What do the Olympic Torch and Pikachu Have In Common?
The answer? They’re both cancelled for safety concerns. Ha!
…Okay, not really funny. But according to the Mainichi, a threatening letter has gotten a Pokemon event cancelled. And not just the one mentioned in the letter, which was to happen in Tokyo, but also the ones in Nagoya and Fukuoka.
I found it interesting, since Japan Probe reported that the Nagano Olympic torch event has been cancelled as well, due to safety concerns– this time because of demonstrators protesting against China’s treatment of Tibet, which have caused problems at torch events around the world.
Tags: events, pokemon, protests
April 16th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Yeah… The torch passed through London and just by my train station as I was on my normal route, so I got stuck in the middle of protesters for Tibet… I couldn’t get out for an hour T______T