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If you fly into Tokyo you might come in via Narita Airport (NRT) which is actually quite a distance out from tokyo. Violence is extremely uncommon in modern Jap
by po 3y ago
If you fly into Tokyo you might come in via Narita Airport (NRT) which is actually quite a distance out from tokyo. Violence is extremely uncommon in modern Japan but NRT was the site of violent resistance over several decades.
Opposition forces killed several police officers, rioted on several occasions and constructed a giant 200 ft tower to interfere with test flights. Hundreds of acts of vandalism have occurred over the years, even into recent times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanrizuka_Struggle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanrizuka_Struggle
- blamazon 3y agoThe next couple airports in Japan to be built were built over water on artificial islands: Kansai International: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_International_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_International_Airport Kobe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Airport Kitakyushu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitakyushu_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitakyushu_Airport Chubu International: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubu_Centrair_International_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubu_Centrair_International_A...
- thechao 3y agoI flew into Kansai in 2003(?), with a J-rail foreigner pass and fell asleep on the Shinkansen (which I wasn't supposed to be on). 9 hours & ~1100 miles of train rides later I ended up at my buddy's place in Tokushima. It cost 110 yen, locally. That was the first time I appreciated how hard it is to navigate the modern world if you're illiterate.
- Solvency 3y ago[flagged]
- potsandpans 3y agoWhat's your point?
- Solvency 3y agoThe Japanese police/court system is a travesty of corruption and anti-ethics and if you believe that crime reporting statistics you read from an armchair across the globe are all kosher I have a bridge to sell you.
- Finnucane 3y agoAnd that is common?
- pbsladek 3y agoIf flying into NRT and on the way to Tokyo, ~$200ish for the taxi ride. Ooops.
- busterarm 3y agoKeisei Skyliner and Narita Express are 1/10th of the cost and twice as fast.
- ghaff 3y agoThere is a train though which even people on expense accounts usually take.
- pbsladek 3y agoI expensed the taxi. It was 1am. Train another 2-2.5 hours.. It’s Japan. Obviously I knew about the train lol. Their trains are awesome!
- ruszki 3y agoTaxi is not the main way to leave airports in large part of the world.
- masklinn 3y ago
- busterarm 3y ago[flagged]
- treflop 3y agoJapan is well known for violent political clashes. There is still a very obvious house in the middle of Narita Airport that you can see when flying in or out. There are roads to it underneath the airport.
- acchow 3y agoThis is shocking to me https://www.cbsnews.com/news/narita-airport-farm-takao-shito-farmer-vows-protect-ancestral-land-japan/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/narita-airport-farm-takao-shito... "The best outcome would be for the airport to shut down," he said. "But what's important is to keep farming my ancestral land." I imagine most countries would just use eminent domain?
- fsckboy 3y agothat article says that what he refers to as his ancestral lands have been farmed by his family for only a 100 years. hard for me to get worked up about such a short time
- wolverine876 3y agoIt doesn't matter if you or I get worked up about their land, it matters if they get worked up about their land and their heritage.
- refulgentis 3y agoThey haven't owned the land since before WWII, and they yadda yadda over why they weren't allowed to buy, reasons are related to military and took place during WWII.
- wolverine876 3y ago> they yadda yadda They are talking about their lives and families, which they know intimately and on which much of their life depends. I don't know anything about them. Now if they talked about me, about whom they know nothing, then they'd be yadda yaddaing if you take my meaning.