{"id":215804,"date":"2023-10-25T11:27:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T11:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=215804"},"modified":"2023-10-25T11:27:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T11:27:16","slug":"youtuber-fidias-panayiotou-investigated-in-japan-for-dodging-fares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/youtuber-fidias-panayiotou-investigated-in-japan-for-dodging-fares\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTuber Fidias Panayiotou investigated in Japan for &apos;dodging fares&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>YouTuber Fidias Panayiotou sparks investigation in Japan for &#8216;dodging train fares and stealing food&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The 27-year-old Cypriot spent an entire train journey locked in the toilet<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In a now-deleted video, he also faked being a hotel guest for &#8216;free&#8217; breakfast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A regional train operator is &#8216;aware of the case and investigating\u00a0facts around it&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Japanese rail company is investigating a group of four popular YouTubers who allegedly travelled long distances by train without paying during a visit to the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of them, known online as Fidias, 27, uploaded a video to over 2 million subscribers last weekend titled &#8216;I Travelled Across Japan\u00a0For Free&#8217; involving him evading ticket officers and blagging free food.<\/p>\n<p>The Cypriot YouTuber, whose full name is Fidias Panayiotou, has since seemingly deleted the video after issuing an apology.<\/p>\n<p>In one clip, Panayiotou spent an entire train journey locked in the toilet of a bullet train, only to be met by a ticket officer waiting at his destination.<\/p>\n<p>However, feigning illness, he escaped the staff member and ran away to do the same trick again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/10\/76976219-12669981-Cypriot_YouTuber_Fidias_Panayiotou_uploaded_a_video_titled_I_Tra-a-35_1698226106311.jpg\" height=\"761\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cypriot YouTuber Fidias Panayiotou\u00a0uploaded a video titled &#8216;I Travelled Across Japan For Free&#8217; last weekend involving him and three others evading ticket officers<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/10\/76977099-12669981-image-a-40_1698226523756.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old also blagged a free buffet breakfast by pretending to be a hotel guest<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/10\/76977063-12669981-Regional_train_operator_JR_Kyushu_said_it_was_aware_of_the_case_-a-43_1698226588176.jpg\" height=\"788\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Regional train operator JR Kyushu said it was &#8216;aware of the case and investigating facts around it,&#8217; before potentially informing police<\/p>\n<p>At another point in the video, the YouTuber went into a Kyoto hotel, checked which room numbers existed and got a free buffet breakfast after purporting to be a guest.<\/p>\n<p>He told viewers: &#8216;I just have access to a five-star Japanese buffet. And we&#8217;re leaving the hotel without getting caught and without any problem.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Regional train operator JR Kyushu said it was &#8216;aware of the case and investigating facts around it,&#8217; before potentially informing police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday\u00a0Panayiotou posted an apology under the video which began: &#8216;Hello beautiful people.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He was joined by three others in the video, which took the form of a race across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I apologise to the Japanese people if we made them feel bad that was not out goal,&#8217; his apology continued, &#8216;from now on I am going to be make more research to the cultures we go to and try to prevent this from happening again.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, that comment, with the video, appear to have since been deleted, despite many of his followers lauding him for his audacity.<\/p>\n<p>But others online have been scathing, especially given the contents of the apology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One X &#8211; formerly Twitter &#8211; user asked: &#8216;Does it require &#8220;research&#8221; to understand this is unacceptable in Japan? In what country&#8217;s culture is this okay?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes a month after the arrest of a US live-streamer known as Johnny Somali for filming himself breaking into a building site in Osaka.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old whose real name is Ismael Ramsey Khalid was subsequently charged with trespassing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Japanese officials are currently trying to grip an &#8216;overtourism&#8217; problem which has brought with it this sort of bad behaviour from visitors, as well as overcrowding at popular destinations.<\/p>\n<p>The government has responded by drawing up measures to increase train fares and promote travelling to more rural, lesser-known areas.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently said: &#8216;In some areas and during certain periods, bad manners associated with inbound tourism has had an impact on the lives of local residents.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12669981\/YouTuber-Fidias-Panayiotou-Japan-dodging-fares-stealing-food.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTuber Fidias Panayiotou sparks investigation in Japan for &#8216;dodging train fares and stealing food&#8217; 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