One of the rules at the entrance of a club in Shibuya caught my attention:

“Excessive Nampa (trying to pick up a member of the opposite sex) will NOT be tolerated.”

This is the mentioned sign. Notice the other funny rules like “No sleeping”
“Nampa” (軟派 [なんぱ]) can be translated into English as “hitting on someone”, “flirting” [...]

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The other day I was watching the movie “Shogun Assassin” which is based on the manga by Kazuo Koike Kozure-Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub). The movie was released in 1980 and the truth is that, having read the manga, I wasn’t expecting too much of it, however I have to say that I loved it. [...]

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