One-giri

Does this happen anywhre but Japan?

I know that prank calls are common in many countries, heck, look at bart's escapades in the simpsons when he calls moes tavern over and over.

in japan its different. all they do is call and then hang up before it actually rings. its called a "One-giri" or "One ring" in english.

When i woke up this morning i had a missed called at around abouts 1am from a number i didnt know. My old mobile would tell me how long it had rung for so it was easy to tell if it was a One-giri or not, but this phone doenst have that function.

So i looked up the number of the net, 048-631-2730, just in case it was the hospital calling to say matt had injured himself snowboarding again or something. I knew the number wasnt from Ibaraki but it could have been from Saitama or that region.

ANyways, i didnt find out who it was, but i did find out that this number is known to be a nuisance number. Many people have written on a forum that they have recieved prank calls from this person. always one-giri's.

why would someone want to do that. what kind of thrill do they get out of calling someone in the middle of the night?

I am happy that my phone was on silent last night or i would have been pretty pissed off to hear it ring at 1am.