She Lost Her Engagement Ring On The Streets Of Tokyo And Miraculously Managed To Get It Back When A Stranger Found It
Losing a sentimental item in a major city is an experience no one wants to have. The stress, grief, and little hope you’re left with can be so hard to manage, but you would do anything to try to retrieve the item that means so much to you.
Leave it up to the power of the internet to provide helpful advice and ideas that you would never have thought of on your own!
TikTok user Ariel Winton-Jones (@arielwintonjones) shares the incredible story of how she lost and found her engagement ring in the streets of Tokyo, Japan.
Losing an engagement ring would give anyone deep anxiety and sadness, but this ring was even more special to Ariel than you can imagine.
She was very close with her father, having a friendship-like relationship for many years. Sadly, her father passed away just three months before her wedding.
Her engagement ring was so meaningful because in it was the same diamond that her dad had used to propose to her mother.
This ring gave her a daily reminder of him and was something she held near and dear to her heart.
During their time in Toyko, Ariel, and her husband partook in lots of fun activities, including joining a workout class at a local gym in an attempt to fight their serious jetlag.
While completing the pull-up portion of the workout, Ariel’s hands started to become sore, so she decided to remove all of her rings, and her husband put them in his pocket for the time being.
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After the class, they both forgot that she had taken off her rings, and he proceeded to place his cell phone in the same pocket as they did some more exploring around Tokyo.
It wasn’t until they returned to their hotel that they realized that Arile’s engagement ring was no longer in her husband’s pocket.
She frantically tried retracing their steps, and they called and asked around all of the places where they had stopped that day.
She then went to TikTok, explaining her story in hopes of it reaching the right people and being able to find her ring.
“If anyone here has seen it or could share it with someone who may have seen it, I would be forever grateful if we could get it back. It would mean the world to me and to my family,” she pleaded.
Luckily, this video received advice and encouragement in the comments that led to this story having a happy ending! In a follow-up video, Ariel thanked everyone for their suggestions.
She and her husband ended up making flyers with a photo of her ring, as well as a message in Japanese explaining what had happened.
They walked around Tokyo for 8 hours, stopping by numerous businesses in the area, and were met with kindness and understanding.
The couple also decided to file a police report, and because of Tokyo’s awesome lost and found system, this led to them retrieving her engagement ring!
Someone had found the ring outside Tokyo Station and had taken it to the police. The hotel staff were thrilled to share this news with them, clearly invested in their story, and were happy to help.
Ariel is unbelievably grateful for the honesty and kindness of the people she met in Tokyo, as well as the encouragement she received on TikTok.
What could have been a heartbreaking story turned into a joyful one after Ariel got back her sentimental engagement ring.
@arielwintonjones My dad, who was my best friend, passed away suddenly 3 months before I got married in 2021. It was devastating – he was 57 years old, and losing him was my worst nightmare come true. My husband had proposed to me with the diamond from my mom and dad’s engagement ring, which made it even more meaningful after my dad passed. It was a constant reminder of him and the most precious of family heirlooms to me. This morning, my husband was carrying the ring in his pocket for me because it was hurting me during a workout class, and it fell out of his pocket near Tokyo Station. I’m beside myself and am hoping by some miracle to get it back. If you or anyone you know has seen it, please let me know! #lostengagementring #lostringintokyo #lostitem #lostitems #lostring #tokyo
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