. Omg.

  • @mnpois
    @mnpois Před 6 lety +61

    TIL japanese prisoners eat better than US grad students.

    • @DjJooze
      @DjJooze Před 6 lety +3

      E Z stfu

    • @SahilP2648
      @SahilP2648 Před 6 lety +2

      E Z lol took the words right out of my mouth. I am a grad student.

    • @jussayinmipeece1069
      @jussayinmipeece1069 Před 6 lety

      shut up and eat your mac n cheese

  • @destinym4528
    @destinym4528 Před 6 lety +263

    I wish I was in that prison this is better than new York highschool lunch food

    • @mikechuy5826
      @mikechuy5826 Před 6 lety +12

      Destiny duhh trust me u don't want to be in prison..

    • @ShrutiSingh-ty5gu
      @ShrutiSingh-ty5gu Před 6 lety +1

      What do u get for lunch?

    • @karthikrox6310
      @karthikrox6310 Před 6 lety

      Destiny duhh you would also have to do 12 hrs of grunt work

    • @iiina3005
      @iiina3005 Před 6 lety

      Uupss

    • @melikechoc0
      @melikechoc0 Před 6 lety +1

      People complain about the food, but once they hit the real world, they start reminiscing about the food cause now they have to start paying for food. It was free for many people, but even if you had to pay, it was less expensive and probably healthier than stuff at the price range.

  • @cheshirekat8273
    @cheshirekat8273 Před 3 lety +7

    Dramatic voice: "It can reach up to minus 10 degrees Celsius in the winter!"
    Me (Canadian): "Bwahahahahaha!!!!!" 😂😂😂

    • @dorianphilotheates3769
      @dorianphilotheates3769 Před 3 lety

      CheshireKat - “Japan, 🇯🇵 Canada, 🇨🇦 cold countries... - bwahaha! Not as cold as Mother Russia!” 🇷🇺 (Dave Thomas SCTV) Remember that one?

    • @Caesar88888
      @Caesar88888 Před 3 lety

      If its -10 in your prison cell its not funny

  • @naijaaprincess
    @naijaaprincess Před 5 lety +33

    Me in Japan: “you are sentenced to 2 years”
    Me: okay, thank you, your honor 🙏🏼

  • @TheKamiigirl
    @TheKamiigirl Před 6 lety +37

    Okay these prisoners are living better than me

  • @sideancg6312
    @sideancg6312 Před 6 lety +397

    Considering the hours they work it's wise to feed them well.

    • @haaxxx9
      @haaxxx9 Před 6 lety +1

      Sidean CG Working AND getting fed?! Dream come true!

    • @NightstarReaper
      @NightstarReaper Před 6 lety +5

      Not like they're getting payed lol

    • @sideancg6312
      @sideancg6312 Před 6 lety +23

      Jawan Meizu well they are in prison. So getting feed well is a big deal.

    • @nickdipietra4549
      @nickdipietra4549 Před 6 lety +5

      Sidean CG Living a life where you have full control by yourself & no one tells you what to do except for family & the people you work with at your job. These meals look great to eat, but they have full control over your life.

    • @fernandezvalerie2001
      @fernandezvalerie2001 Před 6 lety +1

      Did you actually look at the work schedule? We work more hours a day in California.

  • @empress9554
    @empress9554 Před 4 lety

    Woah that actually looks really good

  • @geckogod4083
    @geckogod4083 Před 5 lety

    Looks amazing

  • @alanchen5637
    @alanchen5637 Před 6 lety +23

    And for high school lunch I get three half cooked chicken tenders and cold french fries.

    • @tmck4138
      @tmck4138 Před 6 lety +1

      Chenny Boy don’t forget the expired milk! Part of a nutritious diet!

  • @echoedinnocence
    @echoedinnocence Před 6 lety +96

    is it sad I'd feel a lot safer, eat a lot better and be a more productive human being in prison in Japan than being free where I live? LOL!

    • @DjJooze
      @DjJooze Před 6 lety +7

      Niki Horner you should move out North korea

    • @echoedinnocence
      @echoedinnocence Před 6 lety +3

      😂 I should shouldn't I?

