# "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan *The Urth list — 7 messages, 6 voices, 23 May 2005* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### James Wynn *23 May 2005, 04:58* Japanese man gets jail time for 'kidnapping' dolls May 23, 6:12 AM (ET) TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail for snatching mannequins used by a cake shop chain to tout its wares. "Peko-chan," a round-eyed doll around the size of a six-year-old, has been used by Fujiya Co. Ltd. to sell sweets for five decades and her grinning countenance is a familiar sight in front of shops around Japan. Recently, however, she has become a favorite of collectors, leading to a rash of "Peko-chan" snatchings. Takeishi Shibuya, 31, was convicted of stealing 15 of the large dolls, valued at about 1.1 million yen ($10,170), a court official in Yamagata prefecture, northern Japan, said on Monday. In several cases, Shibuya used pepper spray and spray paint to fend off store employees, leading prosecutors to demand a sentence of nine years in prison. "But he has reflected on his crimes and feels bad about what he did, so the sentence was lighter as a result," the official said. After a wave of "Peko-chan" disappearances last year, the company suggested chaining the dolls down, but customers complained that this would be cruel. --- ### Maru Dubshinki *31 May 2005, 18:56 · in reply to James Wynn* I'm afraid I plumb missed the 'There are doors' connection- I don't see how it ties in. Explanation please? ~Maru > On 5/23/05, James Wynn wrote: > Japanese man gets jail time for 'kidnapping' dolls > > May 23, 6:12 AM (ET) > > TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years > in jail for snatching mannequins used by a cake shop chain to tout its > wares. > "Peko-chan," a round-eyed doll around the size of a six-year-old, has been > used by Fujiya Co. Ltd. to sell sweets for five decades and her grinning > countenance is a familiar sight in front of shops around Japan. > > Recently, however, she has become a favorite of collectors, leading to a > rash of "Peko-chan" snatchings. > > Takeishi Shibuya, 31, was convicted of stealing 15 of the large dolls, > valued at about 1.1 million yen ($10,170), a court official in Yamagata > prefecture, northern Japan, said on Monday. > > In several cases, Shibuya used pepper spray and spray paint to fend off > store employees, leading prosecutors to demand a sentence of nine years in > prison. > > "But he has reflected on his crimes and feels bad about what he did, so the > sentence was lighter as a result," the official said. > > After a wave of "Peko-chan" disappearances last year, the company suggested > chaining the dolls down, but customers complained that this would be cruel. > > > _______________________________________________ --- ### James Wynn *31 May 2005, 21:17 · in reply to Maru Dubshinki* Just a general obsession with dolls...treating them like people ala the concern that chaining them would be cruel. My first thought when I read the article was TAD. (shrug) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maru Dubshinki" To: "The Urth Mailing List" Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:56 PM Subject: Re: (urth) "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan I'm afraid I plumb missed the 'There are doors' connection- I don't see how it ties in. Explanation please? ~Maru > On 5/23/05, James Wynn wrote: > Japanese man gets jail time for 'kidnapping' dolls > > May 23, 6:12 AM (ET) > > TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half > years > in jail for snatching mannequins used by a cake shop chain to tout its > wares. > "Peko-chan," a round-eyed doll around the size of a six-year-old, has been > used by Fujiya Co. Ltd. to sell sweets for five decades and her grinning > countenance is a familiar sight in front of shops around Japan. > > Recently, however, she has become a favorite of collectors, leading to a > rash of "Peko-chan" snatchings. > > Takeishi Shibuya, 31, was convicted of stealing 15 of the large dolls, > valued at about 1.1 million yen ($10,170), a court official in Yamagata > prefecture, northern Japan, said on Monday. > > In several cases, Shibuya used pepper spray and spray paint to fend off > store employees, leading prosecutors to demand a sentence of nine years in > prison. > > "But he has reflected on his crimes and feels bad about what he did, so > the > sentence was lighter as a result," the official said. > > After a wave of "Peko-chan" disappearances last year, the company > suggested > chaining the dolls down, but customers complained that this would be > cruel. > > > _______________________________________________ > Urth Mailing List > To post, write urth at urth.net > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net --- ### nastler *03 Jun 2005, 00:53 · in reply to James Wynn* Or Hethor... --- James Wynn skrev: > Just a general obsession with dolls...treating them > like people ala the > concern that chaining them would be cruel. My first > thought when I read the > article was TAD. > (shrug) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maru Dubshinki" > To: "The Urth Mailing List" > > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:56 PM > Subject: Re: (urth) "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan > > > > I'm afraid I plumb missed the 'There are doors' > connection- I don't > see how it ties in. Explanation please? > > ~Maru > > On 5/23/05, James Wynn > wrote: >> Japanese man gets jail time for 'kidnapping' dolls >> >> May 23, 6:12 AM (ET) >> >> TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man