Saturday, December 3, 2011

occupy

I was surprised to see the occupy tent in Kasumi-gaseki, right on the corner of the METI building.

They looked like serious people.  Most signs in Japanese.  One in English that caught my eye about Urban Elitism, sacrificing the rural areas for the cities.  It must be pretty frustration in the countryside these days, especially up in Tohoku, blasted by a terrible Tsunami and then and still peppered with radioactive poison that will stay 2oo plus years.  In a way it is worse that the old Roman trick of destroying a chit and then salting the land.

Folks in Tokyo will be enjoying a string of Bon-en-kai, Year end parties.  Up in Tohoku I expect it will not be a cheery this dark season.

I found the Occupy movement in Japan have a facebook page in addition to a web site.

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