Quote:
Originally Posted by Nyororin
Here you go.
ETA; Ronin got the links to you first. 
He was right on about the description - they are well known to teach North Korean ideals and Japan hate... Which puts a lot of the students in a very painful place as they live in Japan and are surrounded by Japanese people.
-------------
To add - they are talking about 2ch. They bring up the Halloween thing as if it was just people dressed up and being harassed - it was the "block the train from normal people and have a huge drunken party on it" thing that was protested. Even *I* would have gone to protest it.
|
Thanks for the links, guys. This is a new one for me.
I know on the Tokyo and Osaka loop lines there were Halloween parties by foreigners who would ride the loops and get off at certain exits at certain times...reassemble and ride the trains. I know a guy who participated in the Osaka ride for at least 10 years, but it sounds like it is now over as of last year or so. to be honest it isn't anything i would ever participate in, but as I understand it, it was never about blocking anyone from riding a train. It was supposed to be a good natured fun. If it wasn't, then maybe the protesters have a point. (I do know as many japanese participated in the Osaka ride as foreigners.)