Mugshot

(All of my jail stories can be found in the Number 979 folder  in my gallery)


So… hey. I just got out of jail a few hours ago

I was stopped by the police at the Minami Senju bridge at around 2:20 am on December 5, 2015 (which actually happens fairly often because for some reason I look suspicious on a bicycle at night). But this time I had a crowbar sitting in my basket so I was brought to the police station for questioning.

Upon inspection of my backpack, they also found a knife that I was carrying for protection (I just came from a long bicycle trip from Chiba, which has a lot of long dark roads and bosozoku gangs).

Apparently it’s against the law in Japan to carry a knife with a blade longer than 6 cm without just cause. So at 3:30 am, I was officially arrested.

I only saw my mugshot once, so that’s all I could remember from my mugshot number. 3066 and H 

Did you know that in Japan, you aren’t entitled to any phonecalls upon arrest? You could very well just die in prison without anyone knowing what happened to you.