﻿A man who flashed two 14-year-old girls as they were walking to school in Hamilton has been jailed for 14 days.

Satoshi Hagiwara, 29, of Japan, appeared in the Hamilton District Court on Thursday on a single charge of obscenely exposing himself in public.

Hagiwara was walking along Lake Domain Drive at 8.20am on Wednesday when he encountered the two girls walking towards him.

He said "Hey," then pulled his pants down and held his genitals in his hand. "Look."

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The two girls continued on to school and Hagiwara walked away, with his genitals still exposed.

As soon as the girls got to school, police were alerted and Hagiwara was found and arrested.

Hagiwara, who was represented by lawyer Louis Wilkins and assisted by an interpreter in court, initially denied the allegation.

He had no available address where he could be bailed to, meaning he faced a potentially very lengthy stay in custody until the case could be resolved.

Hagiwara, who hails from Yokohama in Japan, is in the country on a student visa and was not eligible to apply for legal aid.

He changed his plea to guilty after the case was stood down for about two hours so discussions between Hagiwara and his counsel could take place.

In that time, an immigration officer arrived at the court and served him with notice of liability for deportation - meaning he will be deported once he serves his jail sentence.

Judge Garry Collin imposed a 14-day jail term and thanked Wilkins and the interpreter for their assistance in bringing the case to a swift conclusion.