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stumptowny



Joined: 29 May 2011
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Inflames wrote:
There is no dancing ban - it's a ban on alcohol and dancing after 1 AM (IIRC - either is OK but you can't have both). I'm not sure of the reason but the law has been around for some time (around 60 years).

To give a bit of background, there are tons of laws in Japan that are basically ignored and this was one of those laws (they're ignored until they want a reason to arrest you). Then, in 2010 or so (right after Ebizou incident) the cops started getting strict. It wasn't the local cops (who, in Osaka, basically do nothing except ignore most things) but rather the prefectural police, who were taking orders from Tokyo.

There are tons of clubs in Osaka where you can go dancing.


in tokyo, people are allergic to smiling. not exactly the people you want to go clubbing with... the law really saves them from humiliation (aka dishonor and shame to their family and friends) because these people are not violent..
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budgie



Joined: 22 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dancing bans are an archaic post-war morality rule, that are rarely observed.

I think the reason the govt hasn't struck these old laws off is so they can use them occasionally to clampdown on bars for other 'vices' real or imagined. It is commonly used to target foreign-owned establishments, especially if they haven't paid off the Yakuza, but that's surely just an ...ahem...coincidence, right?
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