excerpt: latimes.com
TOKYO -- This story begins with a crime.
Under normal circumstances, there is no reason anyone would want to steal my bike. It's a basic get-around-town model that cost $150. It was the biggest bicycle a Japanese department store carried and it's still too small for me. The chain grinds on every rotation, although that may have to do with the fact that I leave it out in the rain and the bike is now covered in rust.
It has a bell but no night light as required by Japanese law — which, as you'll see, is a misdemeanor that the Japanese police choose to enforce.
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Wish it was like that here
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. I was under the impression that, contrary to what the article was implying, that bike theft was not uncommon. Like the man in the story, people seemed to take the opportunity of easing their walk home when it presented itself quite commonly.....again, I could be wrong.
. My language skills were quite good, but didn't stretch to understanding startled policemen...hehe