    • @Othmane131
      @Othmane131 Před 6 lety

      Niki Horner that's pretty sad if you ask me 😕 where do you live ?

    • @echoedinnocence
      @echoedinnocence Před 6 lety +2

      oth131 Rockford Illinois. its bed here... ive been robbed 2 times, and shot at twice. there is a website called RockfordScanner.com and you can see most of the crime that happens on a daily basis. im currently looking at moving out of this state.

    • @echoedinnocence
      @echoedinnocence Před 6 lety

      a link to give you an idea...
      www.google.com/search?q=rockford+crime+statistics&oq=rockford+crime+sta&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j35i39j0l2.8538j0j9&client=ms-android-metropcs-us&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

  • @saktisurya9.e11
    @saktisurya9.e11 Před 4 lety +10

    Yoshie Shiratori : ight, imma head out

  • @macaroll
    @macaroll Před 3 lety

    oh damn!! it's very chilling to see the real Abashiri prison. i've only read this in Golden Kamuy!

  • @oleksandrzubchenko210
    @oleksandrzubchenko210 Před 6 lety +6

    We've been waiting for this! Thanks, John!
    But looks like 23 prisoners disliked this...

  • @jamliannetayco-shields8951
    @jamliannetayco-shields8951 Před 6 lety +11

    Hi John! From IG to here, I just wanted to let you know that you inspired me to vlog and share my experience here in JP. Just went to Kusatsu! We’ll support you all throughout! 😊

    • @DjJooze
      @DjJooze Před 6 lety +1

      I'll watch your vlogs ^_^

    • @jamliannetayco-shields8951
      @jamliannetayco-shields8951 Před 6 lety

      Jordi El Niño Polla• hey! thank you! this our vlog channel Jami & Nina Hakken. Truly appreciate it! ☺️

  • @spark5580
    @spark5580 Před 3 lety +1

    I love how the prisoners have new York accents I don't know whats about it but I laugh every time I watch this video

  • @superp2222
    @superp2222 Před 4 lety +15

    I only know this place because a certain Yoshie Shiratori stayed here

  • @JackOfAll_Polymaths
    @JackOfAll_Polymaths Před 6 lety +452

    This is what you call a good environment for rehabilitation. Americas could learn much from Japan

    • @credinzel6996
      @credinzel6996 Před 6 lety +31

      Elijah The Truth We once taught Japan something too!
      U.S: Stop invading China or we'll nuke your ass.
      Japan: Wait, what's "nuke"?

    • @mynamejeff3661
      @mynamejeff3661 Před 6 lety +43

      always someone salty like you lol

    • @jayduby5330
      @jayduby5330 Před 6 lety +21

      America is short on domestic manufacturing. With the numbers of prisoners just force them to work for their own electricity, luxury, and food. We'll save on tax dollars and bring up GDP.
      However we don't live in the perfect world.

    • @catowarmeowson9964
      @catowarmeowson9964 Před 6 lety +7

      Lol. In japan they only put you in jail for like 3 years for killing your kid man. They have issues to

    • @johninaryan951
      @johninaryan951 Před 6 lety +2

      Elijah The Truth people that are full of them self's never learn, because they think what they do is perfect, and if it isn't they ignore it 😕😕😕

  • @tangcoral
    @tangcoral Před 6 lety +11

    my daughter learned a lot from all these experiences that you showed us..And she became smarter she said lol....thank you.

  • @blakgal13
    @blakgal13 Před 3 lety

    Wow! The food looks delicious. The place is tidier than my room 👀

  • @robinduongmusic1601
    @robinduongmusic1601 Před 5 lety +4

    I pay for daikon and grilled mackerel! I love that stuff.

  • @chibulani
    @chibulani Před 6 lety +32

    It was a very interesting to see how those prisoners lived & I was surprised to see the prison food looked pretty good !
    Something that I would love to eat everyday! Thought you don’t want to escape during the winter 🤧
    Thank you for the great video John !

