Tiger Stripes
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Yeah, for sure. Soshigaya is anything but "do-inaka" ("the middle of nowhere", "boondocks"). There are always people around there (so...not like a small, rural town where people would immediately notice some outsider walking around/past a nearby house). Also, even in high-tech Japan (sincere; it really is a high-tech country, beyond what many in the West would realize, IMO), security devices like Ring doorbell cams (or a Japanese counterpart) were virtually non-existent. What would have not been "non-existent" would have been...the local "neighborhood network"! (And yes, we do know that Haruko-san, the grandma, lived next-door.) But...who else may have lived up/down that street, I wonder? Even if they moved away long ago, their (now) adult children would likely be a great source of information. JMOE, but Japanese people are amazing observers (think about it: their very language and its intricate nuances is linked to just a teeny "pen stroke" here or there, and such a stroke can change an entire meaning!): Someone in that neighborhood (perhaps several "someones") knows something...Absolutely. Skateboard or not, how do we explain his invisibility at these stations? Especially if he had a skateboard — a young guy with a skateboard, an injury and no jacket, possibly ‘looking foreign’…
Literally every time someone has said this, I’ve never seen it backed up by anything. I don’t know if that’s because street view makes Soshigaya Park look sparse? But I’ve been through there in the day and night, my first occasion was something like 5am while jet lagged (the brain doesn’t make good choices) and every single time, there was foot traffic. Even at that very early hour of the morning.
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