I’ve flown into Tokyo’s Narita airport probably 20 times in the last three years, and every time the plane pulls off the landing strip … if you’re on the right side of the plane … which is my preference (maybe some kind of subconscious balancing of my south-paw politics) … what comes into view is a giant (Sunset Boulevard billboard sized) “DOWN WITH NARITA AIRPORT sign.” In English and Japanese!
The first ten or so times I saw it I thought, “Wow, the Japanese protesters really go all out!”
Then it morphed after a few years of it not being taken down, to, “Wow, these Japanese authorities are really permissive with their protesters.”
Then today, on seeing the sign for say, the 20th time … I thought, “Wow, what if all this time they were actually saying, ‘Down with Narita Airport’ as in “We’re down with Narita Airport’ or ‘Get down with your bad self, Narita Airport.’”
Still not sure.
