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By October 21, Hyogo Prefectural Police had arrested or taken into custody 25 people, ranging from elementary schoolers to 18-year-olds, for rushing into police boxes shouting “Shoirinji!” before fleeing, or for shouting “Shoirinji, yo!” the instant a 110 emergency call connected and then hanging up. The act had reportedly spread on social media under the name “Shaolin Temple Racing.” On 5ch, reactions came from every angle — some pointed out that pranking police boxes is nothing new, others wondered why “Shaolin Temple” of all things, and still others raised concerns about just how fast this kind of thing spreads in the social media era.
Thu, Oct 22, 6:00 AM
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Hyogo Prefectural Police have, as of the 21st, arrested or taken into custody 25 people from elementary school age to 18 years old within the prefecture for obstructing police operations — by rushing into police boxes shouting “Shoirinji!” and fleeing, or by calling 110 and, the moment the call connected, shouting “Shoirinji, yo!” and hanging up. The act is reportedly known on social media as “Shaolin Temple Racing.”
Source: topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp / Original article here
What people said
Yeah, they could flawlessly bust out tricky kanji like "世露死苦" (a yankee-style phonetic spelling of "yoroshiku," i.e. "pleased to meet you") lol
A license system for social media would be reasonable.
Kids pranking police boxes is nothing new, that's been happening forever.
I get it if you're in elementary school, but an 18-year-old doing this is beyond help…
Covid generation = collapsed education.
It's bad.
This was probably the goal all along.
If you're a little brat, don't complain when you get punished.
That has nothing to do with the government agency lol
No matter how you look at it, bad parenting and social media are the cause.
Just because those got harder to get your hands on, isn't just yelling something kind of lame?
Throwing firecrackers into police boxes as a prank seems to have happened everywhere, regardless of region.
I had a classmate who'd yell "Ataa! Atachachachaa!! Shaolin Kung Fu!!" and throw punches at you.
It's not a prank for someone who's already an adult.
Some of these "middle schoolers" are already adults lol
Shoirinjiii
The kid himself, I mean.
Violence really is necessary sometimes.
Hmm.
Probably the Chappy (ChatGPT) → child welfare center → police combo.
I think confiscating their smartphone would be the most effective punishment.
None of these little brats seem to realize they've all been "indicted."
That's a criminal record that'll follow them for the rest of their lives.
There's no way being "taken into custody" or "cracked down on" means being indicted. You're just as dumb as these kids.
Abolish the Juvenile Act. Japan should bring back caning, like Singapore.
Just whip them enough and this'll get sorted out easily. That's it.
Answer honestly.
Firing rocket fireworks at a police box, sure, that's a thing.
Timed with a mosquito coil as the fuse delay.
Wasn't Kamen Rider Super-1's style "Sekishin Shorin Ken" (Red-Heart Shaolin Fist)?
Maybe they were just careful about the name they used?
The moves and the outfit are blatantly Shaolin Kempo lol
The actual techniques and movements are totally different though…
By the way, in the movie Shaolin Temple there was exactly one guy doing actual Shaolin Kempo moves and motions lol
Soji-ji! (´・∀・｀)
Me, I'm
Sozen-ji! (´・∀・｀)
Nobunaga:
"Burn it to the ground."
Background and Key Points of This Story
Pranking police boxes and tossing firecrackers at them is a tradition going back to the Showa era; what’s new this time is that the name and method spread and got copied in a short span via social media as “Shaolin Temple Racing.” Interfering with 110 emergency calls may look trivial, but it consumes dispatch and communication resources, and those caught end up with a formal record of being taken into custody or arrested (some in the thread mistakenly read this as being “indicted,” but being taken into custody/arrested and being indicted are separate legal processes). Thread opinion split between those tying this to a bigger narrative of “the collapse of education and the social media environment” and those calling it just an extension of the kind of childhood pranks that have always existed. There was also plenty of drifting off-topic over the origin of the name “Shaolin Temple,” ranging back to the movie Shaolin Temple, Jackie Chan films, and even Kamen Rider — reactions leaned more toward casual chatter than the hard news angle.
※This article is compiled by excerpting and summarizing the 5ch (News Flash+) thread “[Shoirinji] 25 People From Elementary Schoolers to 18-Year-Olds Busted All at Once — What Is This “Shaolin Temple Racing” Nuisance Targeting Police?“.
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