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Japan: Where Cash is King (And How I’d Launder It)

Featuring The Shinto Shrine Kegare Conspiracy

Dec 22, 2025
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Had a bit of snow the other day.

I saw something on TV the other day I’d never seen before. At around 9pm on a cold winter’s night, a car was stopped at a red light. Next minute, a knock on the passenger door. A motorcyclist all in black had pulled up alongside the car. The driver then wound down the window only for the biker to grab the bag on the passenger seat and ride off.

In Japan of all places.

But the thing that got me the most?

The bag had like 280,000 yen in it.

That’s like, $2,000 US.

Or as Snake from The Simpsons would say:

Yoink.

“Score!” Image: The Simpsons / 20th Television.

I mean, who carries that much cash around with them?

Japanese people. That’s who.

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