John totally sneezed all over fj.life.in-japan with a withering cloud of snot:

>CL wrote:
>> 
>> Maybe you could do a video of the whole process and post it on You Tube
>> as a sort of memorial version of the last gaijin to make it through
>> before darkness fell.  Or blow it out of proportion in some other way.
>> 
>
>I came back yesterday (sorry, no YouTube video).  Although the signs for
>re-entry permit holders have already been removed, I went through the
>Japanese line with no problems.  Only one person was in front of me and
>it took about one minute.  The foreign line just a few meters away was
>ridiculously backed up.  I'm not looking forward to having to use it
>next time I leave.

I'm going on December 22 and returning (via Narita) on January 4. I intend to
stand in the Japanese line and *make* them yank me out of it. :)


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