Suzuki Kazehiku - Shut Up!
Ah, just to follow up on the last post now the local politicians are driving around apologizing for disturbing the peace with their microphones. The irony of it is mindboggling. The current miscreant is one of Doura’s finest - a certain Suzuki Kazehiku (well that isn’t his real name). His campaign slogan is probably something like “Leading Doura Backwards into the Economic Quagmire.”
I shouldn’t be so rude, but it is very tempting. We live in what was a village up to a year ago when it merged with one of the neighbouring towns - Tsuchiura (Doura if you want an alternative reading). Tsuchiura is now next to Tsukuba and comparing the two is a fine example of what positive leadership in local body politics will bring a place. Tsukuba is a well known and well respected center for research within Japan with a lively economy whilst Tsuchiura is not. An example of this is that one often finds offices named Tsukuba… even when they are in Tsuchiura. Tsuchiura has a great history, and they even have some of the best tofu I have ever eaten, but economically the area seems to be in pretty dire straights.
Not that it matters that much to me - I don’t get to vote anyway. Still looking at the candidates photoboards they have up around our village, the election looks like a lottery for dance partners at an old peoples home. May the candidate with the most hair win!
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