is absolutely nothing like the cosy, warm, lantern-lit spaces of the masturi that I knew growing up. Nor are the streets filled with the chantings of the procession as people of the neighbourhood carry the mikoshi down the road from the temple to the festival grounds. But Trafalgar Square seems oddly fitting for the Japanese community in London – it is very ‘Japlish’.

And indeed, the festival itself is a mixture of things. On the one hand, there are stalls which will make members of the Japanese diaspora feel nostalgic and homesick, selling Japanese brands of snacks and drinks, such as Pocky, Yakult and ramune (a children’s drink of lemonade with a marble in the bottle to play with). There are boxes of second-hand Japanese books and old kimonos.
21 N.J. Super. 583 (1952)
91 A.2d 619
FREDERICK E. SIEPER AND JOHN ROGERS, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PASSAIC, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.
Argued August 25, 1952.
Decided September 29, 1952.
*585 Before Judges WM. A. SMITH, FREUND and GOLDMANN.
Mr. Irving I. Rubin argued the cause for the plaintiffs-appellants.
Mr. William N. Gurtman argued the cause for the defendant-respondent Board of Commissioners of the City of Passaic.
The opinion of the court was delivered by FREUND, J.S.C.
The plaintiffs, Frederick E. Sieper and John Rogers, appeal from an order of the Department of Civil Service upholding the action of the City of Passaic which temporarily discontinued their services for reasons of economy.
Rogers was appointed to the Traffic Maintenance Squad in 1935 and in 1937 was