Australian tourist Turan William Salis receives warning in Japan after he was spotted walking around shirtless
Australian tourist Turan William Salis gets a warning in Japan after walking around shirtless
- Aussie questioned by police for being shirtless
- The tourist didn’t do it, it was socially unacceptable
An Australian globetrotter has been caught in hot water in Japan after leaving a beach without putting his shirt back on.
Former sheep shearer turned travel vlogger, Turan William Salis, was stunned when he was approached by Japanese police while eating at a supermarket.
He recorded the encounter with footage of officers talking to Mr Salis via a translation app about being “naked above the waist.”
Mr. Turan was wearing a shirt at the time, but admitted he hadn’t worn a shirt when he returned from the beach moments before.
The officer tells him that it is not allowed to be shirtless when he is not on the beach and in town.
An Australian travel vlogger, William Turan (pictured), has been questioned by police for walking around town shirtless after just being on the beach
While not illegal in Japan, indecent actions such as not wearing a shirt in public are not socially acceptable.
Mr Turan was therefore not charged with any wrongdoing, with the interaction appearing to be a warning to the officer’s usual practices.
In the video, the officer holds out a phone to Mr. Turan, now wearing a socially acceptable shirt, and uses it to translate, “I’d like to talk to you now.”
“Were you walking around with your upper body naked?” said the officer through the app.
“Yes, shirtless,” Mr. Turan admitted to the officer, pointing to his shirt.
“Shorts, yes, but this (singlet) no, I’m from the beach.”
After being told that what he had done was socially unacceptable, Mr. Turan sincerely apologized and told the officer that he had been swimming moments earlier.
In the video’s caption, Mr. Tarun explains that the officer allowed him to continue his journey after briefly looking at his passport.
While not illegal, indecent actions such as being shirtless are considered socially unacceptable, resulting in Mr Turan not being charged with any wrongdoing
The video, which has been viewed over a million times, received numerous comments, with many noting the respectful interaction between the two.
“Fortunately they (police) were nice,” one social media user wrote.
“Nice of you to apologise, they seemed very nice,” wrote a second.
“Very polite of you both, I like to see normal interactions and no attitude,” added another.
“That’s so nice he used an app,” a fourth wrote.
One user said they saw locals from Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, walking around their city shirtless.
They claimed Mr Turan’s interaction with police was due to him being ‘a foreigner’.