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The first place most foreigners will get a taste of that (or at least where I got a taste) is the policeman with a very long stick standing on a small, raised p
by sprayk 5y ago
The first place most foreigners will get a taste of that (or at least where I got a taste) is the policeman with a very long stick standing on a small, raised platform in the train station below the Narita International Airport.
- jdeibele 5y agoI'd never heard of this and spent a few minutes searching. I was expecting something like a 10-foot stick but it's more like 4-feet. (paywall but I used Safari's reader mode) https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/20/reference/police-who-stand-with-big-sticks/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/20/reference/polic...
- sprayk 5y agoYea I guess it's big relative to the batons I see police in the US and Europe carrying, but not absurdly big. It was large enough that it looked like it would be awkward to use with any amount of precision. EDIT: read the article in chrome's reader mode, thanks for the tip!
- dymk 5y agohttps://archive.is/kkg0N https://archive.is/kkg0N