Newly processed video clip. I found this on a tape I'd neglected to transfer, has better video and audio quality, the same event described in the other two in the Takeshita Dori Street Panic series.
As a Westerner now living full-time in Japan this event was instructive to me on several levels. On one hand I never knew if it might fully go out of control. It was scary. But was also aware that 95% of the people stuck in the streets were teenagers. Sometimes emotional but mostly well-behaved and tolerant. It was a big inconvenience. No unnecessary hostility aroused. (I imagined the same kind of thing in the US, and could easily picture punchings or knifings, anti-social behavior) in the end (45 minutes or so) police helped clear the streets and no one was harmed. The only ones that got medical care were a handful that freaked out, claustrophobia or emotional distress. Otherwise an amazing level of patience and cooperation. To an outsider like me, nothing short of amazing.
@@mdouganx yeah i feel same...things are handled swiftly in Japan and this rush is seen in morning rush hour in local train also and in train noone generally.misbehave ...its a relief in any case that it was handled properly and people could be dispersed peacefully...
