Groom Has Second Thoughts, Burns Down Hotel To Avoid Wedding

by **Mulboyne** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:15 pm

Japan Times: Nervous groom held for blaze at wedding hotel
It's only natural for brides and grooms to get nervous before the big day, but Tatsuhiko Kawata of Yamanashi may have gone too far. Kawata, 39, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of setting fire Saturday to a hotel in Hokuto, northern Yamanashi Prefecture, where he and his fiancee were supposed to get married later in the day, a spokesman at the local police station said. No one was injured. Police started questioning Kawata after learning he had suddenly notified the Risonare Hotel of his intention to cancel the ceremony, the police spokesman said. Kawata was quoted as telling police he set the fire "because there were definite reasons I could not get married." Kawata allegedly started the fire around 2:20 a.m. after spreading a flammable liquid, possibly kerosene, in a corridor behind the hotel's concert hall, the police said.

For our international readers:

Un Japonais incendie un hôtel pour échapper au mariage

Man steekt hotel in brand om huwelijk te voorkomen

Chú rể đốt khách sạn để trốn cưới

by **GomiGirl** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:20 pm

Blimey - that is some food for thought as a newly engaged person.....

by **Mike Oxlong** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:25 pm

I'm taking notes...got any more details?!

by **omae mona** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:35 pm

GomiGirl, I'm sure you can use your contacts to arrange for a very safe venue for your wedding, can't you?

by **wuchan** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:03 pm

a simple e-mail saying " I FUCKIN HATE YOU!!!" would have worked out better.

by **Yokohammer** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:08 pm

The guy was already married, wasn't he?*
Or did I misunderstand the news report?

* This would be a pretty "definite reason" for not being able to get married.

by **Sentakki Fried Chicken** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:12 pm

With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I'd done the same thing before my wedding.

by **dimwit** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:22 am

...there were definite reasons I could not get married

Like the fact that he's an arsonist?

OK. I've got a question. If the wedding were later on in the day wouldn't some of the wedding gift moolah have already arrived?

by **wuchan** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:14 am

Yokohammer wrote:The guy was already married, wasn't he?*
Or did I misunderstand the news report?

* This would be a a pretty "definite reason" for not being able to get married.

saw it on the news, yes he was already married. He is double fucked now, there is no way the wife doesn't know after this.

by **American Oyaji** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:42 am

GomiGirl wrote:Blimey - that is some food for thought as a newly engaged person.....

[color="Red"][SIZE="7"]WHAT!?!?![/SIZE][/color]

Aww darn. Another cute bird that got away...

by **Greji** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:32 pm

American Oyaji wrote:Aww darn. Another cute bird that got away...

Ahh, you talking about Gomi?
:confused:

by **American Oyaji** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:00 pm

Greji wrote:Ahh, you talking about Gomi?

No. The mom of the hafu chick I'm seeing. :cool:

by **Greji** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:11 pm

American Oyaji wrote:No. The mom of the hafu chick I'm seeing.

Send mom around! I'll see to her continuing education in the delivery of the US Male.
:cool:

by **xenomorph42** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:31 am

Greji wrote:Send mom around! I'll see to her continuing education in the delivery of the US Male.

Dude was probably a TLC fan. :confused:

by **American Oyaji** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:41 am

xenomorph42 wrote:Dude was probably a TLC fan.

Close. A farmer.

*EDIT*
Thought you were talking about Hafu girl's mom's ex husband.

Old Grandad and new apartment stealing internet. Tired as all get out.
Took me a mint to figure out what you were goin on aboot.

by **Buraku** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:12 pm

A Japanese man who set fire to a hotel in a bid to buy himself time to chose whether to stay with his wife or marry his girlfriend was sentenced to five years jail Thursday, a court official said.
Presiding Judge Yasushi Watanabe called 40-year-old defendant Tatsuhiko Kawata "egoistic and short-sighted" and dismissed the defence argument that no-one was hurt in the fire, the Kyodo news agency reported.

by **Greji** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:19 pm

Buraku wrote:A Japanese man who set fire to a hotel in a bid to buy himself time to chose whether to stay with his wife or marry his girlfriend was sentenced to five years jail....."

Well, with five years to contemplate his decision, he should be able to decide between the two when he gets out. Then again, he may choose his cell mate by that time!
:cool:

by **Sentakki Fried Chicken** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:45 pm

He should've just converted to Mormonism and married them both (provided the women were related, of course...)

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