Japan slams ‘strange, annoying YouTuber from abroad’ Fidias who filmed himself fare dodging, freeloading
- Fidias’ video shows him hiding in toilets of bullet trains, refusing to pay for bus fares and pretending to be a hotel guest to get a free breakfast
- He and three other YouTubers filmed themselves behaving badly for a video showing them racing to travel across Japan ‘for free’
The YouTuber known by the username Fidias posted a video over the weekend of the four riding trains and buses around Japan – in some cases without paying.
In the video, Fidias hides in a toilet of a bullet train, pretends to be ill when confronted by a ticket collector, and then escapes to board another train where he pulls the same trick.
Another clip shows him entering a hotel and pretending to be a guest in order to get free breakfast.
“I just have access to a five-star Japanese buffet. And we’re leaving the hotel without getting caught and without any problem,” he triumphantly tells the camera.
Other parts of the video show the four, one of whom appears to be the YouTuber Night Scape who has 1.7 million followers, begging money from locals to pay for tickets.
It was unclear when the footage was shot or whether the three men and one woman are still in Japan.