KYOTO –
Police are investigating after a custom-made chili pepper-shaped lantern price greater than 200,000 yen was smashed exterior a restaurant in Kyoto’s Gion district, with safety digicam footage capturing an individual placing and destroying the store’s distinctive image.
The incident occurred shortly after 4 a.m. on August 11 at Kyo-Kara Kyoto Gion, a restaurant in Kyoto City’s Higashiyama Ward specializing in spicy noodle dishes.
Security digicam footage reveals an individual approaching the lantern hanging exterior the restaurant earlier than instantly swinging an arm forcefully at it, breaking the lantern after which strolling away.
The lantern, designed within the form of a chili pepper, had change into a logo of the restaurant. It was a specifically commissioned piece made by a craftsman who additionally produces lanterns for Kyoto’s Gion Festival and was valued at greater than 200,000 yen.
“I thought, ‘How could someone do this?'” the restaurant’s consultant mentioned. “Customers associate the lantern with us being open, so we even received messages from people saying, ‘You were closed,’ because the lantern was no longer there.”
Police acquired a harm report from the restaurant and are investigating the incident on suspicion of property harm.
Source: MBS