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Ran into an older couple in Osaka who changed how I pack luggage
I was struggling with my giant suitcase at a train station in Osaka last spring when this Japanese couple probably in their 70s came up to me. The husband showed me how he rolls everything - even shirts - into tight little tubes using these mesh bags he got at a 100 yen store. His wife laughed and said they've been traveling with just one carry-on each for 20 years. I switched to rolling everything after that and now I fit twice as much in my bag without breaking the weight limit. Has anyone else tried that mesh bag method or do you just use rubber bands?
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pat_moore1d ago
Yeah, honestly I thought rolling was overrated till I tried it. Total convert now.
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wendy8201d ago
Wait, are you sure the mesh bags were from a 100 yen store? I thought those were usually $1.50 stores in the US, but in Japan they're literally 100 yen which is like 65 cents... not quite a dollar. Anyway, I tried the rolling method a few years back after seeing it online and it really does work. I use those little packing cubes instead of mesh bags though, keeps everything separated nicer. The tube trick for shirts is good but I found you gotta roll them really tight or they get wrinkled. Also learned the hard way that rolled socks stuffed in shoes saves a ton of space.
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