I just wanted to share my experience to see if other people have had something similar happen to me.
I attached a video of the bar i was in also.
I visited japan for the first time last weekend, and on my first night i went to this beer cafe/izakaya.
It was a super cozy place and i was the only tourist in there.
I first sat alone for the first 30-40 mins.
Then i decided i’d try to talk to some locals
I had some chats with some lovely people, had some drinks with them, and after an hour and a half or so they left.
I finished my drink also. Paid my bill and left the bar.
Bar was underground, so i had to walk through a little hallway to get to the stairs to go back up to the street.
In that hallway i got stopped by 2 japanese guys, who didnt allow me to leave the hallway, and they told me in broken english.
One laid down on the floor and locked my legs with his, the other one climbed on my back.
After repeatedly telling them not to touch me, i threw both of them through the hallway to get out of there safely. They were very small guys compared to me so i had no idea what they were trying, holding me back.
When i calmed down i realized they stole my bag filled with stuff i bought at the pokemon center and vintage stores, pulled my necklace from my neck, and stole my phone.
I found the phone a couple hundred meters from the bar, very neatly put down on the edge of the sidewalk with a dead battery.
Rest of the stuff never to be found.
I suspect they had a 3rd guy who just walked off with my stuff.
I never expected tokyo to be the place i’d get robbed for the first time.
People have tried in my hometown, but i guess they’re a bit less sneaky then the japanese.
by Fast_Plant_598