Thu 2008/10/02 11:08
Nearly forgot to answer this one - its for warding off crows. Crows in Tokyo have been a problem for a long time. When rubbish is thrown out in the morning, you hear them cackling to each other communicating areas with the most rubbish. They then swoop in and make a complete mess. Not sure how effective these black bags are though. Other methods used for warding off crows are CDs hanging on a string and changing the color of the nets that are used to cover the rubbish. The net colors deter the crows for a while until they learn that its just a net with a different color - and so the cycle continues. So far in our neighborhood, we've had green, blue and yellow nets for the rubbish - or "trash" or "garbage" depending on where you live. Yesterdays text below.Two stick like objects with black objects hanging from them by a bit of string - can you guess why some Japanese put these outside their houses?
Posted on Thu 2008/10/02 11:08 by
to lure pantsu theif that love black sexy pantsu? me like black sexy pantsu..
(ID #319300) Posted on 2008/10/01 11:57
is this a japanese ver. of a trash bin?
(ID #319301) Posted on 2008/10/01 11:57
Maybe is something like the bottles to scare cats? Here in Mexico people would hang clear plastic bags half full with water to scare flies.
(ID #319303) Posted on 2008/10/01 11:59
I thought the same thing, but aren't cats crazy about stuff like plastic bags and boxes?
(ID #319332) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:28
Yeah, I was thinking of "something like the cat thing", not that this thing is for cats. But then maybe it is actually to lure cats to it and then you zap them ;)
(ID #319339) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:35
LOL,maybe they someone said "we'll have a meat feast tonight!"?
(ID #319343) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:43
(University)Student
I thought it might be something like the bottles.... Maybe its bags of garbage, maybe the smell keeps naughty(vandalising)kids away?
(ID #319675) Posted on 2008/10/01 18:56
They look like teruteru-boozu. Are they black because the person who made them is hoping for rain?
(ID #319305) Posted on 2008/10/01 11:59
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
lol, i was thinking the same thing. some sort of evil version of teruteru-bozu. "I hope the weather's bad tomorrow so I don't have to got to _______"
(ID #319306) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:02
uh...that's already made, you just turn the teruteru boozu upsidedown, lol...
(ID #319309) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:04
Haha, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that.
(ID #319608) Posted on 2008/10/01 16:49
To keep drunks from peeing on their wall? ^^;
(ID #319307) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:03
To drive off the garbage spirits who go into your garbage at night, tip over the can, and eat from it.
(ID #319316) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:07
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
racoons and bums?
(ID #319331) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:28
Anime & Ferrari fanboy
I see cans inside the garbage bag, so I'm guessing if a cat climbs the wall the bag would scare them? or if someone is hurt, they would bump into the bag which would rattle making a loud (from the cans) sound which would alert someone nearby?
(ID #319322) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:13
WebDesign, Coding, Administration
Hmm, not sure... i remember someone once told me this is some kind of beetle trap or so... to lure beetles away from the house. But that was being said many years ago... no clue if it's true tho. Will find out when i move over there i guess... *stores a few bags cuz she hates beetles in the house tho* ><;
(ID #319334) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:30
club sensei / student
I had the same thought about insects. Like it keeps insects away from the house...maybe. The second thought was trash take out. It looks like it's hanging over an alley way so that might be it.
(ID #319337) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:35
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
I suspect it's for something like you can see at 1:30 of this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UbtcmjfKa8
(ID #319341) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:39
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
to this day, after repeated viewings of that movie, the whole cat beating bit never gets old.
(ID #319347) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:54
no idea, just what are they?
(ID #319348) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:54
Its obviously to make you ask why ;)
(ID #319350) Posted on 2008/10/01 12:56
so that the trash truck man will not have to go directly to the trash can (you know the man getting the trash is just standing in the back of the truck)
(ID #319374) Posted on 2008/10/01 13:26
Now that was weird and I don't know why.
(ID #319375) Posted on 2008/10/01 13:26
Jack of All Trades, Copycat
From the looks of things....it can't be garbage....the bags are too small. My next guess would be futons. And you know how futons are in Japan...they use em on Tatami mats which is basically the floor. In other words, the hangings are probably for disinfecting the futons against molds and mites?
(ID #319379) Posted on 2008/10/01 13:29
Maybe it has food in it to feed birds? or donations to the poor people that happen to pass by.
