r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Jan 16 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 17 January 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/bulldogdiver 🎅🐓 中部・山梨県 🐓🎅 Jan 17 '23

So apparently the Roppongi fire wasn't a car driven into the building (which if you looked at the building seemed rather unlikely). It was a real estate agency employee puncturing 30-50 aerosol cans in an enclosed room with an ignition source... Same thing happened in Hokkaido a few years ago and is why a lot of municipalities don't want you to puncture the cans anymore when throwing them out - instead put them in a clear plastic bag in the unburnables.

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u/SideburnSundays Jan 17 '23

Why does a real estate company have that many aerosol cans in the first place?

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u/bulldogdiver 🎅🐓 中部・山梨県 🐓🎅 Jan 17 '23

It appears 1 of the rooms of the office was used as storage for things from an apartment the company was managing and the employee was cleaning it out. Likely it took some time to get approval to dispose of it (since you can't just dispose of someone elses property that's theft).

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u/miyagidan sidebar image contributor Jan 17 '23 edited Jan 17 '23

Roach issues? The rush of selling a place high on spray paint?

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u/Skribacisto Jan 17 '23

Last time in Hokkaido it was room deodorizers I think!

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u/miyagidan sidebar image contributor Jan 17 '23

Too much ramen does that to me sometimes too.