Anti-Nukes Protest

Anti-Nukes Protest
Originally uploaded by gaijin1717.

I randomly stumbled upon this protest on Aoba Street, what we Novabots lovingly call "tree street". I went over to take pictures and the women started yelling, "no more Hiroshima, no more Nagasaki". I was moved. I bought a button. I told her "ganbatte", which means good luck and work hard. Quite a struggle. There are many small groups in Shizuoka who are working to re-militarize Japan. It's kind of funny because they set up camp right outside of Nova and make announcements over loudspeakers. Obviously they aren't thinking about any kind of reaction from China and North Korea. Pacifism is still widely supported by the Japanese public. But then again, so is passive-aggressivism (if I can take the liberty to make that a word. I'm an english teacher, right?).