I spent 40 mins of my precious birthday yesterday
afternoon in the Kawaguchi Police Station. Why?
Because Im a gaijin and I didnt happen to have my ID!

I got stopped because apparently 'gaijins have been
doing bad things around Kawaguchi Station' and their
response was to stop every single gaijin  and ask for
ID. I hadnt bothered to bring mine as I was just out
to pick up my Japan Times. 
What utter f*ckwits. Surely there is a law against
this bullshit?
I got the coppers names and IDs and also I got him to
write down the reason why I was stopped, which at
first he said was too difficult , I had told him to
write this in Japanese! Too difficult in Japanese?
After he managed to get hold of my wife (she gave him
some advice) we arranged that he would call and I
would give him my details over the phone.

As I left the Cop Shop I went to get my paper and saw
3 coppers escorting another gaijin to the cop shop.

Is this legal?  Anyone else had similar shit happen to
them?  

Would appreciate some comments or just plain old
ranting  (insert horse).

Elbow