In a dystopian near future, the 23 wards of central Tokyo have been turned into a maximum security prison!
A few areas, near some public facilities built to serve the masses during a kinder, gentler era, are "outside the fence" as it were, now set aside for entertainment of the global elite in gladiatorial games, with the cost to be paid for by the prisoners (the current and next several generations). The "hunger games"?
This was my thought as I tried to ride my bicycle on a route down the west side of the new national stadium toward "Killer Dori" ... but found the way blocked off. I needed to go around along a very narrow path outside a very tall, guarded fence. In the rain. It was deserted at midday on a weekday.
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| You can tell the fence is designed to keep US out rather than THEM in ... since the concrete is placed on the outer side of the curb, leaving the roadway undisturbed. |
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| The only car I saw on the deserted inner roadway. I hope the road is wide enough for it. |
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| Guards waiting to check anyone vehicle attempting to leave the prison. |
