Aussie tourist busted for not wearing a shirt in Japan

An Aussie man has gone viral after he shared a clip of a Japanese police officer pulling him up over a frowned-upon act while he was walking the streets.

An Aussie man has gone viral after he shared a clip of a Japanese police officer pulling him up over a frowned-upon act while he was walking the streets.

Turan William Salis, a former sheep shearer turned travel vlogger, was in the middle of recording a clip at a supermarket when an officer approached him.

The officer used a translate app on his mobile to ask the Aussie if he was walking around without a shirt on — an act while not illegal, is socially unacceptable.

“I’d like to talk to you now,” the officer said through the app. “Were you walking around with your upper body naked?”

“Yes, without the shirt,” Turan admitted, pointing to his singlet. “Shorts, yes, but this one (singlet) no, I’ve come from the beach.”

Turan William Salis, who is currently in Japan, was pulled up by an officer for not wearing a shirt in public. Picture: TikTok/shearingshedvlogs

The officer politely told Turan he’s “not allowed to be naked above the waist in the town”, to which the Aussie immediately apologised, explaining he had just come back from a swim at the beach.

Turan said after he gave the officer his passport, he was allowed to carry on with his livestream.

The Aussie man was in the middle of recording a video when the officer approached him. Picture: TikTok/shearingshedvlogs

The officer informed the Aussie it is socially unacceptable to walk the streets without a shirt on. Picture: TikTok/shearingshedvlogs

“Japanese are very understanding,” he told viewers in the comments section.

“By western standards being shirtless is not naked but in Japan it’s considered naked having a shirt off,” he added.

The clip has been 2.8 million views since Turan shared it on Monday.

“Very polite of you both, I like to see normal interactions and no attitude,” one person wrote.

“You’re lucky they are so polite, really are so much more patient than any other police I’ve ever encountered,” said another.

One TikTok user said while they don’t blame the Aussie, ”if you look around, nobody is shirtless”.

Another person recalled the time her husband got stopped for the same reason.

“They made him put his shirt back on even though he had taken it off to help a bleeding woman,” she said, adding a laughing emoji.