Japan is often praised for being one of the safest countries in the world, especially for solo travellers. However, a recent terrifying incident has raised serious concerns about how safe it really is.
A solo traveller from Thailand named Natalisi Taksis shared a horrifying encounter while staying at a hotel in Tokyo, where she found a strange "asian man" under her bed. Sharing her experience through a viral video, she wrote, "I found a man under my bed in a hotel room in Japan. This was supposed to be a safe solo trip. What happened changed everything. REMARK: I spent 510$ for the APA hotel."
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Taksisi revealed that what was supposed to be a dream vacation quickly turned into a nightmare. Despite staying at a hotel with a secure key card entry system, she was shocked to find a stranger hiding under her bed. Following the frightening incident, the man immediately fled the room. Taksisi reported the incident to the hotel staff, who then contacted local authorities.
However, she soon faced a series of additional problems where the hotel's CCTV cameras were reportedly not working, the management refused to issue a full refund, and she encountered difficulties in obtaining a copy of the police report. Investigators did find some personal items, a power bank and a USB cable, that the intruder had left behind in the room.
Feeling unsafe, Taksisi moved to another hotel that night but continued to struggle with the original hotel’s unsatisfactory response to her situation.
Netizens react
Her story rapidly caught attention online, sparking outrage and concern among social media users. One user expressed anger, saying, "This hotel has to be banned on every booking platform." Another commented, "I'm not saying that Japan is unsafe, but the Apa hotel is not safe. Japan is a nice country."
A third pointed out, "I don’t understand why so many women still think Japan is super safe 😂 inform yourselves and stop acting surprised 😒 I‘m tired of the perfect Japan image so many people have."
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Offering advice, another user wrote, "You may want to follow up with the Japanese police. If my hunch is correct, the man could be a former guest and potentially police could investigate via prior check-in records. Unfortunately, Japanese police are generally not proactive and, they will see this as ‘nothing happened' so you will have to keep following up before they will action."
