Panic in the disco: Gas Panic raided

[IparryU]

Party on

Certainly no one expected that Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, a social conservative from the traditionally-minded Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), would change things. Yet the government is about to allow late-night dancing with a new parliamentary bill, expected to pass this year. As long as light levels are kept high enough for police to see into the corners, revelers will be allowed to dance into the small hours.

Choko, halloween in Roppongi will be a killer...

[matsuki]

Move in the right direction but what's with the light level restrictions? I'm sure what everyone wants to do is dance in a giant lightbox after midnight.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Move in the right direction but what's with the light level restrictions? I'm sure what everyone wants to do is dance in a giant lightbox after midnight.

What if you just light the corners?

[matsuki]

Probably what will happen.

[kurogane]

Move in the right direction but what's with the light level restrictions? .

..............because the old Ian Drury and the Blockheads song didn't limit it to "Rock n' Roll is all my brain and body needs" without good reason????

Hilarious how discofied that sounds now.

[legion]

But not hilarious is how much better it is than the slick auto tune shite they pass off for music these days

when are the kids going to release some music which is going to shock and offend me, not bore me?

[Russell]

Ah, Ian Dury...

[legion]

And Frankie, posted earlier. Ain't it great how much fun the backing singer is having there.

I've got fond memories of driving up Princes Avenue in Toxteth with that tune and copious amounts of black hash smoke wafting out of the windows in the mid eighties.

[Wage Slave]

God he was good and this little gem deserves wider hearing:

(From about 1 minute)

[Samurai_Jerk]

when are the kids going to release some music which is going to shock and offend me, not bore me?

Oh, it's shocking and offensive. Just not for the right reasons.

[Salty]

Soo, if you want to dance after midnight – just make sure that it is well lit. But before midnight, and your gyrations can be performed in the dark?

Japan overturns midnight dancing ban

http://www.japantoday.com/category/nati ... ancing-ban

Under the new law, which is expected to take effect by June next year, dancing after midnight will be allowed if the club has a light level of at least 10 lux.

And…

Does this mean that after midnight you can drink from your own supply?

The new law also makes provision for clubs that do not serve alcohol after midnight to stay open for 24 hours.

[matsuki]

No more alcohol? That's like saying you can ice skate all night long but the skate rental closes at 10.

...and what is it with this country and lighting? Not enough lux and you get shut down! (and nobody has enough lux under the counters)

[Samurai_Jerk]

...and what is it with this country and lighting? Not enough lux and you get shut down!

Please allow me to quote myself from earlier in this thread.

What's obsession with lux in Japan? When I was a student one of the restriction on where one could legally do a 'baito was no restaurants/bars where the lighting was under X lux (can't remember the number but I guess it was also 10). I always wondered how I was supposed to know the illumination level. I don't know about you but I don't have a lux meter.

I get that dark places are traditionally associated with prostitution in Japan but that seems like a very bass-ackward way to tackle that "problem." Oh, wait .... never mind.

[Isle of View]

[Taro Toporific]

Japan overturns midnight dancing ban
http://www.japantoday.com/category/nati ... ancing-ban

Guess what? "No dancing" is back.

HARAJUKU BAR 'BONOBO' FACES CHARGES FOLLOWING ILLEGAL DANCING AFTER MIDNIGHT
[size=85]APRIL 17, 2018 3:00PM[/size
]...Back in 2016, the world watched with awe as headlines flew left and right claiming that Japan had lifted its infamous fueihō "no dancing" law that had been in place since 1948. The only problem with those statements was that, while the laws had certainly loosened, the new laws put in place were far from perfect, again leaving the music scene scattered.
In the back streets of Harajuku, this problem is being felt more than ever at DJ lounge and bar Bonobo, a self-proclaimed space for freedom and relaxation through music. On March 23, 2018, two years after the revisions of the fueihō law went into place, Bonobo was thrust into the spotlight following three police officers in suits entering the bar of around 15 people and questioning a foreigner dancing after midnight. Upon entering the bar, officers approached the foreigner and proceeded to say "Are you dancing?" to which he replied, "I'm simply shaking my body because I'm happy." Officers then proceeded to pursue with "No, you're definitely dancing. You do know that's a violation of the law, right?"
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[matsuki]

Between secret police being used on the reg, being pulled over and having my car searched for "looking lost", and this type of shit...refusal to take a police report, not releasing accident reports, and refusing to intervene in domestic disputes, I am utterly confused as to the purpose of Japanese police.

[legion]

Between secret police being used on the reg, being pulled over and having my car searched for "looking lost", and this type of shit...refusal to take a police report, not releasing accident reports, and refusing to intervene in domestic disputes, I am utterly confused as to the purpose of Japanese police.

Some years ago I had a bad motorcycle crash. I had to go to the cop shop to give a statement, I took a Japanese ojisan I knew for moral support, a guy I knew as a pretty robust and opinionated individual, his father had been killed in Manchuria and consequently he hated the imperial system, he belonged to the generation that dragged Japan out of the post war wreckage, he'd worked hard, raised a family and owned a home. However, he physically shrank when we entered the cop shop, I knew him very well and I had never seen him so nervous. He was an upstanding citizen, but in the cop shop he was obviously intimidated.

The purpose of the Japanese police is to intimidate, there is a superficial velvet glove, but everyone knows there is an iron fist. The whole cutesy character thing is to create a veneer of not scary, but any Japanese person with working brain cells knows if you step too far out of line too often there is a railroad more efficient than JR waiting for you to board at platform arrest, and disembark at platform throw away the key.

[Taro Toporific]

Japan overturns midnight dancing ban
http://www.japantoday.com/category/nati ... ancing-ban

Giving visitors to Japan something they can dance to
The Japan Times| 2018-July-02 | by Jake Adelstein
... In 2015, the Diet revised the adult entertainment business law to enable clubs to operate past midnight provided they met certain conditions...
...In January, the Metropolitan Police Department raided Aoyama Hachi, a club on the outskirts of Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood, in the first crackdown on dancing since the law was revised...
...Since its raid on Aoyama Hachi, the authorities have raided more than 20 bars and other establishments in the Shibuya and Roppongi neighborhoods for alleged violations.
The police even raided Geronimo, a shot bar popular with the foreign community that barely even has a dance floor (although admittedly many guests can probably be found swaying to the music on the sound system all night).
The authorities appear to be focusing their attention on so-called tiny box (kobako) establishments such as Geronimo. ...
..."Japan is encouraging tourists from Asia and Europe to visit," he {club owner} says. "If you’re at a bar where music is playing, it’s only natural to move your body a little. To ask a customer not to dance or move to the music is like insisting they play freeze tag. It makes no sense."
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