Late-night convenience stores in Shibuya, Tokyo, are always playing out urban fables. In the glass window, a man in a suit with half his face in the shadows is putting a full body sex doll into a black paper bag printed with the words "adult toys". This scene is cut into fragmented symbols by neon lights, reflecting the most obscure codewords in postmodern society. Contemporary men's obsession with dolls begins with collective amnesia of touch. When touch screens replace the warmth...