How it works:
- Opening: on the streets, you see a man who claims to use “magic” to control a paper doll. He will make the doll move without touching it and get tourists to buy.
- Set-up: the doll is attached to a piece of almost invisible string (e.g. fishing wire) in between two bags. One end of that string is attached to an object hidden in the first bag usually laid static on the floor and the other end is attached to an object in an accomplice’s bag who shakes it.
Places to beware:
- Kyoto
- Tokyo
- Yokohama
What to do:
- Avoid.
