This started as pictures taken from my cell phone (keitai) in Japan, but now that we're back in the U.S. it has evolved into a running commentary on all things Japanese. Look for more pictures each week of stuff from Japan through the eyes of a gaijin (foreigner).

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Vote for Nakamura



Right behind this guy is the shinkansen (bullet train) station next to my English school. For the past few weeks we have been bombarded hourly with blasts of speakers mounted to the top of cars blaring out campaign slogans. Guess there was a major election here last week. Anyway, one day we were going to grab some lunch when this van pulled up outside our school and about 20 people jumped out, all wearing these nice green jackets (every candidate has a different color -- kinda like a high school football team) listening attentively as another green-jacketed escapee from the Master's tournament solemnly talked about their candidate. I tried to take a discreet picture, but this guy caught me and seemed willing to pose . . . so point, click! Kaycee's keitai strikes again!

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