  • @9OldBuzzard9
    @9OldBuzzard9 Před 6 lety +45

    I wouldn't be so quick to label Japanese Prison food as really good. First off, what you had was cooked to order and served hot. In actuality it would have been prepared well before serving time and in big batches for several hundred inmates. There wouldn't have been time to cook that fish, or any of the other dishes, to perfection like the restaurant did. Also the food would sit until it was passed out, and that would affect the taste. Good ingredients is one thing, but poor preparation, which was probably the case in prison, would make the good ingredients not as tasty as you think..

    • @cafezo87934
      @cafezo87934 Před 6 lety +12

      9OldBuzzard9 it's pretty good for what it is. it's prison not heaven.

    • @9OldBuzzard9
      @9OldBuzzard9 Před 6 lety +2

      What I'm saying is that what you ate, while the same basic ingredients, was not prepared and served in the same way in prison. That makes a huge difference in the palpability of the meal. Have I been in prison in Japan? No. However, I was raised in a children's home, and I'm familiar with 'institutional food'. The home was ran by the State of Ohio, and the food that was purchased was a very good quality. However, when cooking for 500 kids, and then holding it to be served when all of us were in the dining room led to a decrease in the taste. Cold mashed potatoes, greasy, cold fried eggs, etc. However, there were actually some dishes that were better when they were cooked in large quantities. Chili, vegetable soup, and other things like that were much better than home cooked version of the same recipe.

    • @tmck4138
      @tmck4138 Před 6 lety +2

      That’s exactly how my old high school prepared lunch. Except it was reheated frozen foods with unknown ingredients . Of course it wouldn’t be restaurant quality, but it’s better and healthier than what I would get in school.

    • @miu9780
      @miu9780 Před 6 lety +5

      in japan, the selected prisons have their own kitchen and the prisoners cooks their meal as a part of program. they serve food warm, if it is not hot. we japanese, even criminals know how to be remourseful we won't demand much.

    • @columbusjustice5183
      @columbusjustice5183 Před 6 lety

      That was not real prison show a real one

  • @TJ-uv6wg
    @TJ-uv6wg Před 5 lety

    Looks better than expected.

  • @kidevkar3527
    @kidevkar3527 Před 5 lety

    Its so amazing

  • @Chaosfoxx
    @Chaosfoxx Před 6 lety +85

    damn...makes you wanna go to Japanese prison for jay walking

  • @mcgeorgeofthejungle6204
    @mcgeorgeofthejungle6204 Před 6 lety +8

    A good chunk of inmates will be from Yakuza families/gangs so there will be generous anonymous donations to the rehabilitation of said prisoners with food and amenities.

  • @parkmochi1310
    @parkmochi1310 Před 5 lety +4

    This is the prison from Golden Kamuy!
    The manga artist did a great job of drawing the prison, I feel like I already know this place. Shiratori was an actual escape artist from the past!

    • @rika-chama224
      @rika-chama224 Před 5 lety +1

      Omg! Golden kamuy fan here! Haha 😂😂

    • @Arbiter19963
      @Arbiter19963 Před rokem

      I watched this video well before reading Golden Kamuy, I've come back after reading the Abashiri prison arc with a greater appreciation for the video.

  • @rikustorm13
    @rikustorm13 Před 4 lety

    Ngl that food looks so good

  • @mrslp
    @mrslp Před 6 lety +7

    Nice video was on your Instagram live streams today I still have not gotten a notification but I was looking to our video. Was a great video enjoyed ity alot.

  • @johnbarron4843
    @johnbarron4843 Před 6 lety +6

    *This is awesome and original! Great video!!!*

  • @tayaaron1921
    @tayaaron1921 Před 5 lety

    Please go to more outskirt and remote towns. Would love to see more of Japan hidden gems.

  • @djprogramer973
    @djprogramer973 Před 4 lety +3

    4:36
    "...the schedule is very strict allowing only 20 minutes for you to eat your meals"
    Me over here trying to hork down a sandwich in under 15 minutes.

  • @tangcoral
    @tangcoral Před 6 lety +9

    hi, John you are amazing, my daughter and I enjoyed your videos every night before bed time. We always looked out for your new videos. thank you

  • @Kapiletti
    @Kapiletti Před 6 lety +4

    Yeah, finally a main channel video! love these, hey john i didn't receive an youtube notification for this video.
    I know about it thanks to instagram..

