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China tourist, 21, in Osaka shampoos hair in public sink, sings 'Love my China' on train, & irritates both Chinese & Japanese viewers
A Chinese student’s attempt to show how far 100 yuan (S$18.20) can go in Japan has spectacularly backfired after his “poverty travel” vlog in the country went viral for all the wrong reasons, reported the South China Morning Post.
The 21-year-old from Hainan University, who goes by the online name Yikeshu, is a self-proclaimed budget travel influencer with nearly 200,000 followers on Douyin.
In his 2-part video titled, “Welcome to my one-day tour of Osaka, Japan for 100 yuan (S$18.20)”, he set out to prove that it was possible to explore Japan on pocket change.
Instead, his antics have triggered outrage across both China and Japan, turning him into yet another example of a Chinese tourist behaving badly abroad.
The drama began almost immediately after he landed at Kansai International Airport from Shanghai.
While queuing at customs, he ignored the large “No Photography” signs, whipped out his camera, and began filming himself filling out immigration forms while muttering, “Directly entering little Japan.”
Screenshot via @一棵树1/Youtube
What followed was even more baffling.
In the airport restroom, Yikeshu treated it like an amusement park ride — he shampooed his hair at the sink and then proceeded to use the public hand dryer as a makeshift blow dryer.
Gif via @一棵树1/Youtube
He repeatedly pressed the toilet button that activated a built-in bidet.
Gif via @一棵树1/Youtube
As he wasn’t sitting down on the toilet bowl, the bidet ended up spraying water all over the bathroom and himself.
Laughing into the camera, he marvelled at Japan’s “magical” bathrooms while dripping wet on the tiled floor.
The influencer then boarded the Nankai Electric Railway to downtown Osaka, where his commitment to being a public menace continued.
Screenshot via @一棵树1/Youtube
While other passengers sat quietly, he sprawled across the seats, loudly sang the patriotic song "Love My China", and used the train’s hanging handles to perform pull-ups.
Gif via @一棵树1/Youtube
“Everyone’s too embarrassed to talk except me,” he boasted to the camera, according to 517 Japan.
By the time he reached Osaka’s Shinsaibashi district, his “poverty travel” strategy was in full swing.
He walked into a restaurant, asked for a cup, and gulped down free tea before striding out without ordering anything.
Then came the infamous grape incident.
Visiting a market stall that offered small samples, Yikeshu treated the free tastings like an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Gif via @一棵树1/Youtube
Ignoring the vendor’s reminders to discard his used toothpick, he ate one grape after another — seven in total — with the exact same toothpick.
In the end, the exasperated stall owner yelled, “Stop!” and covered the tray with clingfilm, eventually taking it away.
“She hid the grapes because she was afraid I’d eat more,” he joked to the camera.
Yikeshu still had tons of other antics up his sleeve.
At one point, the influencer stopped by a convenience store to grab some food.
In it, he yelled out, “bā kuài yā ròu” to the cashier during the checkout process.
The words, while gibberish in Chinese (“eight pieces of duck meat”), sound phonetically similar to the curse word “bakayarou” which translates to “idiot” in Japanese.
In another video clip, he joined a group of Japanese children playing soccer.
Screenshot via @一棵树1/Youtube
What started out as an innocent interaction soon took a bewildering turn — during a group photo, he unfurled a cloth banner and instructed the children to chant “China is awesome!” and even taught them to swear.
To cap off his day, Yikeshu went straight back to the lobby of the youth hostel he'd stayed in before and slept soundly on the public sofa.
Users were quick to point out that his behaviour was “disgusting” and “absolutely shameless”.
Another added:
As of now, the videos on Yikeshu’s Douyin page have been taken down
A Chinese student’s attempt to show how far 100 yuan (S$18.20) can go in Japan has spectacularly backfired after his “poverty travel” vlog in the country went viral for all the wrong reasons, reported the South China Morning Post.
The 21-year-old from Hainan University, who goes by the online name Yikeshu, is a self-proclaimed budget travel influencer with nearly 200,000 followers on Douyin.
In his 2-part video titled, “Welcome to my one-day tour of Osaka, Japan for 100 yuan (S$18.20)”, he set out to prove that it was possible to explore Japan on pocket change.
Instead, his antics have triggered outrage across both China and Japan, turning him into yet another example of a Chinese tourist behaving badly abroad.
Filming and bathing where he shouldn’t
The drama began almost immediately after he landed at Kansai International Airport from Shanghai.
While queuing at customs, he ignored the large “No Photography” signs, whipped out his camera, and began filming himself filling out immigration forms while muttering, “Directly entering little Japan.”
What followed was even more baffling.
In the airport restroom, Yikeshu treated it like an amusement park ride — he shampooed his hair at the sink and then proceeded to use the public hand dryer as a makeshift blow dryer.
He repeatedly pressed the toilet button that activated a built-in bidet.
As he wasn’t sitting down on the toilet bowl, the bidet ended up spraying water all over the bathroom and himself.
Laughing into the camera, he marvelled at Japan’s “magical” bathrooms while dripping wet on the tiled floor.
Chaos on the train
The influencer then boarded the Nankai Electric Railway to downtown Osaka, where his commitment to being a public menace continued.
While other passengers sat quietly, he sprawled across the seats, loudly sang the patriotic song "Love My China", and used the train’s hanging handles to perform pull-ups.
“Everyone’s too embarrassed to talk except me,” he boasted to the camera, according to 517 Japan.
Free tea, free grapes
By the time he reached Osaka’s Shinsaibashi district, his “poverty travel” strategy was in full swing.
He walked into a restaurant, asked for a cup, and gulped down free tea before striding out without ordering anything.
Then came the infamous grape incident.
Visiting a market stall that offered small samples, Yikeshu treated the free tastings like an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Ignoring the vendor’s reminders to discard his used toothpick, he ate one grape after another — seven in total — with the exact same toothpick.
In the end, the exasperated stall owner yelled, “Stop!” and covered the tray with clingfilm, eventually taking it away.
“She hid the grapes because she was afraid I’d eat more,” he joked to the camera.
Other acts of public nuisance
Yikeshu still had tons of other antics up his sleeve.
At one point, the influencer stopped by a convenience store to grab some food.
In it, he yelled out, “bā kuài yā ròu” to the cashier during the checkout process.
The words, while gibberish in Chinese (“eight pieces of duck meat”), sound phonetically similar to the curse word “bakayarou” which translates to “idiot” in Japanese.
In another video clip, he joined a group of Japanese children playing soccer.
What started out as an innocent interaction soon took a bewildering turn — during a group photo, he unfurled a cloth banner and instructed the children to chant “China is awesome!” and even taught them to swear.
To cap off his day, Yikeshu went straight back to the lobby of the youth hostel he'd stayed in before and slept soundly on the public sofa.
Online outrage
Users were quick to point out that his behaviour was “disgusting” and “absolutely shameless”.
Another added:
As of now, the videos on Yikeshu’s Douyin page have been taken down
