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© 2017 AFPEx-policeman breaks records with Hello Kitty collection
By Yoko AKIYOSHI YOTSUKAIDO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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pacint
We don' t know his family/investment, saving, etc backgrounds.
Or do we?
gokai_wo_maneku
So policemen make enough money to blow 30 million yen on dolls? Who knew.
wtfjapan
Stressful career, policeman. just thinking that, but hey if it stops cop committing crimes in Japan, then whatever does it for you guys
Brian Wheway
I wonder if his wife is thinking, " now that this is has gone global via the internet, God knows what going to turn up next in the post?"
Middleoftheroad
Wow! That's what we do when we get old, we collect, or really get into our hobbies, or both. Usually we do things to take us back to our youth, the older you get the faster time goes by and you can see the end is coming, so you just try and make the best of your remaining time and have some fun while doing it. My weakness is model freight trains, usually my family buys them for me on my birthday, if I buy one for myself, it is always used, I have spent maybe 100,000 yen over the last 30 years or so, if I had gone anywhere near 3 million yen my family would have had me put in therapy! But at least his wife supports her husband's passion.
theeastisred
Stressful career, policeman.
Dan Lewis
His wife(?) in the background does not seem to share his enthusiasm.
Yubaru
Hell of a lot better than a certain doll collector and you are quite right
Laguna
Better than yesterday's article: https://japantoday.com/category/national/silicone-sally-japan-men-find-true-love-with-sex-dolls
Wrembreck
I'm tempted to donate my lunchbox.
rainyday
Wait, he can include the amount he spent on the house in the total? That can't be right, other than being painted pink it doesn't look like that house is a Hello Kitty item.
Get the auditors in there, someone needs to call out these accounting shenanigans! If we can't trust the accuracy of Hello Kitty related collecting records, what can we trust?
DaDude
Lucky him, my wife has been trying to get rid of 90% of my stuff.
Aly Rustom
I'm speechless.
Disillusioned
That's some serious hoarding issue.
Goodlucktoyou
I wanna comment, but I have a hello kitty bag...so I will just keep quiet.
thepersoniamnow
Odd and slightly creepy, but to each his own.
Maria
That's a happy man - look at that smile! To have found something to do that makes you happy is most people's goal in life. Good for him :)
Stephen Knight
What facial expressions???