Serial Underwear Thief Caught!
Stealing underwear has been in the news since I’ve been here in Japan. Maybe it happens everywhere but isn’t in the news all the time. Or maybe there really are a lot of undergarments that go missing in Japan.
A 61 year old man was arrested by police in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture on suspicion of stealing underwear from an apartment balcony. According to TV Asahi, Kyuzo Okawara is accused of stealing five items of underwear on August 10. When police searched his home, 70 additional pieces of underwear were found.
The woman previously had underwear stolen from her balcony and requested a police stakeout. Okawara was apprehended as he was attempting to steal underwear again. He admitted to the allegation and was quoted as saying, “I saw the underwear hanging out to dry and wanted it”. He did not know the owner of the underwear.
(Home clothes dryers are not common in Japan and most everyone hangs their clothes to dry.)
4 comments:
It's not just a Japanese thing. When I was young it happened enough that there was a word for it: "snowdropping". I haven't heard that for a long time though. Fortunately there are other people old enough to remember, and I found this nice article about the word and the practice: https://www.suebutler.com.au/blog/2026/2/13/snowdropping
I and my husband actually witnessed a 'snowdropper' (I have never heard this Australian slang expression before, thank you Vireya) late one night on our way home.
The thief climbed an almost flat wall and reached the second floor balcony, snatched the knickers and bras hanging there and then jumped down. It was over in a flash. He was as agile as a monkey and landed as softly as a cat!
I and my husband immediately ran down the street to the Police Box, and the officer on duty got on his white bicycle and chased the man to his accommodation. It turned out he was an ordinary office clerk, and he had a collection of ladies' underwear.
Wonder what the attraction is> Seems a strange thing to steal. I do remember stories of underwear theft when I was younger, not heard it at all lately.
Sorprendente....
Aquí en España tendemos la ropa al aire para que se seque, no tenemos una gran cultura de secadoras en las casas.
Lo que sí está proliferando en los últimos años son las lavanderias en pequeños locales que funcionan con monedas y logicamente tienen secadoras.
BESICOS.
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