[vulgarshudder]

Never seen orphans...let alone pick pocketing packs of them lol.

I've never been pickpocketed or had my stuff taken *touch wood*, and I always left my bag at the back of live houses with the huge mound of other bags and it was always there at the end of the night. And I left my laptop on the train at narita once. Mmm yeah done lots of dumb things.

OH I have had my bike stolen...but I had left it unlocked for like 8 hours lol. That said there were lots of times I've left bikes unlocked (ok I forgot to lock it) and it's still been there when I got back. Generally the nicer the bike, and the drunker the person on the way home, the more likey it is to be stolen.

So yeah bike theft and some guy driving by on a motorbike and lifting your bag from your bicycle basket is like the only things you need to be wary about. Oh and good old fashioned chikan! (train groping)