Strange Crime in Hokkaido
Tuesday night, shortly before midnight, a man walked into a coin laundry (aka laundromat) in Sapporo, Hokkaido. As he entered, he saw another man inside the business who was completely naked. The would-be clothes washer quickly left and called the police.
In case you are wondering, this is what Sapporo is like this week.
When the police arrived, they arrested the 21 year old naked man for indecent exposure. An investigation revealed his clothes were inside of one of the washing machines, but the machine was not turned on. The police claimed he was intoxicated at the time he was arrested. (Is that a surprise?)
When I'm on vacation, I sometimes do a load of clothes at a coin laundry, but I never wash ALL of my clothes at the same time.
4 comments:
This is a sad story that we really don't know the details of. Living in the USA my first reaction is that the cops lied about the guy's condition. Do you have many homeless there?
That is too much snow even for a place that usually GETS snow.
xx, Carol
What is more strange, I wonder? That someone with few clothes went to the laundry at midnight to wash everything (perhaps thinking no-one else would be there then?), or that anyone else went there to start a load of laundry at midnight (maybe a shift worker?)? This story raises so many questions!
I know a backpacker who was travelling around the country and needed to do his laundry. At the launderette he changed into his last set of clean clothes underneath a big towel, then did the washing. He then continued his travels in clean clothes and with a bagful of fresh laundry, including the towel that had shielded him from any prying eyes.
Launderettes in Japan are often next door to a public bath, so you can do a load of washing/drying while taking a bath yourself. Time management? And certainly a place to change clothes without raising any suspicion.
My first thought is that maybe he was a homeless guy who only owned one set of clothes, but being drunk can make you do really stupid things!
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