    • @WaoryuONLYinJAPAN
      @WaoryuONLYinJAPAN  Před 6 lety

      Kapiletti the notifications were quite late. My mother got hers 19 hours later >_< so I’ll keep doing Instagram PUBLISH BUTTON episodes right before I click go! Thanks for being a part of the Instagram page too! -John

  • @pnwRC.
    @pnwRC. Před 4 lety

    That looks like some great food!

  • @kikianasahmad2328
    @kikianasahmad2328 Před 5 lety

    I like your channel. I love the Japanese lifestyle.

  • @rainyday921
    @rainyday921 Před 6 lety +3

    this was actually really cool and interesting! youre great at what you do, john!

  • @Syrup_Johnson
    @Syrup_Johnson Před 6 lety +15

    The food may be good in a Japanese prison, but I know in some Norwegian prisons life is actually pretty good. I'd imagine they'd be fed quite good as well.

    • @edizon204
      @edizon204 Před 6 lety

      Syrup_Johnson Norwegian prison life is like going to 3 star hotel with taxpayers paying it for free, and it all depends how "bad" your crime is tbh

  • @mango8erry
    @mango8erry Před 4 lety +2

    The meals in this video are healthier than my meals at home

  • @en5488
    @en5488 Před 3 lety

    So impressive that you are really good at chopsticks!!!!!

  • @gabrielahirokosilva8837
    @gabrielahirokosilva8837 Před 6 lety +25

    Very interesting how the culture of a society is reflected in the way it punishes criminals. Next episode looks really interesting too!

  • @markjens9046
    @markjens9046 Před 6 lety +9

    Man, it's 10 times better than my old school's lunch..

  • @SilkyC
    @SilkyC Před 4 lety

    I'm always fascinated by different country prisons and what they are fed

  • @jefferyearl5963
    @jefferyearl5963 Před 4 lety +92

    This makes me sick, who fact checks content on CZcams anyway? I got proof man, I was in Kurihama kimushiyo(prison) in yokosuka prefecture and they are lying, this atrocious, they commit human rights violations behind prison walls there and silence anyone who dares try to speak up. All my letters to USA embassy and California state congressmen were all monitored and never sent out in the mail. The day I was released from prison, the warden gave them all back to me. 29 to be infact!

    • @klaythompson6271
      @klaythompson6271 Před 3 lety +1

      How did u get arrested

    • @hiderikun8225
      @hiderikun8225 Před 3 lety +8

      @ciga daze bad bait

    • @klmknop
      @klmknop Před 3 lety +2

      Lmao the audacity you have to complain. You did something wrong and you were rightfully jailed. No once cares what they did to you inside.

    • @hizhe2918
      @hizhe2918 Před 3 lety +7

      lmfao, most of the people in this replies are people who think light yagami was doing the world a favor

    • @biggersmoke8506
      @biggersmoke8506 Před 3 lety +1

      @ciga daze u don’t even know why he was in jail which doesn’t even matter. The point of the matter prisons in Japan aren’t some luxury hotel like this dude says.

  • @FoodNepal
    @FoodNepal Před 6 lety +71

    the private prison looks better than my room ..

  • @cwmdkie74
    @cwmdkie74 Před 6 lety +111

    Im moving to japan..

    • @andreysantiago6255
      @andreysantiago6255 Před 5 lety +5

      Che Wan Mohd Marzuki I agree with you, Japan is doing far better then America on every level including prison.

    • @swishbrick5420
      @swishbrick5420 Před 5 lety

      You gotta do the crime too

    • @lvxi0605
      @lvxi0605 Před 5 lety +2

      Conor Mcgregor Raped Khabib racist crap

    • @joshlanier8567
      @joshlanier8567 Před 5 lety

      Save yourself some money just fly to Japan and commit a level I felony

    • @ZERONEINNOVATIONS
      @ZERONEINNOVATIONS Před 5 lety +1

      No thank you.

  • @CookingMuseum
    @CookingMuseum Před 4 lety

    Once upon a time I have been Sapporo city ,Hokkaido . ... lov to watch this video

  • @jessiepal-ag1855
    @jessiepal-ag1855 Před 3 lety

    Enjoy your meal sir...😀😀😀