TruemorsI didn't plan on it, but while we were in Tokyo travleling, we ran into May Day demonstrations. It was part political protest, part celebratory festival...
Scenes from a May Day Demonstration - Tokyo 1978
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Title: Scenes from a May Day Demonstration - Tokyo 1978
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at 20:14 on May 1st, 2008
I was visiting Tokyo during "Golden Week" in 1979, and was lucky to observe first-hand their May Day events. It was more a celebration than protest, with labor unions bringing out their members for a good time, but there definitely were some protestors of the far-left variety also participating.