Skinny Dipping in Japan
As stated in our tagline above, one of the things we'd like to do in this blog is to bring you news about the silly things (mostly silly anyways) that nude men do. Here's one of those things. Via the Canadian Press:
TOKYO — Police have apprehended a westerner who went skinny dipping in a moat ringing the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.Haha. Maybe they should put him in prison without his clothes. That will teach him a lesson :-) Read more...
The naked middle-aged man attracted a huge crowd as he jumped into the moat, then threw rocks and splashed water at two policemen who chased him in a rowboat. Japanese police said they had no information on the man's identity.
But Public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News agency say the man is believed to be a 40-year-old Briton living in Spain who visited the moat with several Spanish friends.
TV footage showed the man swimming around the moat as police chased him with a long stick, attracting a crowd of onlookers.
He was in the water for about an hour before getting out and climbing a stone wall only to fall into the hands of waiting police. No word on possible charges.
A palace official said Emperor Akihito was in the palace, but that it was unlikely he saw the nude swimmer.