has been >> sentenced to five-and-a-half >> years >> in jail for snatching mannequins used by a cake >> shop chain to tout its >> wares. >> "Peko-chan," a round-eyed doll around the size of >> a six-year-old, has been >> used by Fujiya Co. Ltd. to sell sweets for five >> decades and her grinning >> countenance is a familiar sight in front of shops >> around Japan. >> >> Recently, however, she has become a favorite of >> collectors, leading to a >> rash of "Peko-chan" snatchings. >> >> Takeishi Shibuya, 31, was convicted of stealing 15 >> of the large dolls, >> valued at about 1.1 million yen ($10,170), a court >> official in Yamagata >> prefecture, northern Japan, said on Monday. >> >> In several cases, Shibuya used pepper spray and >> spray paint to fend off >> store employees, leading prosecutors to demand a >> sentence of nine years in >> prison. >> >> "But he has reflected on his crimes and feels bad >> about what he did, so >> the >> sentence was lighter as a result," the official >> said. >> >> After a wave of "Peko-chan" disappearances last >> year, the company >> suggested >> chaining the dolls down, but customers complained >> that this would be >> cruel. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ --- ### Dan *09 Jun 2005, 17:13 · follows James Wynn* Oddly enough, i just finished reading There Are Doors this morning. It was the best Philip K. Dick novel I ever read that was not written by Philip K. Dick. What of Mr. Klamm's relationship to Mr. Green? Same guy at two different times or just two different blokes in the same circumstances (only one is beginiing his pursuit and the other nearing the end)? Dan > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 23:15:28 -0500 > From: "James Wynn" > Subject: Re: (urth) "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan > To: "The Urth Mailing List" > Message-ID: <000301c56660$e20a5a30$60a3f63f@wynnhouse> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Just a general obsession with dolls...treating them like people ala the > concern that chaining them would be cruel. My first thought when I read the > article was TAD. > (shrug) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maru Dubshinki" > To: "The Urth Mailing List" > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:56 PM > Subject: Re: (urth) "There Are Doors" Comes To Japan > > > > I'm afraid I plumb missed the 'There are doors' connection- I don't > see how it ties in. Explanation please? > > ~Maru > > On 5/23/05, James Wynn wrote: >> Japanese man gets jail time for 'kidnapping' dolls >> >> May 23, 6:12 AM (ET) >> >> TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half >> years >> in jail for snatching mannequins used by a cake shop chain to tout its >> wares. >> "Peko-chan," a round-eyed doll around the size of a six-year-old, has been >> used by Fujiya Co. Ltd. to sell sweets for five decades and her grinning >> countenance is a familiar sight in front of shops around Japan. >> >> Recently, however, she has become a favorite of collectors, leading to a >> rash of "Peko-chan" snatchings. >> >> Takeishi Shibuya, 31, was convicted of stealing 15 of the large dolls, >> valued at about 1.1 million yen ($10,170), a court official in Yamagata >> prefecture, northern Japan, said on Monday. >> >> In several cases, Shibuya used pepper spray and spray paint to fend off >> store employees, leading prosecutors to demand a sentence of nine years in >> prison. >> >> "But he has reflected on his crimes and feels bad about what he did, so >> the >> sentence was lighter as a result," the official said. >> >> After a wave of "Peko-chan" disappearances last year, the company >> suggested >> chaining the dolls down, but customers complained that this would be >> cruel. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ --- ### Adrian Robert *10 Jun 2005, 12:29 · in reply to Dan* > On Jun 2, 2005, at 7:34 PM, Dan wrote: > Oddly enough, i just finished reading There Are Doors this morning. > > It was the best Philip K. Dick novel I ever read that was not written > by Philip K. Dick. > > What of Mr. Klamm's relationship to Mr. Green? Same guy at two > different times or just two different blokes in the same circumstances > (only one is beginiing his pursuit and the other nearing the end)? Hi, It's been a while since I've read it so I won't answer this here, but, if you haven't already, read _The Castle_ by Kafka. It really deepens the experience, and a lot of things will fall into different perspectives.. enjoy, Adrian --- ### Chris *10 Jun 2005, 13:44 · in reply to Adrian Robert* Klamm could best be described as a priest (perhaps the high priest) of Cybele/Rhea. The same could be said to be true of Green, but Green is also supposedly Attis/Dionysus. Since the priests of Cybele actually emulate Attis, there's obviously going to be a close, apparent relationship there. But I think we are led to believe that Green is "the real deal", so to speak. > On Jun 2, 2005, at 7:34 PM, Dan wrote: >> Oddly enough, i just finished reading There Are Doors this morning. >> >> It was the best Philip K. Dick novel I ever read that was not written by >> Philip K. Dick. >> >> What of Mr. Klamm's relationship to Mr. Green? Same guy at two different >> times or just two different blokes in the same circumstances (only one is >> beginiing his pursuit and the other nearing the end)? > Hi, > > It's been a while since I've read it so I won't answer this here, but, if > you haven't already, read _The Castle_ by Kafka. It really deepens the > experience, and a lot of things will fall into different perspectives.. > > enjoy, > Adrian ---