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War games: Examining the fascination with recreational airsoft combat games in Japan

A man takes part in a game of airsoft at Tokyo Sabage Park in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in March. | MARK THOMPSON

A man takes part in a game of airsoft at Tokyo Sabage Park in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in March. | MARK THOMPSON

By Andrew MCKIRDY
Staff Writer

May 12, 2018

I know that scores of heavily armed people are out there lying in wait to shoot me, but I can’t see them.

I know for a fact that one of them is carrying an M4 next-generation carbine rifle, Samurai Edge handgun and three nasty-looking Cyclone Impact grenades. He is also wearing body armor and a mask of the alien warrior character from the movie “Predator,” which is quite frankly terrifying.

Kei, a carpenter from Yokohama, takes part in an airsoft game at Tokyo Sabage Park in China Prefecture wearing body armor and a mask of the alien warrior character from the movie — Kei, a carpenter from Yokohama, takes part in an airsoft game at Tokyo Sabage Park in China Prefecture wearing body armor and a mask of the alien warrior character from the movie ‘Predator.’ | MARK THOMPSON

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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