Campaigning season is a go in Kyoto : Happy science party postersJuly 18th, 2009 by Roy Berman |
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I was biking home earlier and passed by two guys from the Happiness Realization Party (幸福実現党), the political front for the new-agey religion (cult?) goofily known as Happy Science (幸福の科学), and snapped a few photos of them putting up posters.
Unfortunately I didn’t notice until after or I would have gotten him to pose, but the man you see here putting up the poster is actually the candidate pictured at top, Karube Yoshiteru, the party’s assistant director for Kyoto Prefecture. I will say, whatever their politics are they were at least very open to being photographed, although when you’re a brand new and obscure party you probably are willing to take any scraps of publicity you can get.
August 5th, 2009 at 11:40 am
They are right now (August 5th) circulating around my neighbourhood in a sound truck assuring us they will “fix the economy and prevent the North Korean missles.” Not a word on how either will be done of course. Meditation and prayer perhaps.
August 5th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
You mean they were happy to be photographed.
August 5th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
No, no, they realized happiness for Roy by letting him photograph them. Come to think of it, is the Happiness Realization Party about realizing happiness for others, or for themselves? Presumably, the latter….
August 5th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
I hear ‘em here. I wonder why they aren’t loudly broadcasting that 50,000,000 gaijin thing?