7/8/2006

CHIKAN/MOLESTER FUN in Japan
Many times over the years I have been asked by Japanese strangers practicing their engrish, “What is your hobby?” My answer has always been, “chikan” (molster) and nobody ever thought that was an odd hobby (because it is so common on Japanese trains). Here’s same fun advice about beating a chikan accusation via my favorite Japanese blog, the always charming Mari diary…

“Five self-defense methods on a train”
　Here is the advice from a Japanese tabloid newspaper, the “Yukan Fuji.”

 No.1 Don’t stand behind woman. Especially you should skip beautiful women.
No.2 If she misunderstands and glare down you, never look away. You should glare back to her. There was a precedent that the testimony “he looked away, so I convinced he was a molester” was accepted in the court.
No.3 Unfortunately when you are misunderstood as a molester, you should never go to staff room on the train station with her, even thought she insists. The law of criminal procedure permits the immediate arrest by a private individual. If you follow her, it means you arrested by her and she can turn you in the police. To take best chance of cleaning yourself, you should leave the place after give your contact address to her.