Yoyogi rave party: Shut down by police!

It wasn't a very happy Sunday afternoon for doofers that didn't go to Nagisa, as the police in Yoyogi park area of Shibuya decided to clamp down on the bands and Dj's that provide weekly free entertainment for so many people that enjoy hanging out down there. I knew this rave had started early as I could hear the bass pounding all the way across the street at the Kyushu festival, but the beats were short lived as the the boys in blue decided that this sunny Sunday afternoon dance party was not to be. In the end, frustrated partygoers moved on to Ueno park.

All the pleading in the world wasn't gonna get those beats started up again..

Increased police presence

Just about everywhere in Tokyo at the moment is a noticeably increased police presence. It had us wondering why for a couple of days and then we.. read the news! With the G8 summit being held in Hokkaido next Monday to Wednesday, the local constabulary have obviously stepped up their patrols in the hope of preventing further violent demonstrations, and also staving off any other kind of incidents that may prove embarrasingly newsworthy. Generally the cops are stationed at various points of major railway stations, but in Shibuya now they are constantly walking around the city in groups with truncheons in hand, not to mention the choppers buzzing away in the sky and police roadblocks setting up at various main points of entry into highly populated areas.

And as I'm not in the country right now I'm unable to provide a picture of anything truly relative to this post, here's a pic of some police bicycles, cool huh!

Gas leak in Maruyamacho

This morning a Tokyo Gas Emergency crew and a handful of police showed up downstairs, cordoned off our section of the street and investigated a gas leak in the building next door. No-one was evacuated and it was over relatively quickly but it did bring back scary memories of the Shiespa gas explosion that killed three people just down the road at pretty much this time last year.

When the yellow police tape comes out and your apartment is sectioned off, you know it's not gonna be good..

Cops on bikes

These guys are the last people you wanna see when riding around Tokyo, they seem to be constantly on the lookout for scooter riders breaking some ridiculous law. Tokyo road laws are laden with inconsistencies, things that don't make sense, and regulations that are often ignored. One such example is that scooters are speed limited to 35 kmph, and if you've ever followed this law on one of the larger road such as 246, you'll soon realize just how dangerous it is to be travelling at half the speed of traffic that is constantly zooming past you in the the same lane..

Crash Scene: Ebisu

This morning I came across what initially looked to be pretty horrific accident, but upon further investigation it turned out to be just a car having backed over a motorcycle. Regardless, the motorcycle was fully underneath the back end of the car and these pics were taken as covertly as possible.

It's illegal to take photos of police in Japan..

白バイ action..

Am I obsessed?

The Shirts

A combination post, police/shirts stylee! What I didn't get was the Nigerian guy they were arresting. Good times..

警察

Keisatsu (police) are usually pretty busy round Shibuya way..

More Po-lice

More シロバイーaction, love these things..

Po-lice

These bikes are called "Shiro Bai", and are the scourge of all bike riders on Tokyo's frenetic streets..