10 March 2012
The question of nuclear power in Japan is complex, and a deeply emotional question for the Japanese, and there is clearly growing antinuclear sentiment. The day before the first anniversary of the Great Eastern Earthquake and Fukushima disaster, there was an energetic protest march in Kyoto against nuclear power which started in Maruyama Park. We decided to join in, having been given balloons and yellow flowers by other participants and made to feel welcome. The participants were young and old, monks, babies in strollers, families, etc. There were many explicit banners, some amusing costumes, musical encouragement. Everyone was headed to Kyoto City Hall with a sense of purpose but orderly in typical Japanese fashion. We did not get that far, but were glad to have participated.
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