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Criminal discovered living in between arcade games in a Japanese amusement arcade
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Richard Simmonds
Aug 11, 2017 - Tweet
- Japan
- (amusement arcades • Arcades • crime • game centers • game centres • games • homeless • Hyogo • Kobe • thieves)
Ah, isn’t it nice to listen to the gentle sound of wind chimes blowing in a light breeze? If you were a recent visitor to the Xiandu Park wind chime festival in China, you may not know what we’re talking about, because almost all of the chimes were stolen, forcing the planned month-long event to close down in less than a week.
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