(ID #319380) Posted on 2008/10/01 13:33
or to repel certain types of incects/rodents
(ID #319383) Posted on 2008/10/01 13:34
it's gotta be a prank of some kind! Either that or fishing for hobos, they kinda look like hobo bindles.
(ID #319382) Posted on 2008/10/01 13:34
Because they are weird. [Hope I am right!]
(ID #319412) Posted on 2008/10/01 13:50
Student, Crtsy clerk for Ralph's
it could be that they are fermenting some sort of food? lol idk...
(ID #319417) Posted on 2008/10/01 13:51
As a cheap mailbox?
(ID #319427) Posted on 2008/10/01 14:11
TK-8316 / 宅男 Otaku / 工程师 Engineer
to attract curious bloggers to take a pic and post it on their blogs?
(ID #319430) Posted on 2008/10/01 14:13
is something to scare insects, or artificial nest to capture killer bees, no kidding hope danny gives to the first one, who gives the correct answer a price :D
(ID #319433) Posted on 2008/10/01 14:17
Student, Fansubber, Freelance Web Forum Admin
Well, maybe it's a deterrent for some insect or nuisance animal. I used to have something like that in the backyard for keeping away squirrels.
(ID #319442) Posted on 2008/10/01 14:22
Director/代表取締役
did it work?
(ID #319469) Posted on 2008/10/01 14:32
Student
My bet is that it's something like the water bottles, to scare away cats. But it probably doesn't work... at all.
(ID #319477) Posted on 2008/10/01 14:35
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
so unsuspecting people walk into them? lol
(ID #319487) Posted on 2008/10/01 14:38
Ward off evil.
(ID #319500) Posted on 2008/10/01 14:44
To keep somebody or something away?
(ID #319553) Posted on 2008/10/01 15:27
suneo (登録日: 2007/12/17 20:30)
To show other plastic bags what'll happen to them if they wander into this person's home.
(ID #319607) Posted on 2008/10/01 16:48
lol
(ID #319619) Posted on 2008/10/01 17:22
pepsi??? (登録日: 2007/09/29 22:36)
kind of looks like those people making fanart of pedobear who is holding a stick to lure lolis in (just my imagination tho)
(ID #319642) Posted on 2008/10/01 18:03
Mysterious indeed. Have no idea what the bags are for...
(ID #319656) Posted on 2008/10/01 18:36
Mechanical Engineering student
Bait for pedestrians XD
(ID #319719) Posted on 2008/10/01 19:29
Director/代表取締役
Will answer this in the morning ^^;
(ID #319730) Posted on 2008/10/01 19:52
Part human, part student, 100% loser
LOL the suspense...
(ID #319773) Posted on 2008/10/01 21:54
illustrator/web designer in training
Is this another cat thing? XD Or maybe rats?
(ID #319751) Posted on 2008/10/01 20:55
Part human, part student, 100% loser
Free food for the homeless? I've no idea...
(ID #319774) Posted on 2008/10/01 21:57
Musically inclined Pervert
there hangs 2 spy cameras for pantsu-shooting or! those are bait so that japanese school girls will look at them.. but they don't know it has a trap door .. omg!!
(ID #319786) Posted on 2008/10/01 22:29
To kill the cat with curiosity!
(ID #319792) Posted on 2008/10/01 22:36
The remains of the last two people who graffitied on their wall?
(ID #319793) Posted on 2008/10/01 22:37
An obvious trap.. When someone pulls it, it will explode?
(ID #319794) Posted on 2008/10/01 22:38
so what are they danny?
(ID #319854) Posted on 2008/10/02 00:02
graduate studant (TV Broadcasting & Cinema )
that is weird, man...!!! maybe it is some kind of charm.... ancient japanese black magic/ ritual...
(ID #319875) Posted on 2008/10/02 00:28
marvin (登録日: 2006/12/25 00:30)
neko yoke? ^^
(ID #319877) Posted on 2008/10/02 00:29
To ppl ask why to the dude that live there?!?!
(ID #319880) Posted on 2008/10/02 00:33
I think they are supposed to represent crows (black thing) to scare off the cats and prevent them from ripping open the garbage bags, littering the area =①。①= ふにゃ?
(ID #319886) Posted on 2008/10/02 00:36
Professional Bum Mode
I think I'm the only person who thought of it as a double nice boat. >.< I'll also go with the repellent theory the others hypothesized.
(ID #319916) Posted on 2008/10/02 01:11
Is it bags that you put dog shit in?
(ID #319934) Posted on 2008/10/02 01:32
Undergraduate Student
Seriously no idea what is that thing... could it be something about japanese culture?
