Beware of Gropers

In various places we find signs warning "ちかんに注意" (chikan ni chui) which can be translated as "be careful of perverts/molesters/gropers". I'd say that "gropers” might come closest to the actual nuance. I suppose it's good to see that at least there are warnings of these things and an emergency number to call just in case.

Here's a photo of me in a small city on Friday night (yes, Friday night...I said it was a small city) outside of a public washroom (please note the lack of vandalism!);I am standing beside one such warning sign.



Anybody see any perverts?：ー）

And here is a photo of a shrine from that same night, converted to black and
white using Adobe Lightroom

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