Beware the Hiroshima Dancing Police!

So, my friend, Brad, over at J-Culture sent me some interesting links regarding the recent spate of raids by the Hiroshima police of bars for, wait for it, Illegal Dancing.

El Barco was raided about 2 or 3 months ago for not having a license to allow people to dance after 1am. It sounds like something from an 80's movie, but video footage can be found at the following links -

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OdFGW-fSmg8&mode=related&search=

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RHvgTKta3AQ

More in depth analysis can be found at these links -

http://www.gethiroshima.com/en/gethiroshima/Hype/2006/10/29/andthatsofficial

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20061031z1.html

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20061031z2.html

Remember guys and gals, if you're in Hiroshima, no dancing after midnight!!!!