(ID #319986) Posted on 2008/10/02 02:25
it might be temporary dustbins so that other people don't litter in front of their homes...
(ID #319993) Posted on 2008/10/02 02:30
Tequila (登録日: 2008/08/26 22:16)
You guys are all wrong, they just hang out their (trash)bags to dry. or it's too smelly to keep inside, and they hang it outside till the garbage collector arrives ;p
(ID #320065) Posted on 2008/10/02 03:40
A way of storing trash or an anti-pest measure?
(ID #320077) Posted on 2008/10/02 03:51
I got the feeling it is or was something alive
(ID #320172) Posted on 2008/10/02 06:51
I'm going with insect catcher/trap.
(ID #320181) Posted on 2008/10/02 07:02
what is the correct answer??
(ID #320200) Posted on 2008/10/02 07:35
I've never seen those before...now I'm curious. I'm guessing it has something to do with gardening.
(ID #320224) Posted on 2008/10/02 08:27
for pet owners to use to pick their pet's crap so they won't sh*t in front of their house? lol
(ID #320225) Posted on 2008/10/02 08:30
pop culture archivist
In rural areas of the United States there was a very old tradition of hanging bottles made of blue-tinted glass to trap evil spirits inside them. It's pretty much a product of a bygone time these days. I don't think this is the intent here, but it reminds me of that!
(ID #320324) Posted on 2008/10/02 10:57
Never seen that before, but interesting to know.
(ID #320379) Posted on 2008/10/02 11:31
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Karasu yoke? So, that's why they go "Aho aho"... :P
(ID #320384) Posted on 2008/10/02 11:34
When I was a kid in Misawa, we used to put a lid on the trash...^^;
(ID #320399) Posted on 2008/10/02 11:45
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
oh crows are smart! In Singapore they shooting crows as there's just too many of them ^^; and the crows started recognizing the colour of the gunman's clothing and avoid ^^; Also they tend to fly away when I point a camera at them ^^;;;; Those bags look like the crows would just tear them open eventually ^^;
(ID #320426) Posted on 2008/10/02 12:04
TK-8316 / 宅男 Otaku / 工程师 Engineer
yes u are right, we shoot and then make pies of of them. yum yum.
(ID #320781) Posted on 2008/10/02 17:55
Otaku/Student of University of Western Ontario
At my place we've got our neighborhood racoon doing this stuff. I also got a family of skunks living in my backyard somewhere that likes to go through leftovers from barbeque -_-
(ID #320511) Posted on 2008/10/02 13:15
Student/Part-timer
I was going to say it was to ward off crows yesterday. But that sounded kinda silly, so I didn't mention it...geez haha
(ID #320539) Posted on 2008/10/02 13:46
Ninja / Engineer / Time Traveler / Sensei
Wow, never would have thought of that. Crows aren't as big a problem here so it never occured to me that is what is was for.
(ID #320545) Posted on 2008/10/02 13:53
Computer Technician, Kita-Kon Chairman
If we were more densely populated here i would try this, crows are annoying with garbage :(
(ID #320571) Posted on 2008/10/02 14:09
the crows !! .... one of the first things that hit me during my stay in japan ! i can't believe how many they are, it's amazing.
(ID #320654) Posted on 2008/10/02 15:41
haha so many answers and then only for crow ;P
(ID #320775) Posted on 2008/10/02 17:51
TK-8316 / 宅男 Otaku / 工程师 Engineer
well, if that is to scare off crows i think a sader scarecrow will work better.
(ID #320779) Posted on 2008/10/02 17:54
lol I agree, Sader would scare me away, so it should work on crows
(ID #320806) Posted on 2008/10/02 18:24
Crows are indeed quite smart birds. A few weeks ago an aviary protection agency was forced to capture a crow that was terrorizing a neighboorhood, it was attacking male (only male) passerby's, seemingly for the fun of scaring the living daylights out of them.
(ID #320845) Posted on 2008/10/02 19:32
Web Developer (i.e. Otaku)
Karasu scared the hell out of me in Tokyo, the first day I was there I wondered what the bird noise was. Now I listen out for them when watching anime. Our UK crows don't cause so much damage, but our sea gulls commute from the seaside into towns during the day and go to work opening rubbish sacks/eating discarded fast food. Some of them are the size of Albatrosses.
(ID #320915) Posted on 2008/10/02 21:42
crows are intelligent. i don't think t