Be careful transporting your swords!

[Paul Martin]

Don't carry them in the boot of your car unbagged and easily accessible, or wear gaudy tracksuits and speak using lots of r's, you could get in trouble with the Japanese police.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcOojlo2 ... div-f-5-HM

[John A Stuart]

And didn't he look totally innocent, just. Funny one Paul. John

[Takahashi]

The video is quite funny - although I understand why the Japanese government is so strict about swords. They can be deadly weapons and are sometimes still used for this purpose in modern times. There was for example the assasination of Asanuma Inejiro (Japanese politician) in 1960.

 

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.ph ... dwidth=low

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inejiro_Asanuma

 

Cheers!

[Bugyotsuji]

It won't let me watch it... " この動画は非公開です。"

 

We have to be quite careful down here too. :| With swords and/or guns in the car, they have to be wrapped up, and you really have to have an immediate reason for them being there, such as: "I am on my way to sell them/have them appraised by xyz", etc. No good being vague.