京都のお巡りさんBeing a cop is a pretty thankless, low-paid, long-hours kind of deal.
You deal with a lot of jerks, see a lot of weird and no doubt unpleasant stuff, and don't get a lot of respect.
In Kyoto, cops probably have it easier than back in Philadephia - our home town - where in large areas of the city it is not advisable to go at night.
This young guy, on the beat on the night of the Yoiyama Festival (July 16th), was polite and helpful when we asked him a question.
For the most part, Japanese police are polite and helpful.
On a boiling hot night, he eschewed polite verb forms and got straight to the point: "go down this street, turn left and head south. You're going to run into a huge crowd, but you probably already know that."
We thanked him and braced ourselves.
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