Had one of those moments tonight on the south viewing deck of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Buildings in Shinjuku.
As I was setting up my little tripod to take a few photos of the Tokyo night skyline, one of the staff approached me, did that cross the arms dame gesture, and said in English, "Hand only."
He meant I couldn't use my tripod for taking photos. Only handheld shots were allowed.
I asked him why in Japanese.
He took me over to a sign on the wall, written in English, that said "Do not use tripods because they disturb the neighbours."
The only neighbours were a couple practically having sex on the window ledge. I could've stripped naked and started doing jumping jacks and they wouldn't have been disturbed.
And there was graffiti everywhere.
But I've been here long enough not to argue. Rules are rules.
Posted by Setsunai at September 25, 2005 11:55 PMI hope the couple were only using their hands? Or perhaps you could have pointed tothe sign and said, 'Hands only please.'
Posted by: Roland at September 26, 2005 11:37 AM | Permalink to CommentI saw no evidence they were using tripods.
Posted by: Setsunai at September 26, 2005 12:50 PM | Permalink to Commentoh...the possibilities for puns and jokes here are endless.
i don't know where to begin.
Posted by: myles at September 26, 2005 2:31 PM | Permalink to CommentTripods are pretty handy.................
Posted by: mickmcdonagh at September 26, 2005 7:53 PM | Permalink to CommentA handy place to set up a tripod too ......
Posted by: Roland at September 28, 2005 9:58 AM | Permalink to Comment