"Ring" Author Suzuki's New Story Out in Tolietpaperback
This has to be one of the most awesome gimmicks since toliet paper was invented. I have to get me a couple rolls before they start selling on Yahoo! Auctions Japan for a hundred times the price.
What’s really nice is that this short article shares a nice bit of Japanese toliet culture I had no idea about.
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Writer rolls out horror story on toilet paper
The Associated Press
In a country where ghosts are traditionally believed to hide in the toilet, a company is advertising a new literary experience — a horror story printed on toilet paper.
Each roll carries several copies of a new nine-chapter novella by Koji Suzuki, the author of the horror story “Ring,” which has been made into movies in both Japan and Hollywood.
“Drop,” set in a public restroom, takes up about 90 cm of a roll and can be read in just a few minutes, according to the manufacturer, Hayashi Paper.
The company promotes the toilet paper, which will sell for ¥210 a roll, as “a horror experience in the toilet.”
Toilets in Japan were traditionally tucked away in a dark corner of the house due to religious beliefs. Parents would tease children that a hairy hand might pull them down into the dark pool below.
Pulp fiction: Writer Koji Suzuki poses with rolls of toilet paper on which his short horror story “Drop” is printed, at a printing factory in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Saturday. KYODO PHOTO
