Huge stash of women's underwear found in theft suspect's home ( Japan whackiness )

Mainichi Shimbun ^ | 4/27.04

[sushiman]

YAMAGUCHI -- A man suspected of stealing about 4,000 items of women's underwear over as many as 30 years has been arrested, police said.

The man, Kazumasa Ota, 55, who is already under arrest for illegal entry into a residence, was served a fresh arrest warrant on suspicion of theft. Police seized about 4,000 items of women's underwear from his apartment and car.

When questioned by police, Ota reportedly told them that he had a penchant for women's underwear. "I like women's underwear," he was quoted as telling investigators.

Police suspect that Ota stole the underwear from Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures over a period of about 30 years. The underwear had been folded up and protected with a moth repellant, and packed into 30 cardboard boxes.

Investigators said Ota stole three items of women's underwear hanging to dry on the veranda of an apartment in Iwakumi, Yamaguchi Prefecture on about March 21.

On April 4, when put his hand on the fence of the same veranda, a company employee living nearby apprehended him.

[sushiman]

This sort of crime is common here in Japan . LOL ! Thought you would , too !

[BossLady]

Japanese Panty Raid Alert! LOL!

[Ryan Patrick]

Wow. My b-day is 4/4. And I, too, like skimpy women's underwear. Too bad I don't live in japan.

[El Conservador]

Underwear fetishes, especially women panties' fetish are very common in Japan.

There are sex shops over there that will sell you used panties, and Japanese schoolgirls (*snicker*) sell their soiled underwear to such shops.

Japanese sexual tastes are quite strange, if you ask me.

[Ryan Patrick]

Soiled underwear? That's a bit too far for my tastes...

[New Horizon]

When questioned by police, Ota reportedly told them that he had a penchant for women's underwear. "I like women's underwear," he was quoted as telling investigators.

That's blazingly obvious.

The underwear had been folded up and protected with a moth repellant, and packed into 30 cardboard boxes.

Hmmm...I would have thought he'd like to take 'em out every so often to admire them. You know, like a baseball card collection.

[Ryan Patrick]

I dunno, maybe he put them on sometimes to feel pretty?

"It puts the lotion on the skin or else it gets the hose again!" -style.

Then cleaned them.

And put them away.

[Old Grumpy]

"Japanese sexual tastes are quite strange, if you ask me."

That's putting it mildly.

[cajungirl]

I wonder if he is aware of our special thread involving the "underpants rules",,He sounds like an interesting gentleman. I mean, he could have collected women's heads or legs or something awful

[Ryan Patrick]

Well just because he has weird fetishes doesn't mean he has to be violent. I mean, non-violent freak-o's do exist, they just don't get as much popularity... eccept for on here, apparently.

[Arthur McGowan]

I wish people on FR would learn that there's no "H" in "wacko," "wacky," "wackiness," etc.

[sushiman]

Wat ? There's no h in wacko ?

[tlb]

We will probably hear more from this fellow when his lawyers submit their briefs to the court.

[Rate_Determining_Step]

In the Middle of the Night

by Madness

Nice man George, newsagent on the corner,
Not very rich, but never any poorer,
Jaunty old George, a happy sixty-three,
Not very tall, but healthier than me.
He whistles timeless tunes as he saunters down the street,
Springs in his legs and elastic in his feet.
But in the middle of the night,
He steals through your garden,
Gives your hosiery a fright,
And doesn't say pardon.
As soft as a breeze,
With an arm full of underwear,
On his hands and knees,
Dreams about the knicker scare.
Hello there George, newsagent on the corner,
How's the old car, yes the climate's getting warmer,
Chatty old George as you get your morning paper,
Read about the knicker thief, underwear taker.
Bids you 'Good day', as you wander out the door,
Never closes early, always cleans the floor.
But when darkness hits the town,
And there's washing on your line,
Get your knickers down,
Before the dreaded sign.
When the clock strikes eight,
And you're snuggled up in bed,
He'll be at the garden gate,
Filling underwear with dread.
Nice man George, newsagent on the corner,
He was closed today, maybe gone to mow the lawn,
I had to go further down the road to get me current bun,
Hello - Isn't that George on page one ?
No it couldn't be, but yes it is,
Difficult to see from these photofits.
But they are after him,
Of that you can be sure,
They've called him on the phone,
They've knocked on his door.
a-But he's gone away,
Gone to stay with some mates,
He got the papers early,
And saw his own face.

[Arthur McGowan]

That's rhight!

[sushiman]

Believe it or not spelling is a strong point of mine . Don't know how or when I got in the habit of spelling wacko with an h in it . Thanks for the eads up ! ;)

[GATOR NAVY]

Probably because "whack" as in "to hit" does have an an "h" in it.

[sushiman]

I think you've hit the nail on the head Gator ! Hadn't thought of that ! How's things ?

[GATOR NAVY]

Hanging in there. Leaving for the States for good this summer.

[Chieftain]

This guy may have stolen underwear of American women Marines stationed at the USMC Air Station there.

They really do go nuts over American women.

Marines, male OR female, don't take to perverts stealing their skivvies!